Two fold question...
Day 25 in the incubator for my bobwhites. The majority are hatched and in the brooder, but I still have several cheeping and pipping. I have several that have pipped on the wrong side of the egg. It's more of in the middle or towards the point of the egg.
1. What causes...
Were your humidity levels where they should be? I hatch bobwhites and day 16/17 are earlllly. I have had them start pipping on day 19 but not earlier than that. But I don't know about other breeds. 60-65% humidity is good for lockdown. However, I am on day 23 with 50 eggs. I accidently goofed...
We raise bobwhites. We've had several rainy days. My daughter came in from collecting eggs and said they were covered in tiny worms. She showed me that the floor is covered in these tiny, almost microscopic worms. They could have been there forever and I've never noticed them. Are they a threat...
Our KC is laying her 1st round of eggs. However, she's laying them right outside our quail pen (high traffic area). We are hoping she continues to lay and sit. But I'm afraid that once she starts sitting, we will disturb her while we tend to the quail. I don't want her to abandon the eggs. Do we...
We are in the fun days of incubation and we've had chick's hatching since the 15th and still more pipping! This is the first time that we have dated our eggs from collection date. We have been collecting so much "data" this go around. We collected for 10 days and have had them hatch for every...
Those of you who are un-opposed to helping a fully zipped egg...
-do you help it and then leave it in the incubator to dry or take it straight to the brooder?
On day 21, I removed my eggs from the turner, only to see an egg on the last row completely pipped all the way around. I was assuming that by this time, he was a goner. Here we are on day 23 and he is still rolling and cheeping. We also had a mishap of the lid not being completely in place (not...