Hi thanks for letting me join

[Tompest1]

I'm new to all this, the story is , I was given 4 coternix quail who haven't stopped laying, so I bought a incubator picture of it below to try and hatch a few chicks, I keep the temperature at 38.8 ? , I must be doing something wrong , people say it takes 18 days incubation but nothing ever hatches on the 18th day , and there are chicks in the eggs as well , on the 23 day I'll open the eggs to see and the chicks are live and when I open them I feel so sorry for the chicks as they have all been alive when I've looked in the egg the chick then dies on me , can anyone help my daughter is so upset with me she blames me as well so the pressure is on me to try and have one hatch ,
Thanks

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - glad that you have joined us. I think that the quail forum would probably be the best place to get answers. It might be worth calibrating both temperature and humidity to ensure that what your incubator is reading is correct.

On a different note, you may wish to join in the chat with peeps from the UK-

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/655508/uk-member-please-say-hi/890

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/2199/anyone-in-england/580

All the best
CT

 

[CuzChickens]

Welcome to Backyard chickens!! I hope you enjoy it and the camaraderie here and everybody that goes nuts over chickens (me being one of them....) Have fun! And ask questions! Check out our learning center! It has loads of helpful info!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

I agree with Ken, try posting in the quail page.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Tompest1, and . Happy you joined our community! Hope you get your hatching issues worked out. Best of luck to you!

 

[sunflour]

Hello and Welcome to BYC.

So sorry about your hatching issue.

I have no experience with quail or hatchings, but did a quick search and found a similar incubator on Amazon - it got 50% terrible reviews stating it does not work with late losses of all embryos

It may be a defect in the equipment...I would suggest you post the question and pics of your incubator on the "hatching' forums to get some opines..

Hope you get the problem solved, and you and your daughter can get some successful hatches.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank you for joining us at Backyard chickens. Sending good hatching vibes your way.

 

[Tompest1]

Thank you all for your welcome , I have found out that my issue with the incubator was that I was filling the little troff up with to much water ! And I stupidly put 12 eggs in a incubator that was made for 7 !
My appolagies for my stupidity !
Thank you all

 

[QueenMisha]

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you.

As someone stated before, that incubator doesn't look very reliable. You might consider purchasing a better quality one. I'm a fan of the Brinsea brand; their cheap option, the Mini Eco, is $100 and is loads better than anything else you can get for that price. I hatch more in my 10 egg Mini than one of my friends does in her cheap 30 egg styrobator...