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post #1 of 3
4/11/12 at 3:52pm
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Hey guys!  One of my coturnix FINALLY started laying.  I believe I have only one female in the group.

 

I set chicken eggs on the 3rd of this month, and after doing my math, I realized that the times don't line up well enough to put the coturnix eggs in the incubator with the chicken eggs.

 

It's good and bad, because now I can collect enough eggs to set a decent amount.  How long are the coturnix eggs viable for setting?  If I wait until the chicken eggs hatch, I believe on the 23rd, will that be ok for the eggs I now have on hand?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

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post #2 of 3
4/11/12 at 4:08pm

i don't keep my eggs longer then 10 days. If hatching them that is. Fertility kinda goes down after a week, but i've had good hatches with 10 day old eggs(my last was 87 out of 120).

 Wife, 2 sons, 2 dogs, 2 Coturnix Quails, and  4 Black & Mottled Bantam Cochins. Getting ready to move to France, pm me if you live over there!

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 Wife, 2 sons, 2 dogs, 2 Coturnix Quails, and  4 Black & Mottled Bantam Cochins. Getting ready to move to France, pm me if you live over there!

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4/11/12 at 4:18pm
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Thank you for your expertise!

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