Quail hatch. Follow along.

[Mallards and Quail]

Hello! I made this thread for anyone who would want to follow along on this quail hatch. I received 12 gambels quail eggs today. I let them sit for 6 hours and they went into the incubaot an hour ago. This is day 1.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Here is some pics:

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Oh now I understand better, I thought you were worried about the pipped eggs. I think the other eggs should be fine. You just need patience.

You were right! They all hatched. I got a 100% hatch rate.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Hey everyone! We have 19 new baby quail!! They hatched earlier this morning. So far only 1 egg hasn't hatched.

 

[007Sean]

I don't know about the new Nurture Rites but the older models where designed for hatching chickens. The timer on the turner was automatically set for a 21 day incubation period, therefore, the turner would stop on day 19 or 3 days before the eggs where to hatch. They had countdown screen that would let you set it to whatever the amount of days you wanted too!....but it would still stop turning at 19 days.

if the new unit's are still that way, no problem it won't be turning when they hatch. To reset the turner timer, turn the power off, restart and the timer will reset to 21 days again.

That late in the incubation period for the second batch, isn't going to be a big deal to miss a couple of days without a turn.
I personally, don't turn the turner off on any of my incubators, I don't have any problems with them hatching nor getting hurt by the turner....it works for me but it may not work for you! You need to see what will work best for you.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Sorry I didn't post yesterday I got really busy. But yesterday was day 7. I candled the eggs and they all had veins and I started to see movement in some. Other than that not much has changed.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Today is day 8. I woke up and all the egg sewm to be doing well. The turner is working humidity is perfect and temp is stable. I get my 30 other eggs this week. Other than that not much has changed.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Here is pictures of each individual bird. ( there is only 11 pictures because the 12th baby wouldn't stay still for the camera lol)

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Update. All 20 eggs in the 4th batch are pipped. I will update again when they hatch.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Update: I lost one quail today . He flew up and got his head stuck in a hole and suffocated himself. He was from the 2nd batch. On a better note daddy and mama quail are still being parents. I'm getting some plants in today so when I finish ill send pics of the updated quail enclosure. (I'll also send pics of the quail family,)