These are Coturnix quail. I thought hatch was 17-18 days.
I thought the 15th day was lockdown, so Saturday the 25 at 8 am? But I am new to this.
I have seen some people count the day they put the eggs in as the first day and some people count that as day zero....
I've done only one hatch...
I am in love with these 12 fluff balls! Enjoying our first hatch ever! We have 2 Pharoah, an Italian, a silver and a lavender I think, plus several tuxedos!
Sometimes they sleep all stretched out!
Ps. Toilet paper tubes make great tunnels!
I have 30 Celadon eggs in the incubator from Quail Tale Covey. They are supposed to hatch 95% true for Celadon layers. They were shipped Monday and arrived Thursday morning. Went into incubator at 8am Friday morning. Hoping for a good hatch rate.
I also put in 30 eggs eggs local pickup from...
Ok. I count the day changing to the next day at 1pm. So I was hoping they would start hatching tomorrow afternoon. But I guess it won't be until Thursday afternoon?
I put 31 quail eggs that I bought locally in the incubator on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at about 2 pm. I am counting that as day 1. She gave me a bunch extra in case they weren't all fertile.
I candled on day 9 or 10 and about half of them looked fertile.
Sunday, July 5, 2020 was day 15 and they...
First time hatching! I put 31 quail eggs in the incubator today! Eggs are local pickup.
Incubator is a lightly used Brinsea Octagon Advance I got for a steal off Facebook marketplace. Temperature is set for 37.5°C and I have a Mercury thermometer inside to double-check temp is correct. Humidity...