Quail Eggs pipped almost 48 hours ago

[Nicki83]

That is great! If it has truly been 48 hours, help them out! Im sure they are shrink wrapped and can’t get out!

Yes the first X crack was Saturday night between 9-10 pm so now is 48 hours

 

[Nicki83]

Use tweezers and gently take off the shell covering the air cell where they have pipped. Use a q tip dipped in warm water or coconut oil to moisten the membrane and make sure there are no large vessels. Then tear the membrane near the beak and let the head and shoulders out. Then put them back in the incubator with the shell on their bottom. After half an hour if they haven’t pushed out, then assist a little more. They will probably be very weak. Offer sugar/electrolytes in their water.

Use tweezers and gently take off the shell covering the air cell where they have pipped. Use a q tip dipped in warm water or coconut oil to moisten the membrane and make sure there are no large vessels. Then tear the membrane near the beak and let the head and shoulders out. Then put them back in the incubator with the shell on their bottom. After half an hour if they haven’t pushed out, then assist a little more. They will probably be very weak. Offer sugar/electrolytes in their water.

How and when should I offer them water?

 

[Nicki83]

How and when should I offer them water? After they fluff and I can take them out?

 

[Slothinc]

How and when should I offer them water? After they fluff and I can take them out?

Yes, I would let them stay in the incubator for a couple of hours then take them out and give water. Hopefully you were able to help them and they are all doing okay now!

 

[Nicki83]

Yes, I would let them stay in the incubator for a couple of hours then take them out and give water. Hopefully you were able to help them and they are all doing okay now!

So I helped them all out, my first time but the membrane was super sticky and the white layer underneath shell was like rubber. All 10 are alive now, about 12/13 hours after hatching. 3 laid down all day but I gave electrolytes and Nutri Dench, as of 9pm 2 were walking (still wobbly) but ate and drank, one is up from laying but very wobbly. Thank you for the advice to do it, at least I am happy it seems as though 7 of them are very healthy.

 

[yakitori]

Im glad they got out safe! I have a question on your incubation, what was your humidity before lockdown?

 

[Nicki83]

Im glad they got out safe! I have a question on your incubation, what was your humidity before lockdown?

So my incubator didn’t have a setting for humidity! Which was frustrating and when I just had the water bottle filled, It kept spiking up to 85 or 90% so I was manually adding water and kept it around 65

 

[Nicki83]

Yes, I would let them stay in the incubator for a couple of hours then take them out and give water. Hopefully you were able to help them and they are all doing okay now!

 

[Slothinc]

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Good job!! You truly saved them! I often have humidity issues which leads to dry/sticky membranes, so I have needed to intervene at times, and I am always so glad when they are able to be saved. They are so cute lined up under the heater like that