all who are hatching quail

[chickwatcher1]

Tried to hatch 40 brown quail. On Day I8 had 13 plus one that didn't get out of the shell. Day 20 I broke open a dozen. Three looked like something was going on and the rest looked infertile. I have 12 unhatched left i didn't throw out yet. But today a late bloomer hatched! He's 2 days behind the orhers. Is it safe to put him with the rest?

 

[Quail Jailer]

Id try to get him strong first and watch and make sure he's getting on ok...

 

[Sill]

I went to turn my eggs just now and found my incubator unplugged!

Not sure how that happened but the eggs were around 80 degrees (room temperature here). I plugged it back in and turned the eggs. I'll candle a few tomorrow, don't want to look now...

 

[FaerieFinch]

I have 35 Button eggs in the bator. Just hatched 36 2 wks ago. Will throw another batch in after this hatch too.

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

hatching happening right now....85 jumbo brown eggs.....so far between 20-30 have hatched so far

 

[JJSS89]

hatching happening right now....85 jumbo brown eggs.....so far between 20-30 have hatched so far

You're going to have quite the stinky little tribe of Jumbos

 

[702marine]

On day 20 of 21 for my Gamble quails. It's so nail bitting. I can't wait!!!

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

You're going to have quite the stinky little tribe of Jumbos

I am trying to restore my coturnix flock.....sold alot of breeders, some got butchered, and some i lost to a coon....I want to get up to 100 hens and 15 roosters....But I am selling a few from each hatch so it will take a few hatches to get my goal

 

[chrishw]

On day 20 of 21 for my Gamble quails. It's so nail bitting. I can't wait!!!

Lmao, my last two hatches (concurrent, last month) where late but had some mountain quail so I figured I'd give them an extra week... Took them out and Broke one open to check on day 35 and it was alive but not completely developed so I put back into incubator. Day 38 1 hatched, most hatched days 44-47. One mountain hatched on day 48!

Talk about nailbiteing with ~$300+ worth of eggs!

It was my grandad-in-laws sportsman we where using and over the years hes adjusted the back holes smaller and smaller til they where all closed! I guess the eggs where incubated between 80-90 degrees and about 80% humidity. I figure the high humidity actually helped otherwise the eggs/chicks would have dried up.

All said and done, 8% hatch rate on wild turkeys. 5% for pheasant, 75% for valley, gambel, Mexican, and Snowflake and 50% for mountain quail! This proves more than anything else just how bad you can screw up and still Get a decent quail hatch rate! I also incubated at 107-8 degrees a few years ago ( my first hatch) and after culling some feet problem birds I still had over a 50% (surviving) hatch rate.

My grandad-in-law has a calibrated cigar box hydrometer, a couple calibrated thermometers, and nice brand new manual printed out for him (never had one bought the incubator secondhand)


I tried TSC for thermometers but their old fashion non adjustable incubator/brooder thermometers (little giamnt???) ranged from 50-85 degrees (store was about 68 degrees)

What this taught me is folks been hatching for many years before calibrated thermometers, 99.5 is target, but anything close is good enough for quail!

 

[702marine]

Lmao, my last two hatches (concurrent, last month) where late but had some mountain quail so I figured I'd give them an extra week... Took them out and Broke one open to check on day 35 and it was alive but not completely developed so I put back into incubator. Day 38 1 hatched, most hatched days 44-47. One mountain hatched on day 48!

Talk about nailbiteing with ~$300+ worth of eggs!

It was my grandad-in-laws sportsman we where using and over the years hes adjusted the back holes smaller and smaller til they where all closed! I guess the eggs where incubated between 80-90 degrees and about 80% humidity. I figure the high humidity actually helped otherwise the eggs/chicks would have dried up.

All said and done, 8% hatch rate on wild turkeys. 5% for pheasant, 75% for valley, gambel, Mexican, and Snowflake and 50% for mountain quail! This proves more than anything else just how bad you can screw up and still Get a decent quail hatch rate! I also incubated at 107-8 degrees a few years ago ( my first hatch) and after culling some feet problem birds I still had over a 50% (surviving) hatch rate.

My grandad-in-law has a calibrated cigar box hydrometer, a couple calibrated thermometers, and nice brand new manual printed out for him (never had one bought the incubator secondhand)


I tried TSC for thermometers but their old fashion non adjustable incubator/brooder thermometers (little giamnt???) ranged from 50-85 degrees (store was about 68 degrees)

What this taught me is folks been hatching for many years before calibrated thermometers, 99.5 is target, but anything close is good enough for quail!

Wow... That is a long time. I was told 21 days for Gamble at 100°. I have had a steady 100° and 45% humidity.