Help please!!

[Kiki]

If they do hatch..are you prepared.
Do you have a brooder with a heat source ready to go?

 

[Kiki]

I replied in the thread.. oopps

you did it right.
You can reply or post..basically the same thing in your own thread.

 

[Ronie]

If they do hatch..are you prepared.
Do you have a brooder with a heat source ready to go?

The farm that gave me the eggs want them same day or next day. So i will be transferring them back. Since this was an experiment, she told me to put them in a box with wood shaving and just bring them over. They are about 10 minutes away. Also, I am in south Florida and it's about 90' here. Like I said before I don't have any experience with this. I just don't want them to die.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If you are not brooding them then they need to stay in the incubator and be fully dry before you pull them to take them back.
If you have a forced air incubator, temps for all three species should be 99.5F taken with a thermometer that has been checked for accuracy. Still air should be 101-102F temps taken near the tops.
The biggest issue here is you have tiny quail eggs, chicken eggs and larger duck eggs with various types of shells that may need varying humidity levels in order to loose proper moisture. Failure to provide this will lead to fully formed chicks/hatchlings drowning in excess fluid in the shell come hatch time.
I'm all for learning through experience and experiments, but I don't believe in setting up a developing life for failure either.
I would look closely at the humidity levels used and the growth of air cells to get an idea of if they have a decent chance of hatching.

 

[Ronie]

We've got some pipping!!! Omg! Thank you ALL for your advice! I set up a box with a heat lamp, towel and wood chips. I know I need to have a shallow bowl of water so they don't drown. I have starter food. Anything else? I am not keeping these birds, just hatching for the project and giving them away afterward. How fast after they hatch can I transfer them? How often should I change the water?

 

[Ronie]

So 3 or 4 started to pip last night around 9 PM. Non have hatched yet, should I spray them? Is there anything I can do? How long does it usually take?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So 3 or 4 started to pip last night around 9 PM. Non have hatched yet, should I spray them? Is there anything I can do? How long does it usually take?

It can take 24 hours before they progress to zip after pip. It could be less but no need to worry until then. Put marbles or sterile rocks in water to keep from chicks drowning.

 

[Kiki]

So 3 or 4 started to pip last night around 9 PM. Non have hatched yet, should I spray them? Is there anything I can do? How long does it usually take?

O boy..how exciting!
Did you get any sleep?

 

[Ronie]

It can take 24 hours before they progress to zip after pip. It could be less but no need to worry until then. Put marbles or sterile rocks in water to keep from chicks drowning.

Barely!!! One died . Do I take it out of the incubator? I don't want to disturb the rest that are hatching. I also 3 others that haven't pipped at all. They moved when I candled them.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Barely!!! One died . Do I take it out of the incubator? I don't want to disturb the rest that are hatching. I also 3 others that haven't pipped at all. They moved when I candled them.

If you have a dead chick in the bator, yes, pull it out.