Against the odds, two of the quail eggs hatched.
The cots dried off much more quickly than in the past. I suspect that the addition of the humidifier is the reason for the improved drying. If the air is dry, the residue from the egg would probably dry quickly, get stuck to the cots’ feathers, and take some effort to be removed. With more-humid air, the egg residue may be drying more slowly and have less tendency to stick to the cots’ feathers as it dries. In any case, the cots looked like they were ready to move to the brooder after spending a day in the incubator.
The brooder table is in the work room of the chicken coop. Ahead of time, I turned on the infrared brooder plate and adjusted the height for them to be snug underneath. Because it is close to freezing outside, I turned on a heat lamp to warm up the room. We don’t use heat lamps for the birds anymore because of safety issues. However, we do use them to warm the table area. We are careful to keep the bulbs far away from anything flammable and far enough away that the birds can’t flick any water, etc., onto a bulb.
