Quail eggs pipping

[sinclairmic]

I have 5 babies hatched out now. The first egg that pipped the chick died inside. I have 6 eggs left that have not yet pipped. Can they go a few days before making an appearance?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

They are super cute Sorry to hear you lost your first pipped.

They could be a little later than the others, has anything else pipped in your remaining 6 yet? They all don't pip at the same time. Would be so much easier if they did!! Have you had an even temp around your incubator? Still air or fan? Cooler spots could cause a slight delay in hatch.

 

[sinclairmic]

None pipped yet. It is fan assisted. I measured a few spots before setting eggs and it was fairly even.

 

[sinclairmic]

Still no pipping or movement. It's 24 hours since the first ones pipped

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

At 24 hours I would get your hatched quail into the brooder and get them eating & drinking. While doing this give the remaining eggs a candle and see if you can see any movement or internal pips.

 

[sinclairmic]

I had trouble candling the eggs as they're mottled. I will leave them in tonight and see if there are any signs in the morning. I didn't candle them from the start so they could potentially be infertile. However I did see 1 rock slightly

 

[sinclairmic]

Ok I just took the eggs out and cracked them. All infertile no growth atall. I am pretty pleased with my homemade incubator. 5 eggs hatched out of 6 fertile ones. I'm going to order another dozen and set them I think.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

If they had no development and you have had 5/6 hatch I would say your incubator is working great

Ordering more straight away is pointing to incubating addiction

Hope your hatched ones are doing well and good luck with your next set of eggs

 

[KLuke]

Congrats

 

[KLuke]

Its day 16 for my buttons in the incubator I can see 3 have piped but not properly only one has actually removed a chunk out of its shell the other two just have small cracks. I first noticed them about three hours ago. Just wondering if this is normal?