I'm Probably Gonna Need My Hand Held Quail Hatch-A-Long

[Sefirothe]

My first incubation, my first hatch-a-long, my first quail. So many firsts!!

I have 96 *gulp* eggs that arrived today from MyShire. I originally ordered 30 Jumbo White Coturnix and 30 Rare Colors Mix Coturnix. A couple days after I originally ordered I switched the rare colors mix to their feather sexable mix.

The eggs came today and are marked FS, R, E. So I'm thinking feather sexable, rare, and extras? So missing the Jumbo Whites? I sent an email to verify, still waiting on a response. But they shipped THIRTY SIX extra eggs!! Not a single one looks cracked or damaged. I haven't checked for hairline fractures yet. They are sitting and resting on my dining room table until tomorrow.

The incubator has been running for about 4 hours now and seems to be around a degree off on temp and 10-15% off on humidity. It's also struggling to get over 100F per the hygrometer I have in it. Its currently set to 100.5 and the hygrometer I have inside hasn't gone over 99.3F. I'll probably bump it up to 101F in a bit and see how it goes.

So yea just muddling along over here. Even if the hatch rate is 50% at best, no way I can name all of these by myself, so I'm gonna need some name suggestions! Not even sure how exactly that works with a hatch-a-long? With this many eggs, I'm not sure if its possible to keep track of who is what. Of course I may be worrying about nothing and shipping/cold stress did the majority of them in.

HALP!!! Even if its just moral support, I'd appreciate it!

 

[CheekyChook13]

My first incubation, my first hatch-a-long, my first quail. So many firsts!!

I have 96 *gulp* eggs that arrived today from MyShire. I originally ordered 30 Jumbo White Coturnix and 30 Rare Colors Mix Coturnix. A couple days after I originally ordered I switched the rare colors mix to their feather sexable mix.

The eggs came today and are marked FS, R, E. So I'm thinking feather sexable, rare, and extras? I sent an email to verify, still waiting on a response. But they shipped THIRTY SIX extra eggs!! Not a single one looks cracked or damaged. I haven't checked for hairline fractures yet. They are sitting and resting on my dining room table until tomorrow.

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The incubator has been running for about 4 hours now and seems to be around a degree off on temp and 10-15% off on humidity. It's also struggling to get over 100F per the hygrometer I have in it. Its currently set to 100.5 and the hygrometer I have inside hasn't gone over 99.3F. I'll probably bump it up to 101F in a bit and see how it goes.

So yea just muddling along over here. Even if the hatch rate is 50% at best, no way I can name all of these by myself, so I'm gonna need some name suggestions! Not even sure how exactly that works with a hatch-a-long? With this many eggs, I'm not sure if its possible to keep track of who is what. Of course I may be worrying about nothing and shipping/cold stress did the majority of them in.

HALP!!! Even if its just moral support, I'd appreciate it!

Following for moral support
If the incubator stays steady around 99.3 that’s fine, my incubator needed to be calibrated up to 102 to maintain correct temp last time

 

[GodLovesU]

I can help you keep up with names! Is there any name themes you like?

 

[Sefirothe]

Following for moral support
If the incubator stays steady around 99.3 that’s fine, my incubator needed to be calibrated up to 102 to maintain correct temp last time

I'm gonna give it until morning to normalize and go from there I think. I'm planning on loading the eggs in around 3pm EST tomorrow after I get back from some appointments.

 

[Sefirothe]

I can help you keep up with names! Is there any name themes you like?

Yes!! I knew I was forgetting something, I could hug you for this!!

I like fantasy/sci-fi stuff, both TV and books. I'm watching Stranger Things as I type this and already have a chicken named Eleven.

 

[GodLovesU]

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(Theme is Fantasy, Sci-Fi, & Stranger Things)
1-32 are Feather Sexable Mixed
33-64 are Rare Colors Mixed
65-96 are Mystery​

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[GodLovesU]

Yes!! I knew I was forgetting something, I could hug you for this!!

I like fantasy/sci-fi stuff, both TV and books. I'm watching Stranger Things as I type this and already have a chicken named Eleven.

Were you planning to number the eggs? If not the names and numbers can just be random.

 

[redinator]

Might I suggest getting name suggestions then putting them in order by your favorites. I've named eggs in the past that never hatched, it's best to wait until they pip at least, but that's just my opinion of course.

 

[Sefirothe]

Were you planning to number the eggs? If not the names and numbers can just be random.

I am going to try to number the eggs with a pencil but I'm assuming that once they start hatching, the numbers may not follow thru.

I'm going to do #1-32 as the Feather Sexable mix, #33-64 as the Rare Colors mix and #65-96 as the extras which I'm assuming can be anything they carry. I dont think any are celadons tho, I didnt see any blue egg shells.

 

[Sefirothe]

Might I suggest getting name suggestions then putting them in order by your favorites. I've named eggs in the past that never hatched, it's best to wait until they pip at least, but that's just my opinion of course.

I'm hoping that there's enough eggs here that if some are non-starters or quitters that names can be transferred to eggs that still havent been named. Hopefully. But what do I know, I've never done this before