- Jul 26, 2009
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I thought I would share my results as they occur with my attempt to hatch a Brinsea Octagon 20 Advanced EX full of quail eggs:
I started with the following:
COTURNIX: 55 eggs, placed on 07/11 at approximately 10:45 PM.
BUTTONS: 30 eggs, placed on 07/13 at 6:00 PM.
Lockdown was yesterday at 6:00 PM. I am running the incubator at 99.6 degrees and 63% humidity for the lockdown period.
As of right now, 9:30 PM EDT on 07/29, the score is:
Coturnix -- 55 received on 07/10.
Less 1 that was dented when it came.
Less 2 that I dented when placing them in the egg tray
Less 1 more that I found cracked on 07/21 or 07/22 when candling
Less 22 that I discarded last night upon candling. A couple of them had small amounts of rotted liquid in them. Most of them were clear and looked like they still had yolks and whites, not even rotted. I attribute this to shipping injury.
This leaves a total of 29 that went into the lockdown.
LESS ONE HATCHED AS OF THIS TIME!
That leaves 28 eggs to go.
Buttons -- I have 30 in these, but 2 are ones I dented when handling last week, and I tried to patch them. I dont' think it will work. I have NOT candled these, just used the "sniff test" because they are just too hard to see into anyway. So far 0/30 discarded.
Here is the first baby:
I started with the following:
COTURNIX: 55 eggs, placed on 07/11 at approximately 10:45 PM.
BUTTONS: 30 eggs, placed on 07/13 at 6:00 PM.
Lockdown was yesterday at 6:00 PM. I am running the incubator at 99.6 degrees and 63% humidity for the lockdown period.
As of right now, 9:30 PM EDT on 07/29, the score is:
Coturnix -- 55 received on 07/10.
Less 1 that was dented when it came.
Less 2 that I dented when placing them in the egg tray
Less 1 more that I found cracked on 07/21 or 07/22 when candling
Less 22 that I discarded last night upon candling. A couple of them had small amounts of rotted liquid in them. Most of them were clear and looked like they still had yolks and whites, not even rotted. I attribute this to shipping injury.
This leaves a total of 29 that went into the lockdown.
LESS ONE HATCHED AS OF THIS TIME!
That leaves 28 eggs to go.
Buttons -- I have 30 in these, but 2 are ones I dented when handling last week, and I tried to patch them. I dont' think it will work. I have NOT candled these, just used the "sniff test" because they are just too hard to see into anyway. So far 0/30 discarded.
Here is the first baby:
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