quail pipped but then stopped moving

[freddiethedog]

Hi there, I'm not an expert as this is only my second season hatching quail, but here is the thing, and it is really hard to say this, but I think assisting is the wrong way to go. I know people do, and I have, but without exception every chick I helped never thrived and I ended up doing a mercy cull in a few days or it just expired. Don't think me heartless, I hover over the incubator and brooder like a crazy person and I worry and fret about those little ones, BUT as hard as it is, I have to let mother nature do her thing. If the chick isn't strong enough to get out, and I haven't been the cause by opening the incubator to let humidity out to shrink wrap, then it probably won't thrive and will probably have some sort of issue such as curled feed and splayed legs, which I know can sometimes be addressed, but even then, it is the rare chick I don't end up culling to be humane.

I currently have two eggs in my incubator that showed movement in the water test, but all the others have hatched 24 hours ago. I'm giving them another 24 just to be sure before I put another batch into my lockdown incubator.

I hope it works out and you get two more thriving chicks!!

 

[Nabiki]

Hi there, I'm not an expert as this is only my second season hatching quail, but here is the thing, and it is really hard to say this, but I think assisting is the wrong way to go. I know people do, and I have, but without exception every chick I helped never thrived and I ended up doing a mercy cull in a few days or it just expired. Don't think me heartless, I hover over the incubator and brooder like a crazy person and I worry and fret about those little ones, BUT as hard as it is, I have to let mother nature do her thing. If the chick isn't strong enough to get out, and I haven't been the cause by opening the incubator to let humidity out to shrink wrap, then it probably won't thrive and will probably have some sort of issue such as curled feed and splayed legs, which I know can sometimes be addressed, but even then, it is the rare chick I don't end up culling to be humane.

I currently have two eggs in my incubator that showed movement in the water test, but all the others have hatched 24 hours ago. I'm giving them another 24 just to be sure before I put another batch into my lockdown incubator.

I hope it works out and you get two more thriving chicks!!

You're not completely wrong. If you assist a chick, in my experience there is a 75% chance that you'll have to cull it anyways. I do it to give it that 25% chance. If it doesn't thrive, I give a quick end, but if it does, I have another bird.

 

[AltonaAcres]

I have helped out 4 chicks, all were completely healthy

 

[BESSIE THE QUAIL]

Hi there, I'm not an expert as this is only my second season hatching quail, but here is the thing, and it is really hard to say this, but I think assisting is the wrong way to go. I know people do, and I have, but without exception every chick I helped never thrived and I ended up doing a mercy cull in a few days or it just expired. Don't think me heartless, I hover over the incubator and brooder like a crazy person and I worry and fret about those little ones, BUT as hard as it is, I have to let mother nature do her thing. If the chick isn't strong enough to get out, and I haven't been the cause by opening the incubator to let humidity out to shrink wrap, then it probably won't thrive and will probably have some sort of issue such as curled feed and splayed legs, which I know can sometimes be addressed, but even then, it is the rare chick I don't end up culling to be humane.

I currently have two eggs in my incubator that showed movement in the water test, but all the others have hatched 24 hours ago. I'm giving them another 24 just to be sure before I put another batch into my lockdown incubator.

I hope it works out and you get two more thriving chicks!!

i don't assist either, i just let them hatch and then take them out. I don't open the incubator after lockdown until i take out the little puffballs