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That's so sweet of you - I'll have to put my thinking cap on!

And I love the name!

He might just be exhausted. Let him rest up and fluff up, but if he's moving around with them still shut maybe dab them with a wet Q-tip in case he's got egg gunk glueing them shut. Awesome photos! :thumbsup

I've jumped in too quickly to help before only to find the membrane still has live blood vessels in it and the chick isn't ready. And once you start helping them you generally have to keep helping them (once they are ready). I've often had quail take 36 hours from the first external pip before...

:clap Exciting!

Japanese/Coturnix quail will generally just drop their eggs wherever they happen to be, and sometimes Buttons are the same.

If your air cells were looking on track then the eggs will be absolutely fine in 99% humidity. I prefer a high humidity so that I can open the incubator as the chicks hatch. If the air cells don't get big enough during the first stage of incubation then there isn't enough oxygen in the air...

It's the surface area of water that counts so as many damp surfaces as possible is what you need. Have you got a sponge you could wet and put in the incubator somewhere, ideally sitting in a little water so it's constantly sucking up fresh water and releasing it into the air? Or a cloth or even...

Quail can take longer so don't panic. You can candle them to see if they've pipped internally but try not to turn the egg - keep it in the position it's lying in so you don't confuse the chick and make them move into the wrong position for hatching. If they have internally pipped you'll see a...