The Great SI (Shape index) experiment

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

There are babies!!! I must have miscounted what day I was on because I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow. I guess I shouldn't have been so worried about the air cells, they seem to be pipping and zipping just fine. There are at least 7 out and I think a few more were zipping. The one thing about the hatching boxes I don't like is it is very hard to see inside because I made the boxes using plastic canvas. I will take the chicks out tomorrow morning and post some pics.

Yay!!! Congrats!! Its so exciting when they start hatching!! Can't wait to see baby pictures!!

 

[Sara L]

Ok, so looks like the Italian eggs are the only ones that hatched so far. Suspected girls 13, 16, and 24

Suspected boys 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, and B1

I'm hoping there will be more babies when I get home from work.

 

[Molpet]

There are babies!!! I must have miscounted what day I was on because I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow. I guess I shouldn't have been so worried about the air cells, they seem to be pipping and zipping just fine. There are at least 7 out and I think a few more were zipping. The one thing about the hatching boxes I don't like is it is very hard to see inside because I made the boxes using plastic canvas. I will take the chicks out tomorrow morning and post some pics.

yeah I was having trouble keeping times straight... A BYC member made a hatching ap for the computer I have been using. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/free-egg-incubation-software-new-release.1235974/

 

[Sara L]

Ok, 9 more chicks, and one still in the incubator waiting to see if it makes it. I opened all the other eggs and they all were dead and had unabsorbed yolk. That would mean they died at or around lockdown, right?
9, 12, 10, 8, B3 suspected girls

4, 2, 11, 6 suspected boys

19 is the one still in the incubator

 

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

Good morning everyone!

I candled my eggs this morning and went ahead and locked them down. I brought home 12 eggs and one broke so that left me 11 to set. All but one has developed and went into lockdown. Egg #12 was an early quitter (looks like around day 5). I'll keep you all posted when the pipping and hatching begins!! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

As a reminder, here is what I set:
Egg # RESULT PREDICTED SEX
2 - 79.82201 F
3 - 81.23475 F
4 - 79.32692 F
5 - 77.8466 WILD CARD SHOULD BE FEMALE BUT COULD BE MALE...WE'LL SEE!
6 - 81.01956 F
7 - 80.42955 F
8 - 80.08123 F
9 - 79.78881 F
10- 79.78895 F
11- 80.44919 F
12- 79.84036 F EARLY QUITTER

 

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

Ok, 9 more chicks, and one still in the incubator waiting to see if it makes it. I opened all the other eggs and they all were dead and had unabsorbed yolk. That would mean they died at or around lockdown, right?
9, 12, 10, 8, B3 suspected girls
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4, 2, 11, 6 suspected boys
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19 is the one still in the incubator

Hi Sara!

What cute tiny babies!!! I don't know anything about hatching quail, but for chickens the yolk starts getting absorbed around day 16 of the 21 days it takes a chicken to hatch. So, if it looked like none of it was absorbed, then death probably happened around two or three days before that. It just depends on how developed the chick was (toenails, leg scales, feathers etc.) Can't wait to see how your predictions turn out!!

 

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

**CREAM LEGBAR HATCHING UPDATE**
Today is day 20 which began at 2:20 this afternoon!
Egg # RESULT PREDICTED SEX
2 - 79.82201 F Pipped @1PM today
3 - 81.23475 F Pipped @1PM today
4 - 79.32692 F Pipped @6:44PM today
5 - 77.8466 WC Pipped @1PM today!
6 - 81.01956 F
7 - 80.42955 F Pipped @4:30PM today
8 - 80.08123 F Pipped @ 6:44PM today
9 - 79.78881 F
10- 79.78895 F
11- 80.44919 F Pipped @8:AM today - Hatched @6:30PM...still wet, waiting for it to dry to confirm sex!
12- 79.84036 F EARLY QUITTER

Stay tuned!!!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Wish I could join in but not allowed Roos here

 

[Nksg75]

**CREAM LEGBAR HATCHING UPDATE**
Today is day 20 which began at 2:20 this afternoon!
Egg # RESULT PREDICTED SEX
2 - 79.82201 F Pipped @1PM today
3 - 81.23475 F Pipped @1PM today
4 - 79.32692 F Pipped @6:44PM today
5 - 77.8466 WC Pipped @1PM today!
6 - 81.01956 F
7 - 80.42955 F Pipped @4:30PM today
8 - 80.08123 F Pipped @ 6:44PM today
9 - 79.78881 F
10- 79.78895 F
11- 80.44919 F Pipped @8:AM today - Hatched @6:30PM...still wet, waiting for it to dry to confirm sex!
12- 79.84036 F EARLY QUITTER

Stay tuned!!!

Sooo.. what are the results??
I am dying to know!!

 

[Nksg75]

There are babies!!! I must have miscounted what day I was on because I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow. I guess I shouldn't have been so worried about the air cells, they seem to be pipping and zipping just fine. There are at least 7 out and I think a few more were zipping. The one thing about the hatching boxes I don't like is it is very hard to see inside because I made the boxes using plastic canvas. I will take the chicks out tomorrow morning and post some pics.

So, I assume you will have to wait a few weeks to be able to tell sex with quail correct?