GreenFeather
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I recently bought an incubator and 12 button quail eggs off ebay hoping to hatch some. I keep reading different advice as to hatching them so I thought I'd join a forum for advice.
I'm not sure whether to incubate dry.. I have a hydrometer which reads 0% in the incubator when I add nothing. I have put a small sponge in which raises it to 25% - 45%. Is this OK? Or does it need to be more consistent? Am I best putting a small water tub>The incubator is fan assisted and I have it at 37.5 c, though it drops and raises above this, do the eggs keep a middle temperature inside them?
The eggs came in the post at 12 and I put them in the incubator at around 6 this morning, (I was going to leave them to settle longer but I was impatient). I can't be consistent with the daily turning as I am out at different times each day, is this OK aslong as both sides of the egg get an even amount of time? And also, is the way the eggs are rotated, important? Like, do they go all the way round, or back and fourth? I've marked them with an 'X' and 'O'.
After candling, I found that two of the eggs had small cracks and I read that these can infect the other eggs with bacteria so I decided to crack them open and check for fertility.
One of the yolks has the 'bulls eye - like white' circle, but i'm no expert. I messed with the contrast so it's more visible.
Hopefully I haven't done anything too wrong..
I recently bought an incubator and 12 button quail eggs off ebay hoping to hatch some. I keep reading different advice as to hatching them so I thought I'd join a forum for advice.
I'm not sure whether to incubate dry.. I have a hydrometer which reads 0% in the incubator when I add nothing. I have put a small sponge in which raises it to 25% - 45%. Is this OK? Or does it need to be more consistent? Am I best putting a small water tub>The incubator is fan assisted and I have it at 37.5 c, though it drops and raises above this, do the eggs keep a middle temperature inside them?
The eggs came in the post at 12 and I put them in the incubator at around 6 this morning, (I was going to leave them to settle longer but I was impatient). I can't be consistent with the daily turning as I am out at different times each day, is this OK aslong as both sides of the egg get an even amount of time? And also, is the way the eggs are rotated, important? Like, do they go all the way round, or back and fourth? I've marked them with an 'X' and 'O'.
After candling, I found that two of the eggs had small cracks and I read that these can infect the other eggs with bacteria so I decided to crack them open and check for fertility.
One of the yolks has the 'bulls eye - like white' circle, but i'm no expert. I messed with the contrast so it's more visible.
Hopefully I haven't done anything too wrong..