Should they be hatching by now

[joe125]

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That's one lovely homemade bator! I would be fine with that in my living room

Today 10/18 is day 18. Coturnix can take up to 21 days to hatch. Day 19-20ish is not uncommon, for home built bators. You just have to trust me on this.

Pips are hard to see on coturnix eggs, so just keep them on lock-down, and wait it out. You got 3 more days to wait, so get yourself a pudding pop or something.

 

[The Critter Place]

It is an amazing incubator!

And Joe is right about the pips being hard to see! LOL!

Gosh, we've had a few surprises the past few days because we didn't see pips!

 

[kajhurley]

Still no babies this morning. Holding my breath while i go to work today.

 

[Stellar]

Well don't hold it too long, we don't need you to pass out at work!

 

[The Critter Place]

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[kajhurley]

Got home today to find...........












NOTHING AGAIN!!!


THEY BETTER START HATCHING!!!

 

[kajhurley]

Cracked an egg open this morning and found a fully developed chick that internally pipped and was dead..........What happened?? Temps never got too high or low and i kept my humidity around 60% until i locked them down and then put it up to 70%... Not to hopeful now about the others.

 

[TedJan92_in_Idaho]

Sorry to here it. I think 40% would of been good. I did the same with some chicken eggs and got 5 out of 24 hatched and the rest did the same as your quail. Its really disappointing when you set them and wait for them to hatch and you get little to nothing.

 

[Stellar]

How many thermometers did you have in the incubator? How was ventilation?

Causes of DIS (dead in shell) could be high temperature (or low, but mainly high), the ventilation was improper so the chicks couldn't breath properly throughout incubation through the pores of their eggs; if the chick in the shell is wet or sticky, humidity could be too high, whereas if dried in the shell, humidity was too low, turning was improper or the eggs were not turned enough, or a bacterial or viral infection entered the egg (very unlikely in your case).

I would still give the other eggs some chance, you never know what surprises you may get. I know it can be a bit discouraging but practice makes perfect!

 

[shelleyd2008]

Probably either too high humidity or poor ventilation, though I'd lean more towards humidity since it was so far along. 9 times of 10, if a chick pips internally and dies, it's a humidity problem.

I'm thinking high humidity caused condensation in the air cell and the chick drowned when it pipped. 50% should be enough humidity for the entire hatch for future reference, and it wouldn't hurt to keep it lower than that during development so the chicks aren't as big and can turn in the egg better.