HELP!: Overdue Quail Chick

[dianneS]

I just had 24 out of 40 eggs hatch within 24 hours. Yesterday morning two eggs were fully zipped and by evening they still hadn't hatched. The one I thought for sure was dead was alive when I assisted with hatching (and doing fine!) the other that I thought surely would be alive, was dead in the shell

I've still got 15 eggs not even pipped yet. This is my first quail hatch, but I'm a little disappointed. Everything went so perfectly during incubation that I was hoping for a better hatch rate? Today will be day 19, should I give the remainders a little longer?

I have another 14 due to hatch on thursday too. I may just leave all of them in the bator until those are done hatching too.

 

[QuailCo Eggs]

I just had 24 out of 40 eggs hatch within 24 hours. Yesterday morning two eggs were fully zipped and by evening they still hadn't hatched. The one I thought for sure was dead was alive when I assisted with hatching (and doing fine!) the other that I thought surely would be alive, was dead in the shell

I've still got 15 eggs not even pipped yet. This is my first quail hatch, but I'm a little disappointed. Everything went so perfectly during incubation that I was hoping for a better hatch rate? Today will be day 19, should I give the remainders a little longer?

I have another 14 due to hatch on thursday too. I may just leave all of them in the bator until those are done hatching too.

Don't get to flustered if they don't all hatch. I have over 300 quail and I've never had a 100% hatch. I was like you, "did I do something wrong?" You haven't. Some of my friends who raise quail across america never had a 100% hatch success either.



Chad

 

[luvlucky]

I just had 24 out of 40 eggs hatch within 24 hours.  Yesterday morning two eggs were fully zipped and by evening they still hadn't hatched.  The one I thought for sure was dead was alive when I assisted with hatching (and doing fine!) the other that I thought surely would be alive, was dead in the shell

I've still got 15 eggs not even pipped yet.  This is my first quail hatch, but I'm a little disappointed.  Everything went so perfectly during incubation that I was hoping for a better hatch rate?  Today will be day 19, should I give the remainders a little longer?

I have another 14 due to hatch on thursday too.  I may just leave all of them in the bator until those are done hatching too.

Yeah I'd leave them in the incubator and don't give up on still regulating the temperature and humidity. It was hard for me to do that as I was focusing on the 12 that hatched and didn't have much time to think about the 1 that didn't. Good luck!