help with button quail hatching please!

[tulsibabu]

hi guys today the 17 days countdown of my eggs has reached 0! meaning 17days x 24 hours has passed since I first put the eggs in my rcom mini incubator. but there hasn't been any sounds (maybe I just didn't hear them) or sighting of beaks or "clear cut pipping". just these cracks on the outside of the shell! can anyone help me understand what is going on? are they still good? or are they dead? I have not noticed and movement from the outside... I haven't candled them since day 10 for fear of messing up the humidity and temp. When should I give up on them?

 

[GrandmaBird]

Leave them be until day 21 or 22. If you had temp fluctuations or humidity troubles it can take longer. After day 22 I would open them or just toss them. That one looks like a air hole be sure your incubator vents are open! Keep the humidity up to 60-65 and temps at around 100. Good luck and let us know what happens.

 

[tulsibabu]

They hatched overnight! Whew, what a relief. And so happy! They're my first hatch