Quail pipping externally and then dying.

[Quail1567]

Its been now about 20 hours since the first on pipped and about 11 hours since the 2nd one pipped.

 

[Quail1567]

Ive never heard of a salt test before. This my first time.

 

[Quail1567]

What would you recommend me keeping the humidity at now?

 

[Kiki]

Thank you everyone!

What is the humidity in your bator?

 

[Kiki]

I'm using a separate humidity gauge.

What did you keep the humidity at for the first 15 or so days?

When the humidity is kept too high the eggs don't lose enough moisture and at the end when it's time to hatch there's too much moisture in the egg in which the bird usually drowns.

 

[Kiki]

Also I should say that I have not hatched Bob White's yet but I do hatch cotournix quail constantly.
I can tell you that with coturnix... I find they usually start hatching 24 hours after you see an external pip.

 

[Kiki]

60% but I think that was a little high.

That would be way too high in my book.
At this point there's absolutely nothing you can do to change the outcome of two high humidity throughout the incubation. Except cross your fingers and wait.

 

[Quail1567]

Yes I have been candling. On day 23 nothing was happening i candled them and their was no air sac in some. I am using a Janoel 12 incubator.

 

[Quail1567]

3 more have pipped but still no chirping a little worried.

 

[Quail1567]

One just hatched!