How long can quail hatchlings stay in incubator while chicks are still hatching?

[PoppeCountryEggs]

I am hatching quails and chicks. Quails were started 3 days later. Yesterday morning (day 17 for quails, day 20 for chicks), the first quail hatched. Then other quails followed. 2 of 22 chicks hatched in the late evening (of chick day 20). My question is: tonight it will be 36 hours since the first quail hatched, but only the evening of day 21 for chicks and day 18 for quails.
Should I take the quails out this evening (and risk shrink wrapping of the eggs that will still be hatching), or leave the quails in for 48 hours or even longer?

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!

You should take the chicks out as soon as they are fluffed up. The sooner they start eating & drinking, the better.

The occasional opening of the incubator will not harm any of the eggs.

 

[PoppeCountryEggs]

Ok, thanks so much. So many posts about not opening the incubator while chicks are hatching made me worried about doing that.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Quail shouldn’t be in the incubator longer than 24 hours post hatch, especially with chicken chicks bumbling around! Taking them out every six hours is fine, just spike humidity a few minutes before and be ready to quickly open, grab, shut incubator.