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Thank you! Yes, they're the "Breeder's Choice" from Southwest Gamebirds. This pic is a good representation of those that made it to this point.

Here are many of them crowded around the waterer that I had forgotten to return full the night before so they were thirsty. :(

First eggs today, yay! The 70ish Coturnix birds are exactly 7 weeks old now, with a lot of crowing from the fellas but I haven't seen any fighting or foam balls.

Mine are 2 weeks old and seem to be doing well in the converted shed, which needs more converting. :)

Not quail-specific but I bought a livestock guardian puppy yesterday. She's a Kangal Shepherd, which is an ancient Turkish breed. She's already impressing me by living up to the breed's reputation for independence and a low prey drive towards livestock, but the chickens and ducks will need...

LOLing at "genpop", and totally stealing! :D

Here are yesterday's 79 hatchlings with at least two still in the incubator today. In my noob opinion, I'm pleased with the health and vigor of the birds, from Southwest Gamebirds eggs. (Y'all can be the judge of the variety I received in their "hatchery choice" - I don't have a preference at...

My hatch started today, right on time. I think it's funny to compare this with popcorn, where you get a single POP, then a few more, then a whole bunch, then a few shy guys.

Truer words were never spoken. :D

"Don't worry about it, just buy the large brooder heater," I said. "Better to have too much than too little," I said. Yeahhhh..... :D

A few hours of googling later, it looks like pluckers that are powerful enough for chickens and ducks are too much for quail and game birds. I went ahead and ordered the small Rite Farms model that Nabiki suggested. Thanks again!

It's like they put a US/Canada plug on it, but kept the 220ac motor so it ran at half power.

The drill bit attachment one? I bought one, figuring it would get me by with the quail for now, and I can always use it on the hard-to-reach duck "armpit" feathers that duck people complain about.

Me too. I'd like one that works with quail, chickens, and ducks. It seems like every model out there has some people loving it, and some people hating it.

Thanks, the shelf liner is a good idea. As a former bartender, I have good mats all over the kitchen. The humidity here in the desert is a concern (under 10% typically) so I'll go with their weird paper sponge for now.

Lockdown time for my first big batch o' Coturnix! Of the 119, only two were noticeably "nope". (One leaker, one blown egg with an actual hole that I probably should have caught when I set them.) It's hard not to squee. :D

Thank you! The price is certainly right.

Wouldn't it be funny if someone walked into the bathroom to turn quail eggs in the incubator there, smelled sulphur and methane, checked for exploded rotten eggs, then remembered he pooped in there a few minutes earlier? Just hypothetically, because it did NOT just happen to me.

Kiki, my eggs looked like the 6 day video you shared, thanks. Some eggs appeared orange and some lime green, which really tripped me out.

Exploding eggs = yikes!!!! No bueno! How do you handle it WHEN it happens? Would my go-to of hot bleach water and a scrubber pad suffice for cleaning rotten egg residue? I feel fortunate to have upgraded from a styrofoam model, in this case.