Problem with hatching, starts piping and then stops n dies

[borgie29]

Hi Peeps.

I've got my second lot of coturnex quail hatcing and I think I have a problem, On day 14 I stopped turning, layed all the eggs down, turned it down from 100 to 98 degrees and increased the humidity from 55% to 65%.

started with 72 eggs, only 60 were good, and with the 60, only one has hatched 24 hours ago, most have started piping but that was 24 hours ago, last time they did this they all died in the shell.

Am I doing something wrong, to much or to less humidity, should I not lay them down, or am I stopping the turning to early or to late.

My last hatch I did everything the same and i had 14 out of 30 hatch, the other 16 all got shrink wrapped and died after piping. I managed to save one as I opened all of the shells and found one still alive but all of the others were already dead. Very very sad

If I don't do something soon I'm scared that all of these eggs are not going to hatch.

None of the eggs were older then 4 days when going into the incubator.

 

[gumpsgirl]

I haven't ever hatched quail but have hatched a bunch of chicken eggs and it is sounding like they are pipping and drowning to me. You might want to try again and decrease your humidity levels.

 

[borgie29]

I can feel them moving in the shells still, is it to late to decrease it now?

 

[Sushi]

What I did with mine is laid down a clean dish cloth and placed the eggs on it, and kept the dish cloth damp. I avoid spraying the eggs directly with water, and wiped off any droplets that settled on the eggs. It kept the eggs moist, but not to point where they were going to drown. How many days along is the hatch at right now?

 

[borgie29]

day 17 today. But most of the eggs were piping yesterday morning when i checked them. And there was no further piping along any shells, I've only opened the incubator once to remove the already hatched chick.

 

[Sushi]

I wouldnt worry about it just yet. Most of mine hatched on day 17.

 

[Plain_View_Farm]

Why would you lower your temperature? They should be kept at 99.5-100 degrees throughout.
I incubate at 55% humidity then raise it to 75% during lockdown.
Never had a problem with Quail hatching. Guineas are another story but never Quail.

David

 

[rancher hicks]

Google "incubation problems fact sheet 33" you should come up with a site that lists all the incubation problems and what causes them.

All the best
Rancher

 

[borgie29]

I'm just worried that i had the one hatch so early, Maybe I'm just jumping the gun a bit to early, I'll check them again tonight.

 

[rancher hicks]

Not sure what you've done but I just had a hatch go 4 days. check the site I suggested you may find your answer there.