Hi I'm new to all this. Hatching quail eggs. Bad experience last time.

[swbalaram]

Hi. I'm new to all this and had a very bad experience previously. I tried to hatch California Valley Quail eggs last year, but it was a disaster. Only two hatched out of fifteen and they were deformed. They couldn't walk straight and I finally put them out of their misery as they couldn't drink or feed. I tried to follow the directions as best I could, but got variable readings from the hygrometer and the incubator in both humidity and temperature. Help! I need advice.

 

[Dr Evy]

Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined! So sorry about your last hatch

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Sorry about the terrible hatch. Have you searched threads in the Hatching & Incubating Forum for help?

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with the incubation.

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC! Thanks for joining us.

First hatches can be tough. There are many great threads and articles on here that you can read up on. You can also start your own thread that we can guide you through to help you get a good hatch. Best of luck!

 

[Isadora]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! I'm so glad you decided to join our friendly and helpful community

 

[Kiki]

The number one thing is to learn your incubator.
Make sure You have at least one calibrated thermometer in it and a salt tested humidity gauge.
This means you must purchase a separate thermometer and humidity gauge and you cannot trust the built-in thermometer or temperature reading on your incubator.

Which incubator do you have?

 

[Boppo]

Glad to meet you. So sorry about that disastrous first hatch. Good for you for trying again! Kiki is very knowledgeable about quail, and gave you some good advice.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[swbalaram]

Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined! So sorry about your last hatch

Thanks.