quail incubation

I've had quail for a while but always bought chicks! Today is day 16 on my very first eggs I have ever hatched. I am so excited and nervous!! I actually think I see the first pip! But I honestly have no idea what I'm doing! I sure hope I did everything right! :fl:wee:clap:celebrate:eek::jumpy

Wanting to learn for the future I must have switched brooder temperature when I deep cleaned it... I entered into incubating with the mistake of my brooder set to 101.5. This is the first hatch I had fail. I'm finishing Day 19 and 25 eggs unhatched. 2 chicks hatched on Day 18, feet and legs...

How long should I let my quail lay before trying to hatch their eggs? Was gonna do a batch of my quails eggs but don’t know if they are old enough for an embryo to form they’ve been laying for about a month and a half now all around 3-4 months old don’t know the exact age. Obviously they don’t...

Hello! I am currently trying to incubate quail eggs for the first time. Something has concerned me and my dad slightly during this, although it's only the second day, and we're a bit stumped on what to do if it's an issue. We are using an incubator with automatic turning, it uses rods without...

I’m currently incubating 70+ Cotournix Quail eggs in 2 incubators (both are the same type) I know there’s a lot of debate on not opening the incubator during lockdown but with 35-40 in each, I choose to remove some chicks after about 6-12 hours and put into the brooder. I’ve never had issues...

Just wanted to take a minute and say I LOVE chickens and can hardly wait to get some again, but I'm currently incubating quail. :fl Soooooo they're from the local Asian Market. I know I don't know everything about their heritage that way, but I'm SUPER STOKED to see who hatches!!! Please know...

I am looking for a new incubator, want it to be big enough to be able to hatch over 24 quails (around 60 would be amazing) with a possibility of using it for small chicken breeds in the future. I have compiled a list after talking to a few professionals but I couldn't find many opinions on these...

i’m currently incubating some quail eggs for the 4th time. 1st try was success, the rest weren’t, and now i’m doing it again. every time we hatched quails, they either poked a hole or completely got out all on days 23-24. which i thoguht was normal bc i had read it was 25 days, which i’m glad i...

Hello. I put 6 quail eggs in my "mini 7 intelligent incubator." After taking a lot of advice I think I have a great setup. Knowing that the temperature varies with this incubator and only measures the bottom temperature, I decided to drill a hydrometer on the opposite side of the vent in the...

Edit: Humidity is falling, from 27 to 25 UGH I have recently received an unused R-Com 20 Standard Version. It is running but I’m unsure if it’s running right. The only light that is on is the water empty light (water is full lol). The temperature is slowly seeming like it is rising. Started at...

Hi all, I have 10 quail eggs incubating for the first time,. Today it's their 16th day and I stopped turning on their 14th day as recommended. I checked the eggs using the light after 1 week or so of incubation and all 10 were developing fine. However none of the eggs have started to hatch yet...

I have jumbo Coturnix quail on day 17 now it is my 2nd time hatching eggs. Last time everything went fine but this time it is not looking good. I have about 5 eggs that have piped but have not made progress at all some are 24+ hours with no progress. I am worried because I took one of the eggs...

I have quail eggs arriving Thursday. Last time, the seller said to put them right in the incubator and not turn for 24 hours (fat end up). For chicken eggs, I have them sit at room temp for at least 24 hours prior to putting in the incubator. Any thoughts? Thanks.

I have a problem. I started an incubation of 30 quail eggs a little while ago without looking at what day the hatching would occur. My "day 15" will start Saturday at 4:00pm. I normally take the auto turner out at the start of "day 15". I am leaving town Tuesday evening (start of "day 13")...

Hi everyone! After some months, finally the quails in my zone are starting to lay eggs again, which means it is finally time for me to give it another go at incubating some! I have also upgraded my equipment quite a lot, I now have a better incubator (Borotto Lumia 8, one of the best bators you...

Hello everyone! I am new to Backyard Chickens with my account, but have been getting info on here previously. I just wanted to know some advice on keeping Button Quail (I love them!) indoors. So far, my planned setup is a 40 gallon breeder with aspen bedding, dishes for dust baths, water and...

Hello everyone! I am new to Backyard Chickens with my account, but have been getting info on here previously. I just wanted to know some advice on keeping Button Quail (I love them!) indoors. So far, my planned setup is a 40 gallon breeder with aspen bedding, dishes for dust baths, water and...

So, I guess I have too much time on my hands while my first quail eggs are incubating, but I've been thinking... Wondering what kinds of (storebought) incubators people use for quail...I'm not savvy enough to make my own yet....and your success rates, and if you had it to do over again would you...

So this is my second time attempting to hatch quails. The first time I attempted I had 18 eggs and used a science lab incubator, but had no hatches, so I went to the store to buy an actual bird incubator. I set a new dozen of quail eggs into the incubator and read lots of online forums on how to...