- Jul 14, 2010
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Two babies hatched so far!
I put 12 coturnix eggs in my Brinsea Advance on Monday, Sept 13 at 9:30 AM. This morning at about 11:30 they went into lockdown. However, I will have to disturb lockdown at least one time. I also have 3 button quail eggs in the incubator. A mama was on the eggs but I had to move them into the incubator. I wasn't sure exactly when she started sitting, but they were WAY overdue as she was on them for several days before the coturnix eggs went into the 'bator. I had given up on them but was going to leave them in until the coturnix eggs all hatched.
Tonight, I was VERY surprised to see a strong little button quail -- just hatched and still wet -- in the incubator and another one with an egg that was zipped all the way around. That one hatched an hour or two later. It isn't as large or strong as the first one, but that egg was smaller to begin with. The first baby is up and around and climbing over COTURNIX eggs that are bigger than he is. He's nearly dry already!
2 button quail hatched (days late)
1 button quail left
12 coturnix eggs left (one damaged, probably won't hatch, one feels "light" almost certainly no good, 10 ???)
The first button quail to hatch was so active that he actually rolled coturnix eggs around in the incubator. He moved at least 3 of them out of his way. He is climbing all over them and is currently sleeping perched between two eggs. Silly baby.
The Brinsea is actually much fuller than capacity. It is supposed to hold 12 quail eggs. It has had 15 eggs in it -- 12 coturnix eggs in the turners & I've been hand turning the button quail eggs several times a day.
I put 12 coturnix eggs in my Brinsea Advance on Monday, Sept 13 at 9:30 AM. This morning at about 11:30 they went into lockdown. However, I will have to disturb lockdown at least one time. I also have 3 button quail eggs in the incubator. A mama was on the eggs but I had to move them into the incubator. I wasn't sure exactly when she started sitting, but they were WAY overdue as she was on them for several days before the coturnix eggs went into the 'bator. I had given up on them but was going to leave them in until the coturnix eggs all hatched.
Tonight, I was VERY surprised to see a strong little button quail -- just hatched and still wet -- in the incubator and another one with an egg that was zipped all the way around. That one hatched an hour or two later. It isn't as large or strong as the first one, but that egg was smaller to begin with. The first baby is up and around and climbing over COTURNIX eggs that are bigger than he is. He's nearly dry already!
2 button quail hatched (days late)
1 button quail left
12 coturnix eggs left (one damaged, probably won't hatch, one feels "light" almost certainly no good, 10 ???)
The first button quail to hatch was so active that he actually rolled coturnix eggs around in the incubator. He moved at least 3 of them out of his way. He is climbing all over them and is currently sleeping perched between two eggs. Silly baby.
The Brinsea is actually much fuller than capacity. It is supposed to hold 12 quail eggs. It has had 15 eggs in it -- 12 coturnix eggs in the turners & I've been hand turning the button quail eggs several times a day.
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