Putting eggs in incubator

[Team01]

I have a question. I set 15 quail eggs on 8-21. I have 25 more eggs that I need to set. Would it be okay to put them in the incubator with the other 15 eggs. They will be marked which one is the new eggs

 

[Nabiki]

Staggered hatches can be a challenge. Do you have a separate hatcher? If so, you can put the first 15 eggs into that for lockdown while the rest continue to turn. Otherwise I wouldn't do it. Quail eggs only have a 17 day incubation period, so a 7 day difference is pretty big.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

I have a question. I set 15 quail eggs on 8-21. I have 25 more eggs that I need to set. Would it be okay to put them in the incubator with the other 15 eggs. They will be marked which one is the new eggs

I wouldn’t I would wait until the first batch hatches. Yes the hatch rate might go down but if you down have two incubators I would wait

 

[CliftonQuail]

I agree with the @Nabiki and @Patiocoturnix
Unless you have two incubators or at least a separate hatcher, managing a staggered hatch like that would be difficult.

 

[007Sean]

Staggered hatches can be a challenge, even for an experienced harcher! If your 'new' to incubating eggs, I would highly recommend not doing it!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I always warm up eggs to slip in incubator if i am going to do a staggered hatch. I never put cold eggs in with started incubating eggs.