First time incubating coturnix eggs - 93 degree temps :(

[harmohen]

I ordered from Myshire a few weeks ago and USPS misdelivered my shipment of 30 eggs in 40 degree temps. I thought they were goners, but they ended up showing up in my driveway 24 hours later. I was very nervous but I put them in the incubator after 24 hours of room temp rest.

I candled at lockdown and only had 5 non-fertile eggs!

Now the serious issue is that my incubator was not calibrated correctly. I have been combatting seriously low temps (94 degrees at times) in the incubator. It is now day 22 and I have no pips or hatches. But I do have 7 wiggling eggs. I candled 3 eggs that did not appear to be moving - 2 had live embryos, only 1 was undeveloped.

Fingers crossed I get a few healthy chicks!

 

[Nabiki]

Good luck! Invest in a few good thermometers that you can calibrate and put inside your incubator. As you've learned, the readings on the incubator lie.

 

[harmohen]

Fortunately had 11 hatch on DAY 25 - one has a splay leg, but everyone else is healthy! 1 more was dead in shell, and there 4 others that pipped but never made it out. Definitely learned a lot about incubator function.

 

[Just Ranchin]

Mine started hatching this afternoon (day 16). Last time they all hatched day 17 and 18. Just never know. I keep the incubator going until all remaining eggs candled show they aren't viable anymore then I'll shut it down. So glad you held out and got chicks from them! Congratulations!

 

[harmohen]

Thank you!

Sadly we did have to make the tough but humane choice to euthanize the splay leg chick last night. I noticed that his splay leg looked as if it had actually dislocated from his hip joint(?), and his wing feathers had not started to come in like the other chicks, which I presume was due to him not being able to eat or drink properly. That leaves us with 10 healthy and VERY QUICKLY growing chicks!

 

[Quailwhatdoyaknow]

How are the chicks doing?