quail hatching

  1. M

    EMERGENCY HATCH

    Chic is breaking through shell, but hasn't used the air cell, and isn't breaking the membrane! I managed to put a bit of a hole where the beak is, and it's now breathing. HOWEVER. it's bleeding a bit. Not much, it's stopped, but there was a bit of blood. What do I do??
  2. M

    Air sac shift

    Hello, This is not my first time incubating eggs however it’s only my second time incubating ones that I have purchased. I have purchased both quail and chicken eggs. And they both have a shifted air sac. On some of my quail eggs this is an issue and on mostly all of my chicken eggs this...
    • Maka
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    • air bubble air sac air sac dip candeling chicken chicken hatching help quail hatching
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. L

    Switching to dry hatch?

    I am on my second batch of Coturnix Quail in the incubator. My first batch was successful with 10 out of 13 hatching two weeks ago tomorrow. I started this batch of 14 eggs 2 days ago and have had no issues with keeping the temp and humidity at the appropriate levels (as long as I’m around to...
  4. XoWillowXo

    Quail advice

    3 of my quail have hatched out two came first and the third a lot later the two older ones have been picking on the younger one of of them grabbed his little wing and pulled him about do I take the older ones out the incubator since they’re dryer or the younger one or maybe leave them? Idk...
    • XoWillowXo
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    • quai quail advice quail hatching
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Quail
  5. SegiDream

    Breeding Italian with Tibetan or Grau Fee

    Hoping someone here can help me with a couple breeding/color combo questions. I want to hatch out for more females since my last hatch was only 4/12 females. I currently have 2 bachelor pads of reserve males and 4 females with 1 male. Current setup of the breeding cage: 1 italian female 1...
    • SegiDream
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    • grau fee italian quail breeding quail crossbreeding quail hatching
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    • Forum: Quail
  6. Patiocoturnix

    How do quail have to be before incubating their eggs?

    How long should I let my quail lay before trying to hatch their eggs? Was gonna do a batch of my quails eggs but don’t know if they are old enough for an embryo to form they’ve been laying for about a month and a half now all around 3-4 months old don’t know the exact age. Obviously they don’t...
    • Patiocoturnix
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    • quail quail hatching quail incubation
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    • Forum: Quail
  7. PiedPiperDucklings

    Quail hatching day worries! Advice?

    Hello! This is my first hatch, I have some coturnix quail in my incubator, it's day 19 and no hatches yet. One internally pipped yesterday, I don't know when, but since there was no progress I poked a tiny hole into the air sac so she could get some fresh air. Still moving around in there, so...
  8. Jessica Lyn

    Will this Incubator work??

    I just moved, and a ton of my stuff has been housed over at my mom's till now. Back in the day - 2016? Not that long ago but I have horrid memory - I had some leopard geckos breeding and used this farm innovators 2350 digital still air Incubator. (Attaching pictures from the purchase listing...
  9. C

    Quail

    Hi everyone! so we are owners to six lovely hens mostly a bantam breed flock. We also have a cat who’s instincts are a little strong unfortunately. We have wild California quail (We are in west coast Canada) who often come join our flock when the hens are out. Recently the California quail has...
    • Char93
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    • hatching incubating quail quail advice quail as pets quail hatch-a-long quail hatching
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. C

    Quail eggs and a cat :(

    Hi everyone! so we are owners to six lovely hens mostly a bantam breed flock. We also have a cat who’s instincts are a little strong unfortunately. We have wild California quail (We are in west coast Canada) who often come join our flock when the hens are out. Recently the California quail has...
    • Char93
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    • hatching incubating quail quail advice quail as pets quail hatch-a-long quail hatching
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  11. Kel60

    10 day old quail fighting/panicking at night??

    i dont know what is up with these guys. their my first quail, we have three chickens but we did not raise those from eggs. i hatched these 10 days ago, aside from a few difficult nights as i keep them i a large tank in my room for now. (wow are they loud) they never showed any signs of...
    • Kel60
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    • quail advice quail behaviour quail hatching
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Quail
  12. chopin_the_quail

    Quail Incubation Day 19

    Hello! So for context, we have a wild experiment going on where we're incubating supermarket quail eggs with our dove hen, and on day 14 we put them under a heat lamp so the dove doesn't bother them. We did this in August with just 3 random eggs from our fridge, 2 turned out fertile and 1 of...
    • chopin_the_quail
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    • quail advice quail hatching quail hatching problem
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  13. ButtonHoarder

    Button quail hatching

    Hi, I got buttons a few weeks ago and they just started laying. I was thinking about hatching some eggs and wondered what kind of incubator would be best?
  14. I

    Unsure if pipping quail is alive

    PLEASE HELP! Hi! I need some help. I have a quail egg I've been incubating, it pipped late last night and there has been no movement since! Is this normal? I understand that chicks will rest afterwards but as I am new to this process I don't know anyways I can help it! Thanks :)
    • Immi_dev
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    • quail advice quail hatching
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    • Forum: Quail
  15. S

    Advice please!! Poor quail hatch (10%!)

    Hello I wonder if somebody can help me. I am fairly new to hatching quail, this is only my second attempt. However both attempts have resulted in poor hatches. the first hatch we didn’t have a secondary temperature gauge or a humidity gauge so attributed our poor hatch (only 10% success) to...
    • Soph_quail
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    • incubating quail eggs quail quail advice quail hatching
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Quail
  16. N

    Quail eggs hatching

    Hello! I am a first time poultry owner along with my first time Hatching eggs. I put 28 quail eggs in the incubator and throughout the process of candling 23 eggs went into lock down. On day 17, 10 babies hatched, and today day 18 an additional chick hatched. I still have 12 eggs in the...
  17. C

    4 chicks hatched day 18, did float test on rest day 23, do I assist?

    4 chicks hatched on day 18. They got fluffy and were racing around the incubator, knocking all the other eggs around and playing with each other so I took them out and put them in the brooder. Remaining 12 did nothing. On Day 23 I took them out and float tested. 2 didn’t develop but remaining...
    • CarleeG
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    • assisted hatch hatching advice quail quail hatching
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    • Forum: Quail
  18. Celeste Cannon

    Incubator help?

    Hello, I have found some quail eggs to hatch and won’t get them for a while so I thought now would be a good time to learn some more about my incubator. To hatch my quail eggs I’ll be using the mini echo ii, a small manual incubator. I know not having a turner involves moving the eggs 4 to 5...
  19. Severne

    What Quail Breed Should I hatch?

    Hello, this is my first post! I'm wondering what quail breed to start in my incubator. I love the way Gambel or California Valley look plus I love in NorCal and hunt California Valley every year so I’m familiar with cooking and butchering. But it’s expensive. Really any quail looks good but if...
    • Severne
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    • quail breeding quail hatching which quail should i hatch which quail should i raise wich quail should i hatch witch quail should i raise
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. P

    Incubation Timing Issue

    I have a problem. I started an incubation of 30 quail eggs a little while ago without looking at what day the hatching would occur. My "day 15" will start Saturday at 4:00pm. I normally take the auto turner out at the start of "day 15". I am leaving town Tuesday evening (start of "day 13")...
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