Quail too big to hatch?

[alisamay156]

I have a small,cheap incubator and I was given 4 quail eggs that the hen was not sitting on. It's now day 18 and yesterday I had one egg pip then no further movement. I removed the egg after more than 24 hours and the chick was dead. The chick seemed to be too big to be able to hatch. I have attached a photo of the chick after I removed some of the shell. I live in a very warm climate and the past week or has been around 38 degrees during the day. The incubator is set to 37.5 but seems to be sitting around 37.9. Could the chick have grown too large due to too much heat?

 

[Weeg]

Welcome to BYC! I hope you find all the help here you need! I don't know the answer to your question but I am assuming were talking Celsius temp wise? I hop esoemone more experienced comes along to help you out!

 

[alisamay156]

Welcome to BYC! I hope you find all the help here you need! I don't know the answer to your question but I am assuming were talking Celsius temp wise? I hop esoemone more experienced comes along to help you out!

Yes temps are celcius.

 

[muddy75]

I have a small,cheap incubator and I was given 4 quail eggs that the hen was not sitting on. It's now day 18 and yesterday I had one egg pip then no further movement. I removed the egg after more than 24 hours and the chick was dead. The chick seemed to be too big to be able to hatch. I have attached a photo of the chick after I removed some of the shell. I live in a very warm climate and the past week or has been around 38 degrees during the day. The incubator is set to 37.5 but seems to be sitting around 37.9. View attachment 2325860Could the chick have grown too large due to too much heat?

failure of a fully formed chick to hatch typically has to do with humidity levels. too low and won’t soften shell enough for chick to break out and too high can lead to drowning in the shell. did you use a separate thermometer and hygrometer to verify your temps/humidity?? EX: I just started with a new incubator and the thermometer was fairly accurate out of the box but the hygrometer was 15+% low which if not verified could have resulted in failed hatch

 

[alisamay156]

failure of a fully formed chick to hatch typically has to do with humidity levels. too low and won’t soften shell enough for chick to break out and too high can lead to drowning in the shell. did you use a separate thermometer and hygrometer to verify your temps/humidity?? EX: I just started with a new incubator and the thermometer was fairly accurate out of the box but the hygrometer was 15+% low which if not verified could have resulted in failed hatch

No I didn't so the humidity levels could have been wrong.

 

[Ravenlover]

Sounds and looks like humidity to me

 

[Quailobsessed]

Yes temps are celcius.

Wow, someone who speaks my language