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I just started in February … my first 2 hatches are now around 11 and 8 weeks (ish) … I’ve got 20 hens and 4 roos in a cage we built based on the “slightly rednecked” YouTube channel’s Chris’ design. I also bought a used rabbit hutch and retrofitted it to be a double layer quail hutch and am...

Yes! That helps. I think, for now, we will not worry about breeding for specific feather color since it seems a bit complicated … Luckily I only seem to have ended up with one Italian (a roo) and I don’t think any silver so I should be safe there … I have an assortment of feather colors … 32...

Not sure about the whole TudyBot thing … But as a “quail geek,” can you help me with any quail guidance?

Looking for direction to great resources around building breeding groups based on feather colors … I’ve read/watched all about size (for meat) and disposition (out with the bullies) and I get that the celadon are recessive, etc. I’ve seen the “plumage genetics” page on southwest gamebirds but...

Yes, I have a Govee wifi in there … that’s how I could look back and tell you that … when I set the eggs I cleared the data so I could track the whole 18+ day extravaganza. Ha. I was also surprised it took that long to restabilize. And that’s also what has me scared to open it. That said, I’m...

YUUUUP. Glad you still remember. Glad I'm not the only one. Ha. I just looked back on my Govee app . . . looks like it dipped from 99.4 to 97.7 and took 3 hours to get back up. Not sure if that's considered "quick" - ha. ??? With that and knowing that i set them TH late afternoon and have...

Absolutely. As it is my first time, and the Nurture Right 360 is the incubator I have (for now anyways) then I kinda had to make a choice and run with it. I'm grateful for being sent extra eggs - BUUUUTTT next time I'll look for ones to leave out . . . or maybe by "next time" I'll have a...

I left it out. And the ONE time I slightly lifted the lid to "turn" them, the difficulty of getting back to temp and RH convinced me to just tilt one side and then the other best I could without the eggs physically rolling around. Nothing is stacked. A gamble. I know. EEEEK. Isn't this the...

Sorry to overwhelm. You seem to have a good bit of experience - although I have read as much as I could and wanted to do this for a LONG time, it is a lot for a newbie who really wants eggs to hatch - especially when info available can be conflicting and the incubator isn't the most cooperative...

@Kiki @QuailQueen3 it has been amazing to me how many different ways people have success with quail eggs so I’m literally crossing my fingers. Here’s where I’m at —- First, I needed to get the eggs set and had to make a choice - I went with advice from the egg source (and others) and laid...

Curious - - - how much did the humidity fluctuate throughout the incubation period?

Where did you find these recommendations? Basically everything I have found says 45% and then 65-75% for lockdown.

Oh NO! This is discouraging . . . I have my first attempt at quail hatching in my Nurture Right 360 now . . . started yesterday. I had it running for ~72 hours ahead of recieving the eggs and felt really good about my stable 99.5 and 45ish% . . . it's been a bit of a roller coaster since...

As you can see in the picture, I have a govee wifi in there . . . I have a bluetooth version also but both are about the same size - hate that it takes up so much space but understand the necessity as the incubator IS off! So I can candle after 5 days? Don't have to wait until 14 (aka pre...

@Kiki do you have any advice?

Nervous newbie here! TOTALLY new to quail. TOTALLY new to incubating. Did tons of "research" but now that the eggs have arrived I'm nervous and questioning my every move. We got a Nuture Right 360. For a first attempt, we planned to just double up the eggs on the chicken egg turner it came with...

Old thread so not sure if anyone will respond . . . BUT . . . Does anyone have experience hatching quail eggs using the Nurture Right 360 WITHOUT using a turner so as to put many more eggs in there? Maybe hand turning once+ a day?

Looking for folks with experience (not hearsay) with whether certain feather patterns fair better as free range birds over others. FOR EXAMPLE (aka, the hearsay): - that black feathered birds are less likely to be picked off b/c predators confuse them for crows - or that white feathered birds...

I know this is an old thread, but I am curious what your "dust bath recipe" is . . . if you don't mind sharing! ;-)