Quail egg questions..

[justaboy]

So I have 10 Coturnix quail eggs in the bator, today is day 4 and I’ve been running them at 99.5 with 51-56% humidity.
I can’t get a straight answer because I’ve seen people say 45% and others say 60% during the first 14-15 days.
Are there any people more experienced than me that can help? I’m using a Harris farms incubator.

 

[Tex452]

I have 2 NR 360, and a maticoopx 30, plus an onko, I dry hatch, my humidity stays around 35% without adding any water, I have had great hatches with all of these incubators, I do make sure that the temperature is as close to 99.5 as possible, I don’t add water at lockdown either, when they start hatching, the humidity jumps way up.
I am in a high humidity area, Bryan Texas area.

 

[Tex452]

I have two govee thermometers that I put on each side of the incubator, it’s always a little different from one side to the other?

 

[Susan Skylark]

As long as the temp is steady humidity can bounce around and your hatch will be just fine. I have intentionally hatched quail at 20 and 80% humidity all incubation and had 100% hatch rates (6 eggs per hatch, not statistically significant!). I personally prefer a dry hatch, avg around 35-45% humidity with range of 15-85% (my incubator does not control humidity well!) with quail, they seem to just hatch better while the wetter hatches still hatch they seem less vigorous, less lively, sort of like drowned rats! Keep the temp steady and you’ll do fine, quail are pretty amazing and sturdy little critters!

 

[Tex452]

As long as the temp is steady humidity can bounce around and your hatch will be just fine. I have intentionally hatched quail at 20 and 80% humidity all incubation and had 100% hatch rates (6 eggs per hatch, not statistically significant!). I personally prefer a dry hatch, avg around 35-45% humidity with range of 15-85% (my incubator does not control humidity well!) with quail, they seem to just hatch better while the wetter hatches still hatch they seem less vigorous, less lively, sort of like drowned rats! Keep the temp steady and you’ll do fine, quail are pretty amazing and sturdy little critters!

I hatch at least 45 at one time, I have 45 set now and will set another 60 tonight, I give eggs to friends and family and their hatch rate has been around 90% like mine.
I was happy that my eggs are really fertile.