That's what we used in the past as well except this time they stuck to the eggs.
I checked and humidity 70% and temperature 100 degrees F. I have an independent calibrated thermometer & humidity gauge that verifies incubater readings.
Gambels supposed to be kept at 65% to 75% on lock down to hatching. If they don't make it it will be first ones we've lost.
They looked so healthy on candling on day 11 and were really moving around on day 18 lockdown.
For Gambles day 25 is the late date. We'll keep them until day 28 and carefully (just in case) do an autopsy.
We've actually been successful so far in saving chicks that gave out pipping after
Next batch we rescue we are going hold off on paper towels just in case. Something strange happened.
Once we hatched couple of abandoned dove eggs. The one that hatched first turned over the water in the incubator and saturated cloth we had. Turns out the cloth wasn't die fast and second egg absorbed the die. Hatched. Chick was color of cloth and died in 24 hours.
Agree the paper towels might have created an uneven humidity.
Thanks
I hatch quail all the time.
I meet my humidity close to 30% through and don't raise it until I see an external pip. I only raise it to about 50 and never higher.
I have many 100% perfect hatches.
You didn't mention the type so I assumed coturnix, sorry.