tothefifth powe
In the Brooder
- Mar 3, 2016
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Hello!
I'm currently waiting for button quails to hatch.
13 seemed viable at the last candling. This morning, one chick hatched. 3 Other eggs had visible pips. I took the advice of many and decided not to remove the chick from the incubator. However, the little guy is wild - an expert soccer player and an incessant crier. He turned over his sibling's eggs multiple times. I can't even see the original pips anymore on the three other eggs and I'm fearing they were turned onto their pips - blocking their only passageway of air. Also, he's been in there for 10-12 hours, and he keeps pecking at the floor as if he's searching for food. Is it okay to keep the little guy in there any longer? Remember, he is a very very small bird - button quails are not chickens.
I understand humidity is very important, but isn't it also important for the position of the eggs to be just right?
I'm deciding between waiting to see what happens or opening the incubator to take the chick out, reposition the eggs with the pips, and reposition the humidity monitor (he knocked that one down too!).
If I were to open the incubator, I want to figure out a way to make the surroundings high humidity to minimize the damage. The room the incubator is in is very tiny so I could maybe raise the humidity.
Here are my questions:
Should I open the incubator?
If so, how do I raise the humidity of the surroundings before I do so? Could I spray some hot mist from a spray bottle around the incubator right as I open it? Should I cover it in a hot towel?
I really want this chick to have at least one sibling because this breed dies if they don't have a friend to hang out with. Please help me out.
I'm currently waiting for button quails to hatch.
13 seemed viable at the last candling. This morning, one chick hatched. 3 Other eggs had visible pips. I took the advice of many and decided not to remove the chick from the incubator. However, the little guy is wild - an expert soccer player and an incessant crier. He turned over his sibling's eggs multiple times. I can't even see the original pips anymore on the three other eggs and I'm fearing they were turned onto their pips - blocking their only passageway of air. Also, he's been in there for 10-12 hours, and he keeps pecking at the floor as if he's searching for food. Is it okay to keep the little guy in there any longer? Remember, he is a very very small bird - button quails are not chickens.
I understand humidity is very important, but isn't it also important for the position of the eggs to be just right?
I'm deciding between waiting to see what happens or opening the incubator to take the chick out, reposition the eggs with the pips, and reposition the humidity monitor (he knocked that one down too!).
If I were to open the incubator, I want to figure out a way to make the surroundings high humidity to minimize the damage. The room the incubator is in is very tiny so I could maybe raise the humidity.
Here are my questions:
Should I open the incubator?
If so, how do I raise the humidity of the surroundings before I do so? Could I spray some hot mist from a spray bottle around the incubator right as I open it? Should I cover it in a hot towel?
I really want this chick to have at least one sibling because this breed dies if they don't have a friend to hang out with. Please help me out.
