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when do buttons hatch?

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by chickenlady81, Jun 10, 2010.

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  1. Jun 10, 2010 #1
    chickenlady81

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    When do you guys lock down your buttons and at what humidity? Also what about jumbo quail? Im on day 15 with my buttons and I cant get the humidity up past 50%!
     
  2. Jun 10, 2010 #2
    Doodle_Doo

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    Buttons take 16 days stop turning at 13 days humidity at 60-65%
     
  3. Jun 10, 2010 #3
    gryeyes

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    Y'all may laugh at me - or swear at my ignorance - but when I saw the subject line, I immediately thought of my broody hen setting on her 3 eggs and a golf ball. I thought, wow, must be some bantam breed, to have a hen setting on a BUTTON; I thought the OP was making a joke. After all, another thread listed a silkie who was "brooding" a small Tupperware container.

    So, forgive me for side-tracking the thread. The subject line lured me in, and then I had to say why.
     
  4. Jun 10, 2010 #4
    chickenlady81

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    what about jumbo quail?
     
  5. Jun 10, 2010 #5
    chickenlady81

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    Quote:[​IMG] yeah I can just see it now, some bantie sitting on a bunch of buttons! lol
     
  6. Jun 10, 2010 #6
    s_and_ke

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    I read somewhere about day 20 in an incubator for buttons, I do not know about jumbo quail.
     

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