sprayed leg problems at hatch

[ke4uzi]

I have the sportsman 1502 incubator , I have put 100 quail eggs in it each week for 3 weeks. The first set was taken out of the turner on day 14  with a steady temp reading of 100 and a humidity reading of 50-53 % during the entire hatch. Day 15 they started hatching ,20 so far but I have roughly 10 with bad legs ,sprayed/spalded legs or what every you call it.......
 Help me figure this problem out as this is a new incubator and I am losing money with low and injured quail from hatches.

I have 200 more due to hatch in the next few weeks and I need to figure this out.Help!

[CaliPheasantGuy]

i had that same problem with my pheasant hatch last year. i hatched 60 chicks and 20 of them had disformed legs and feet.

[cv]

Sounds like cortunix. What kind of quail?  I think your humidity is to low during all of your incubation and hatching. Try using a incubation chart, there are plenty available.

common causes for splayed leg/spraddle leg are genetic and or a slippery surface when hatching
http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html

[lamike]

Could also be your tempature what temp does your incubator stay at

[ke4uzi]

temp 100 humidity 50- 53.  all this is read from the digital screen on the sportsman.

[cv]

Here are a few incubation charts, there are several online and here to compare

http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_environment.html

http://www.gbwf.org/quail/quail_chart.html

https://www.gqfmfg.com/pdf/Cabinet%20Model%20Instructions.pdf

[CharlieHorse]

Sounds like cortunix. What kind of quail?  I think your humidity is to low during all of your incubation and hatching. Try using a incubation chart, there are plenty available.

common causes for splayed leg/spraddle leg are genetic and or a slippery surface when hatching
http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html

 

Temps and humidity are off.   In my opinion...........temp too high, humidity too low.    There are all sorts of charts availible on this forum and throughout the web.....

Here's some info from the TQP mainpage......

http://www.thatquailplace.com/raising/humidity.htm

and......

http://www.thatquailplace.com/smf/index.php?board=11.0

[lamike]

Did you put newspaper in the hatch area ?

[ke4uzi]

newspaper was added to the hatch basket in the bottom of incu...

[lamike]

Newspaper is not a good idea for your incubator its kinda slick for little feet try replacing it with paper towels instead that may help your problem