Incubation:
Bobwhite Colinus virginianus 21-23 days White eggs Circulated Air incubators: 99 3/4 degrees F; 84 to 86 degrees F wet bulb, reduce during last week of incubation.
California Valley Quail Callipepla californica 22-23 days Buff/cream with brown spots Incubation as in Bobwhite.
Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii 21-23 days Pale buff to white with moderate pink/brown spots Lower humidity than two above species, wet bulb of 83 F; hens will lay several clutches in captivity, reports of 50 eggs per hen are not uncommon.
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata 22-23 days Pale Buff to cream, light spotting. Humidity: 82 to 84 degrees F wet bulb.
Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii 22-23 days White Humidity as in Scaled; chicks may not start eating on their own. Also known as Benson or Douglas Quail.
Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezuma 24-25 days White Keep wet bulb at 82 degrees F; chicks will need help to learn to eat.
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus 24-25 days Pale buff to cream, no spotting Wet Bulb of 82 to 84 degrees F.
Chinese Painted Quail Coturnix chinensis 16 days Brown, mottled with black Very tiny chicks, can slip through 1/2 inch hardware cloth; better known as the Button Quail.
Coturnix Quail Coturnix coturnix 16-17 days As in above species.
Also known as the Pharaoh Quail and Migratory Quail; commercially raised for meat and eggs.
(I find that they tend to hatch at 17-19 days but that was in a foam incubator so in a real bator they might be 16-17 days)
Edited by Rainwolf - 9/12/12 at 2:10am
*Disclaimer.... This is just my personal opinion and I take no responsibility for anything as I know nothing!
White Leghorn, EE, Blue Maran, Ameraucana, Olive Eggers and a Bantam Project
*Disclaimer.... This is just my personal opinion and I take no responsibility for anything as I know nothing!
White Leghorn, EE, Blue Maran, Ameraucana, Olive Eggers and a Bantam Project
