quail eggs...round 2 (THEY'RE HERE!!!!!!)

[shelleyd2008]

I just got an e-mail from the guy I got my A&M eggs from. He is sending me some more eggs AT NO CHARGE WHATSOEVER!!

Can you believe it??

Ok, so I REALLY need some advice. Most of the eggs I got before were scrambled. 12 out of 18. Only two hatched, with 1 dead in shell, 1 quitter around day 7-10, 1 blood ring, and one intact but clear. One of the two that hatched had to be helped. It had been pipped for 12 hours, and did nothing else.

So I know it was not completely my fault, but there were 3 that were at some point or another in their development.

What are the temps, humidity, turning amount that works best for these birds? I would really hate to have a miserable failure again! Especially since he was so good as to send me more for free.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I dont know but wanted to say good luck. I am on batch #2 of button quail and hope to have some babies tomorrow or the next day. If not I am giving up on quail and just going to buy button quail chicks locally.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yeah I got buttons as well, the same time I got the A&M's...1 live chick out of 20 eggs.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

still better then me lol. 0 out of 26. Stupid power outage

 

[shelleyd2008]

Mine was mostly the fault of the post office. The buttons had more peeps developing though, that's why I wonder what I did wrong. There were a total of 3 fully developed chicks out of both batches. With the buttons I had one that pipped and never hatched, and one that pipped the air cell. I think the humidity was too low. But that wouldn't explain the quitters I had, at least I don't think so.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I had a few quitters. I was reading that buttons like a low stable temp 98F? and humidity of 50% or higher? I picked mine up locally (swap with BYC member). My dog hit the carton when I came in. Maybe thats why but like someone told me. There are way to many factors.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I've been trying to find some local, so they won't have to endure the post office again, but so far no luck. At least I have a second bator now, so I can hopefully do it right!

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

What kind of bator are you using? Also are your room temps stable? Try craigslist.org and maybe you can post a wanted ad in the farm+garden section?

 

[Bandana]

So, y'all are thinking the buttons might like a lower temp than larger quail?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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