quail eggs not hatching

[quailss]

could i re use the sawdust or it is infected already?

 

[jenjscott]

I'm not sure what sawdust you are talking about, but I would get rid of it if the eggs were laying in it, as much because of the one that hatched as for the ones that didn't. Is this a home made incubator? It sounds to me like your temperatures were off if you didn't get a hatch until day 20. Were these coturnix quail? Really good hatching sometimes takes practice.

 

[mxpres]

Could you give more detail about your setup?type of bator, temprature,humidity readings during incubation period

 

[aprophet]

what kind of quail are they?

 

[quailss]

Yeah it was just a polystyrene box with a light bulb and 2 thermometers the temperature was steady at 100 degree Celsius. I also had a hygrometer to measure the humidity. It was japanese quail eggs.

 

[mxpres]

Quote:
100 degrees celcius?

 

[quailss]

I mean 100 degrees Fahrenheit

 

[jenjscott]

did you turn them? how often? what was the humidity? You can certainly hatch in a foam cooler, just need to watch it really close. And also ventilation is important.

 

[quailss]

yup i turned it about 4 or 5 times a day.

 

[Stellar]

But also if eggs were already smelling rotten and such, they weren't good to begin with.