Myshire Jumbo Mix—S30/F19/H10

[Kiki]

 

[Kiki]

I'm pretty sure these two are out of the running.
I think they actually quit a while ago... But I won't know until I open them up later on today.

 

[Kiki]

#8&9

There are four in the incubator.
One yellow, I think two Egyptian and one regular.

 

[MGG]

They're so cute!!!

 

[Kiki]

I'm up to 10 and I think that's going to be it.

 

[SheaLoner]

10 out of 30 shipped quail eggs. Is that avg for them?

 

[Nabiki]

10 out of 30 shipped quail eggs. Is that avg for them?

Myshire guarantees a 50% hatch rate. If you get less, they will replace them, even if it's not their fault.

 

[Kiki]

10 out of 30 shipped quail eggs. Is that avg for them?

Heck no.

This is a horrible hatch rate for me.

19 eggs were fertile.

I have had 100% hatch rate from Myshire shipped eggs before.

These particular eggs spent a few extra days in the postal system which could be part of why this hatch sucked.
I had a couple of really wonky detached membrane eggs.
And I also had the eggs sitting in water yesterday but I'm not so sure that my water sitting issue was actually a big problem because I think it only killed one egg.
I'm thinking the other eggs quit before yesterday and I will know when I open them up and look at them.
I am positive a couple of them quit way before yesterday.

 

[Fireclaw]

Ok I hate to be THIS person, but you really should not candle the eggs every single day. Day 7, day 10 and lockdown are the ONLY days you need to candle. (or just day 10 and lockdown) candling is a bit different than hand turning, as an example bc with candling, you're taking those few extra few minutes to look for veins.

Also. Do not open the incubator at all while they are hatching. I had to do it just yesterday with my newest clutch because two were struggling for some reason and I wanted to get the older chicks out and it ended up costing me two other unhatched eggs.(I think. They may have already been dead)

I've ordered from myshire twice (well, bought 30 eggs and won 30 eggs) and both times the eggs were in the mail over a week.

1st time was 14 out of 30 with 12 surviving. But it was my first time ever hatching quail eggs.

this recent time was 22 out of 30 with 19 hatching and 18 surviving.

 

[R2elk]

Ok I hate to be THIS person, but you really should not candle the eggs every single day. Day 7, day 10 and lockdown are the ONLY days you need to candle. (or just day 10 and lockdown) candling is a bit different than hand turning, as an example bc with candling, you're taking those few extra few minutes to look for veins.

Also. Do not open the incubator at all while they are hatching. I had to do it just yesterday with my newest clutch because two were struggling for some reason and I wanted to get the older chicks out and it ended up costing me two other unhatched eggs.(I think. They may have already been dead)

I've ordered from myshire twice (well, bought 30 eggs and won 30 eggs) and both times the eggs were in the mail over a week.

1st time was 14 out of 30 with 12 surviving. But it was my first time ever hatching quail eggs.

this recent time was 22 out of 30 with 19 hatching and 18 surviving.

What you are saying is what is considered the standard. The side benefit of candling every day is the brief cool down that the eggs get similar to what would happen if they were being hatched naturally.

If a person lives where their ambient humidity is 60% and up, there is little danger in quickly opening the incubator to remove chicks. If you live where I live and have my less than 20% ambient humidity even here I can open the hatcher and take out chicks. The inside humidity quickly returns to normal for me.

If your humidity is taking too long to return to normal, you can use a spray bottle of warm water to mist inside the incubator, just don't spray it directly on the eggs.

Kiki is an expert incubator and hatcher and what she does works very well for her.