Candling the quail eggs and checking for fertility
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Day 14 of my third round of eggs and I had 65% fertility rate this time (26 out of 40 were fertile). The hatch is due Wednesday and I'll give you an update on the total hatch percentage when it's finished. I think the Nuture Right 360 is doing its job but my birds weren't doing theirs. I'm hoping to get enough birds out of this hatch to start another breeding compartment. The hens I have are laying well, so I'm thinking the issues I'm having are with the males. This is how it goes with quail - try this, try that - see what works!
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On what day do you check your eggs and thanks for sharing ❤
Just a suggestion. Any time you take your incubator top off. It’s good practice to turn it off. It constantly runs when it’s like you had it. The temperature can get way up there. When you put the lid back on it will raise the temperature of the eggs. Just a suggestion.
Thank you for the advice!!!
What does it mean when it's clear?😭
It's not fertile
Did your temp and humidity levels fluctuate a lot but not below 98.8 and up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit and anywhere between 30- 51% humidity? Some people have told me that 60% is ok. It’s my first time incubating quail eggs. I have 38 jumbo pearl fee eggs inside my nurture right 360 right now… they have been in there for 5 days already.
@@fixngrow I have a blanket wrapped around it and I also have a blanket on the table they are sitting on… my house has poor ac and heating… not all the cool air or heat reaches all over the house, and I have a lot of windows, but I keep them closed anyways. I don’t have a basement either cuz southern california or most of California in general don’t have basements in their houses. But someone told me that it’s normal cuz it acts like a mother hen in a sense. When she gets up to eat some food and drink some water the temps and humidity will fluctuate. So cross fingers that my eggs will be ok and hatch out at a 80% hatch rate.
@@kathleenmonsegue9700 Yes, some fluctuation is okay - but you really don't want changes of more than a degree on a regular basis. Like you said, in real life the hen would occasionally get up to eat, but if ever watched a chicken sitting on the eggs, the don't move off of them much.
When you check the fertile ones your hand is in the way. Id like to better see what a fertile one looks like. Thank you
Can we use mobile torch for it?
How wass the hatch?!??