Quail Eggs in Incubator have different dates - Question on Lockdown

[Mumpy]

Sooooooo, Here is the back story...

I purchased eggs from online and I was afraid they would arrive over Memorial Day weekend (that Saturday) which I was not in town. So I contacted the seller and asked them to not send until after the Holiday. I expected them to arrive on Wednesday.

On Thursday I went to a Quail breeder to purchase some quail to train my dog. Come to find out he had lots and lots of eggs and sold me 100 Eggs for .15 each. Since these were not purchased online and I have read where the online eggs had low hatch rates, I decided I would incubate these 100 and eat the online eggs.

Friday I put the .15 Eggs in the Incubator (I still hadn't received my online eggs). Saturday my online eggs arrive and since I had 20 spots left in my quail rotator rack I decided to use the 20 best looking online eggs (Largest and looked the best via candling) into my Incubator on Sunday (After they have set for 24 hours)

Now, that's the back story, so now my question.

The .15 Eggs will hit the 20 Day Lockdown period 3 days before my Online Eggs.

How do I go about handling that situation?

TIA

 

[James the Bald]

Well, unless you had a friend that would be willing to "loan" you an incubator for the overlap, there really isn't a whole lot that can be done. Boosting the humidity for lock down could drown the others, but that is a chance you will have to take. If you had the ability to purchase a still air 'bator for a backup, that would be the only recommendation.
Man, bobwhite eggs for 15 cents each... I'd be acting like a kid in the candy store with a fifty dollar bill... seriously, my wife would KILL me!
Let us know how things go,
James

 

[Mumpy]

Well, I may be in luck, my friend just called and said he purchased an Incubator.

If not, would locking those eggs down on their Day 18 work?

 

[FossilPeak]

Wouldn't matter as long as your incubator had a rotator. Leave the online eggs in the rotator, lay your others out...lock'm down. Pull out your babies...lock'm down again...three days later...more babies. Keep your humidity around 70% shouldn't have trouble hatching or drowning. Everybody wins.

 

[Quail Jailer]

Wouldn't matter as long as your incubator had a rotator. Leave the online eggs in the rotator, lay your others out...lock'm down. Pull out your babies...lock'm down again...three days later...more babies. Keep your humidity around 70% shouldn't have trouble hatching or drowning. Everybody wins.

I agree if you can't get another machine to use as a hatcher

 

[ChickenLegs13]

In my experience...going into lockdown several days early or several days late doesn't make any difference.
Locking down late-only problem is if eggs hatch while turner is still going the chicks can be squished between the racks.
Locking down early-the chicks are developed enough that the yolks won't stick to the shell if turning is stopped and raising the humidity doesn't affect the eggs because by then they will have lost most of the water they are going to lose and you can't put it back.