May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[FortCluck]

Lol hes already acting like his dad



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Wow just wow... wait while I pick my up off the floor.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I remember phones on the wall lol

Me too lol although we never had one. Ours was on the counter.

My friend had a wall one though haha

 

[FortCluck]

Me too lol although we never had one. Ours was on the counter.

My friend had a wall one though haha

How are the quail eggs? And when do they hatch?

 

[ShrekDawg]

How are the quail eggs? And when do they hatch?

I still haven’t checked them. kinda just gonna wait and see what pops out haha

Might check them before lockdown though which I just realized is like this weekend already.

 

[FortCluck]

I still haven’t checked them. kinda just gonna wait and see what pops out haha

Might check them before lockdown though which I just realized is like this weekend already.

So what day are they supposed to hatch?

Did you get their cage done?

 

[TheBajan]

Okay so a quick question.... Looking at pictures here of how big the air cells should be, I'm concerned because mine appear to be small. I've been keeping my humidity between 45%-49% and tomorrow morning we go into lock-down. I know I'm supposed to raise it during lock-down but I'm afraid they will end up drowning. I just candled them an hour ago and everyone is still moving and doing fine. A couple of the eggs have fairly nice size air cells but most of them seem small. Of course, I'm a novice and "small" is my interpretation based solely on the pictures I'm seeing posted. I can try to take some pics this evening if that would help. One thing to mention is that last weekend our AC went out and the humidity level in the incubator was impossible to get below 50% for a couple of days. Is there anything I can do right now (before lock-down) to help increase the air cell sizes?

 

[FortCluck]

Okay so a quick question.... Looking at pictures here of how big the air cells should be, I'm concerned because mine appear to be small. I've been keeping my humidity between 45%-49% and tomorrow morning we go into lock-down. I know I'm supposed to raise it during lock-down but I'm afraid they will end up drowning. I just candled them an hour ago and everyone is still moving and doing fine. A couple of the eggs have fairly nice size air cells but most of them seem small. Of course, I'm a novice and "small" is my interpretation based solely on the pictures I'm seeing posted. I can try to take some pics this evening if that would help. One thing to mention is that last weekend our AC went out and the humidity level in the incubator was impossible to get below 50% for a couple of days. Is there anything I can do right now (before lock-down) to help increase the air cell sizes?

If your air cells look too small you need to decrease your humidity.

Take pictures it’s easier for us to see what you’re talking about

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Okay so a quick question.... Looking at pictures here of how big the air cells should be, I'm concerned because mine appear to be small. I've been keeping my humidity between 45%-49% and tomorrow morning we go into lock-down. I know I'm supposed to raise it during lock-down but I'm afraid they will end up drowning. I just candled them an hour ago and everyone is still moving and doing fine. A couple of the eggs have fairly nice size air cells but most of them seem small. Of course, I'm a novice and "small" is my interpretation based solely on the pictures I'm seeing posted. I can try to take some pics this evening if that would help. One thing to mention is that last weekend our AC went out and the humidity level in the incubator was impossible to get below 50% for a couple of days. Is there anything I can do right now (before lock-down) to help increase the air cell sizes?

You may find that you just need to run your incubator with lower humidity next time you hatch but pictures would be really helpful! You will find that the air cells change significantly over that last couple of days when the air cell draws down for hatch. This image is of a bantam egg but you can see where I marked the air cell with a pencil on day 17 and how much the air cell receded by day 20.
Also you can stop turning your eggs and just wait to increase the humidity until day 20 or when you see an external pip to give them a little extra time to lose weight. Good luck on your hatch!

 

[ShrekDawg]

So what day are they supposed to hatch?

Did you get their cage done?

I think the 3rd or the 4th??? I set them like 4am on the 17th so I think lockdown should be like Monday??? But I might lock them down a day earlier maybe to be safe. Sunday?

And I still have a couple more to do but the brooder is cleaned out and ready.

 

[TheBajan]

You may find that you just need to run your incubator with lower humidity next time you hatch but pictures would be really helpful! You will find that the air cells change significantly over that last couple of days when the air cell draws down for hatch. This image is of a bantam egg but you can see where I marked the air cell with a pencil on day 17 and how much the air cell receded by day 20.
Also you can stop turning your eggs and just wait to increase the humidity until day 20 or when you see an external pip to give them a little extra time to lose weight. Good luck on your hatch!

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Thank you. It will be 18 days at one in the morning for most of the eggs but three of them were added hours later so about 10 am tomorrow morning. When I candled them a couple hours ago I reduced the level to 41%. I'm afraid to make drastic changes at once so I'm trying to lower it gradually. It's just that I know I have to raise it soon for lock-down. I will get some pictures this evening. Thanks again!