Quail hatch. Follow along.

[Mallards and Quail]

Congratulations!!! sadly, that happens sometimes.

Thank you! Sadly it’s all apart of hatching eggs.

 

[Danes and Gambels]

Congrats on the ones that hatched! Sorry to hear about the ones that didn't make it. I have a update of my own. Out of my 30 Gambel eggs, 8 hatched on the 25th day and 7 this morning- the 26th day for a total of 15. The first 8 survived the night. I have a pretty good idea why they were late hatching.

The eggs took 3 days to get here in AZ. They got here on the 4th of July and had to sit a extra day at the post office because of the holiday. I have no idea what the temperature is in the post office here in AZ. but I'm sure it was in the high 80's to low 90's in the warehouse. My guess is they started to develop somewhere along the line. Then I picked them up on the 4th day of shipping and let them set 24 hours pointy side down before putting them in the incubator. Now obviously I could be wrong about this but that is the only thing I could come up with is to why they hatched late. If anyone else has any idea as to why such a late hatch date I would be curious to know.

The temp in the incubator stayed between 99.5 to 100.5 the whole time. Humidity was between 45%-50% the whole time also. I did use a Govee hygrometer also.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Congrats on the ones that hatched! Sorry to hear about the ones that didn't make it. I have a update of my own. Out of my 30 Gambel eggs, 8 hatched on the 25th day and 7 this morning- the 26th day for a total of 15. The first 8 survived the night. I have a pretty good idea why they were late hatching.

The eggs took 3 days to get here in AZ. They got here on the 4th of July and had to sit a extra day at the post office because of the holiday. I have no idea what the temperature is in the post office here in AZ. but I'm sure it was in the high 80's to low 90's in the warehouse. My guess is they started to develop somewhere along the line. Then I picked them up on the 4th day of shipping and let them set 24 hours pointy side down before putting them in the incubator. Now obviously I could be wrong about this but that is the only thing I could come up with is to why they hatched late. If anyone else has any idea as to why such a late hatch date I would be curious to know.

The temp in the incubator stayed between 99.5 to 100.5 the whole time. Humidity was between 45%-50% the whole time also. I did use a Govee hygrometer also.

Congrats on your new chicks! I’d love to see some pics! It isn’t uncommon for gambels to hatch on days 25-26 although it may seem “late” it’s really just the chicks taking their time to rest and fully absorb the yolk before hatching. If they started developing along the line of shipping they would have hatched sooner rather than later.

 

[Danes and Gambels]

Congrats on your new chicks! I’d love to see some pics! It isn’t uncommon for gambels to hatch on days 25-26 although it may seem “late” it’s really just the chicks taking their time to rest and fully absorb the yolk before hatching. If they started developing along the line of shipping they would have hatched sooner rather than later.

Thank you! @ Mallards and Quail

That does make perfect sense that they would hatch earlier if they had already started to develop. Don't know what I was thinking.
I will try and post a pic and a video if I can.
Edit: couldn't upload a video of a chick hatching. guess it was to large.

 

[Danes and Gambels]

A quick update on my eggs. Had 3 more hatch today for a total of 18 out of 30 eggs. I had to help the last one hatch and on top of that he had curled feet so I taped them. He's getting around ok and is feeding. This is my first hatch and I must say they are the cutest little buggers ever! It amazes me how fast they are at only a few days old.
Nature is truly fascinating!

 

[M14Jackson]

Thanks so very much for the great thread and info. Looking forward to getting Gambel's and maybe even California quail in my backyard when the new house is finished.

 

[Mallards and Quail]

Thanks so very much for the great thread and info. Looking forward to getting Gambel's and maybe even California quail in my backyard when the new house is finished.

Of course! I’m glad you found this thread helpful.