Hey guys....I am friend lol.
Ok so this is what happened. They are Coturnix eggs. I incubated these with regular chicken eggs and I figured since these quail normally hatch on day 16-17, I would put them in 5 days after I put my chicken eggs in so they would all hatch at the same time.
I just moved, but my incubator was still at my old house because I was in the middle of a hatch.
I was at work yesterday and my mom text me and said one of my marans eggs was pipping! I thought wow! I assumed the hatch was done, but figured id give it a few extra days just in case anyone else wanted to come join us lol (yesterday was day 23 for the chicken eggs).
She later called me and said that the humidity had dropped incredibly and that she didnt hear anymore peeping so assumed the chick had gotten shrink wrapped and died.
I went over there immediately after work, by the time I got there they had the humidity back up to 70 something. I looked and found there to be no pip at all on any eggs lol.....My mom is new at this, so I figured the peeping was wishful thinking and maybe a little bit of "after birth" from one of the other chicks that hatched made it look like another one had pipped.
At this point I "knew" the hatch was done, I started opening up the chicken eggs and they were all dead or not fully developed (keep in mind I did hatch several out on day 21).
Before I had ever set these eggs I dropped all the quail egg and some broke and I set the remainder that didnt. I didnt really expect them to hatch anyway.
Now, knowing that these chicks were all dead and the we were on day 23, I opened up the quail eggs completely forgetting that they were only 1 day late!!!!!!! The first one was alive. Still it didnt click to me so I thought it was a fluke and figured I was lucky to have caught it when I did and maybe I could save it. I opened the membrane so it could breathe and it started cheeping, I put it back in the bator to re-examine a little later. I started opening up more, then as I pipped the air cell, a feather popped out, and I thought, OH CRAP! Then of course I noticed the breathing.....So, then I realized that where the aircell should have been, it wasnt and there was a feather coming out instead. This one I believe was good that I found. When I did finally find the aircell it was on the side and teeny weeny, I opened it up just enough to let the beak out so it could breathe and cheap. Then I put it back in the bator.
I am at my house right now and am getting ready to go to my moms to check on everything, but this is whats happened as of yet, to my knowledge. I also stopped opening eggs after the second live one and threw everyone back in the bator, even some of the ones I thought were dead, just in case.....Sorry so long, didnt know how else to explain it, will update later........Thanks for listening!
