Quails lockdown

[Tenesexx]

Its day 15 it's the second day of lockdown when should I be expecting quails to hatch and when they do and leave them for at least 24 hours should I refill the water cup for the rest of the chicks
Thanks

 

[Floydie]

What kind of quail are you hatching?
I've taken ours out once they are dry and making a fuss about being stuck in the incubator. But if you have others pipping and close to hatching it's best to wait until they have finished. The chicks will raise the humidity when hatching so you shouldn't (touch wood) need to refill unless the others are taking ages and the humidity drops.

 

[Tenesexx]

What kind of quail are you hatching?
I've taken ours out once they are dry and making a fuss about being stuck in the incubator. But if you have others pipping and close to hatching it's best to wait until they have finished. The chicks will raise the humidity when hatching so you shouldn't (touch wood) need to refill unless the others are taking ages and the humidity drops.

Oh okay thank you I cant really see anything in the incubator because of the way it's made and the quails are japanese when would I expect a hatch?

 

[Floydie]

My Japanese went in lockdown day 14 not long before bed. The first pip was there middle of day 15 and chicks arrived day 16. Online it will tell you they can hatch between day 15 and round day 20.

 

[Ebony Rose]

I personally don't lock down my japanese coturnix quail down until about day 15/16, and I have been known to forget to lock them down altogether. You wont' have need to add water once they start hatching as your incubator will get super hydrated once those eggs are open and wet chicks pop out.
Making the hatchlings remain in the incubator for 24 hours isn't required either. Once dry, if you don't have other eggs pipping and zipping, you can safely move your dry babies into the pre-warmed brooder. Mine typically hatch about day 17, but some as late as day 20. Ensure that your brooder has plenty of space under the heat source AND plenty of space away from the heat source. Place their food and water at the meeting point of cool/warm, to enable the chicks to 'camp' on their groceries without becoming overheated. Put marbles into their shallow watering dish, or in the case of a quail watering device, put marbles into that channel of water. Quail look for ways to drown themselves, it seems; marbles will reduce that possibility greatly.
I highly recommend adding a liquid vitamin and mineral supplement to their water. I use a tasty product called chick booster. This greatly reduces illness caused by nutritional deficiencies in their parents that were passed along in the egg, and some genetic predispositions for difficulty utilizing some vitamins and minerals (perhaps caused by eons of domestication?).
Congratulations on your upcoming babies!

 

[Tenesexx]

My Japanese went in lockdown day 14 not long before bed. The first pip was there middle of day 15 and chicks arrived day 16. Online it will tell you they can hatch between day 15 and round day 20.

Oh okay thank you so much

 

[Tenesexx]

I personally don't lock down my japanese coturnix quail down until about day 15/16, and I have been known to forget to lock them down altogether. You wont' have need to add water once they start hatching as your incubator will get super hydrated once those eggs are open and wet chicks pop out.
Making the hatchlings remain in the incubator for 24 hours isn't required either. Once dry, if you don't have other eggs pipping and zipping, you can safely move your dry babies into the pre-warmed brooder. Mine typically hatch about day 17, but some as late as day 20. Ensure that your brooder has plenty of space under the heat source AND plenty of space away from the heat source. Place their food and water at the meeting point of cool/warm, to enable the chicks to 'camp' on their groceries without becoming overheated. Put marbles into their shallow watering dish, or in the case of a quail watering device, put marbles into that channel of water. Quail look for ways to drown themselves, it seems; marbles will reduce that possibility greatly.
I highly recommend adding a liquid vitamin and mineral supplement to their water. I use a tasty product called chick booster. This greatly reduces illness caused by nutritional deficiencies in their parents that were passed along in the egg, and some genetic predispositions for difficulty utilizing some vitamins and minerals (perhaps caused by eons of domestication?).
Congratulations on your upcoming babies!

Thank you for all the information however I cant see anyhting in the incubator I wouldn't know if its dry or not or even if theres popping I'd hear the bird most likely but seeing anyhting inside is impossible and for the brooder I have a heating plate as I heard its safer there cage is large hamster cage and their food and water wouldn't be far from them,I hope this is fine

 

[Ebony Rose]

This looks wonderful! You might consider turning the feed container against the other wall so that some will be very close to the mama plate and then move the water to the opposite wall, again, close to mama plate... at first, the little squirts will be reluctant to venture very far from the warmth.
As for the incubator and humidity. Once you've got little squirts hatching the humidity WILL rise dramatically. I do not recommend adding water at that time.
While discussing hatching, it's not uncommon for there to be an external pip and seemingly nothing for up to 24 hours after... don't be alarmed, don't be too anxious to offer assistance. It's very hard work for them to get out of the shell, but it strengthens them tremendously to do this work themselves.

 

[Tenesexx]

This looks wonderful! You might consider turning the feed container against the other wall so that some will be very close to the mama plate and then move the water to the opposite wall, again, close to mama plate... at first, the little squirts will be reluctant to venture very far from the warmth.
As for the incubator and humidity. Once you've got little squirts hatching the humidity WILL rise dramatically. I do not recommend adding water at that time.
While discussing hatching, it's not uncommon for there to be an external pip and seemingly nothing for up to 24 hours after... don't be alarmed, don't be too anxious to offer assistance. It's very hard work for them to get out of the shell, but it strengthens them tremendously to do this work themselves.

That's wonderful thank you , and would there be any harm if I opened the incubator today(day 16) to the eggs just to see if theres any pips or could they be killed as I've heard many stuff

 

[Ebony Rose]

Unnecessary risk. Day 19/20 without chicks would be a necessary risk, but not day 16.