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[missred871]

looks like the first clutch is done hatching!

I got the following hatch rates and these are my own eggs:

coturnix mix 11/18 one died so I have 10

button quail 14/19 one died so I have 13

Really great hatch rate for the bunch considering the temp spikes and the fact that this has been my first time using a bator (I always use broodies)

I have another group of manchurian golden coturnix that were shipped from tx friday the 16th is day 16 (conveniant huh?) and 30 or so more mixed coturnix from our girls under the broodies..... wooo hoo for itty bitty babies

 

[SportChick]

Lockdown is today! Of my 10 eggs, 3 BCM's made it & only 2 GLW. I really hope they aren't stuck to their shells. My GLW seem so small when I candled last night. They don't fill up even half of the egg. I am suspicious that suggests they are deformed in there because of the turning malfunction.

@Sweet: thanks for answering my question. The thread never got a response. Must not have had a catchy enough title

@Rin: I have 2 BCM's with small air cells & I have had the same worry. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Kedreeva]

@ Sweet: Nope, going to Indiana for an animal swap meet. Basically something like 300 people drive their cars and park them in lines with their trunks facing the aisles, they whip out cages of birds (and various other animals, but mostly poultry), and it's a buy and sell fest. Of course you can be like me and go just to buy!

 

[Rin]

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I only turn mine 3x a day I don't think it's better to turn them more the less you mess with them I think the better....You will go crazy when you lock them down because there is no turning I would go to 3x to try and wean yourself from the eggs..I know all about checking them 500 times a day been there done that

Actually after my first hatch with 5 turns a day resulted in too dry of eggs that pipped but died I went to 3 turns only to have them all die around or before day 14 - both times

I don't fuss as much as you think, disappointed three times with total losses. My expectations are fairly low.

Heck, I went back to five times for this one and they were definitely still alive last night. I saw one of them kicking what looked like their feet and another one was shifting a lil, everyone else I could more or less see their heart beating. I'm just worried I was setting them up to drown. Will keep to 5 times buuut I think I'll just try and see if not putting any water in there from now until day 18 is good enough then determine what to do about LD humidity based on candling then. Better than turning more you think?

 

[Lotsapaints]

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I only turn mine 3x a day I don't think it's better to turn them more the less you mess with them I think the better....You will go crazy when you lock them down because there is no turning I would go to 3x to try and wean yourself from the eggs..I know all about checking them 500 times a day been there done that

Actually after my first hatch with 5 turns a day resulted in too dry of eggs that pipped but died I went to 3 turns only to have them all die around or before day 14 - both times

I don't fuss as much as you think, disappointed three times with total losses. My expectations are fairly low.

Heck, I went back to five times for this one and they were definitely still alive last night. I saw one of them kicking what looked like their feet and another one was shifting a lil, everyone else I could more or less see their heart beating. I'm just worried I was setting them up to drown. Will keep to 5 times buuut I think I'll just try and see if not putting any water in there from now until day 18 is good enough then determine what to do about LD humidity based on candling then. Better than turning more you think?

I don't know what your humidity is where you live but I wouldn't take the water away just keep it at 35% then bump it up for the hatch and really those eggs don't even have to be turned...I live in a dry area humidity is maybe 20% if I took the water away my eggs would totally dry out you can't make drastic changes with your eggs just gradually change it down a bit and then bump it for the hatch and if you are hatching shipped eggs it might not be you at all it just might be the damage done by shipping the eggs....I just got 4 from 22 eggs that I started with they all had funky air cells

 

[Rin]

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Actually after my first hatch with 5 turns a day resulted in too dry of eggs that pipped but died I went to 3 turns only to have them all die around or before day 14 - both times

I don't fuss as much as you think, disappointed three times with total losses. My expectations are fairly low.

Heck, I went back to five times for this one and they were definitely still alive last night. I saw one of them kicking what looked like their feet and another one was shifting a lil, everyone else I could more or less see their heart beating. I'm just worried I was setting them up to drown. Will keep to 5 times buuut I think I'll just try and see if not putting any water in there from now until day 18 is good enough then determine what to do about LD humidity based on candling then. Better than turning more you think?

I don't know what your humidity is where you live but I wouldn't take the water away just keep it at 35% then bump it up for the hatch and really those eggs don't even have to be turned...I live in a dry area humidity is maybe 20% if I took the water away my eggs would totally dry out you can't make drastic changes with your eggs just gradually change it down a bit and then bump it for the hatch and if you are hatching shipped eggs it might not be you at all it just might be the damage done by shipping the eggs....I just got 4 from 22 eggs that I started with they all had funky air cells

I'm not 100% sure but it should be fairly high - outside at least since it's rainy season currently where I live (FL). Pours outside(flood warnings) almost daily. Edit: checked weather and it says it's between 70-80% humidity throughout my area which sounds accurate. The AC sucks moisture out of the air though so I can't really say for inside except that I generally feel a bit sticky from it even indoors.

Could be but all batches seemed to start the same; no real roughness with the package, resting for 24 hrs, air cells mostly in tact. Weirdest part is the first one was the most successful even though the temperatures were crazy. It was just before winter here and unfortunately one day it's 80 out... the next day 50... the temps in the bator got as high as 108 one day then as low as 80 the other. Most of them made it to LD... three even pipped and a few more were moved into position to. That was the only attempt that broke my heart because I HEARD them peeping... I peeped at them through the lil glass window... went to work... came home... stone cold silent. I was just so desperate I waited until day 27 before finally realizing they were gone

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

I had another chicky before I went to bed lastnight. Another black turken.
I was looking at the eggs a bit ago since no more chicks when I got up. I guess I was seeing things when I saw more pips

. There was another pip, the chicks had rolled it and it was face down. I thought it was dead when I pipcked it up, but the beak did move. So I peeled some of the shell off in a zip pattern. Last time I checked, it seemed like it was pushing to get out.
Come on chicky!!!!

Since today is day 21, do I leave the other eggs that havent pipped just in case??

 

[Lotsapaints]

Well Rin I just don't know what to tell you just only no drastic changing and see what happens I'll be sending you good hatching vibes we all need them today I lock down my turkeys and the humidity in their was a little high for a few days so I hope they look good when I candle them

 

[missred871]

woot woot! Woke up no hatchees..... an hour later go back and there are 3 go run some errands and there are 8 many pips as well WOOOOOO HOOOO. So happy for my itty bitties

 

[Cattitude]

Go, chickies, go!