➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[WestoftheRest]

How old are your older quail?

10 weeks

 

[Derrin]

Plumtuckered: gqf or wynola ranch have great hatch rates on their bobwhite eggs.

How long can eggs sit at room temp before you put the in the bator?

Three weeks if you turn them several times a day. But the hatch rates drop off sharply after ten days. I usually put mine in within seven days. I start collecting in Monday and put in the incubator on Saturday.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Maybe mine are broken? Yours really aren't super loud in the incubator? Temp is staying solid at 99.5, I had the humidity set at 55% before they started hatching. It's been fluctuating between 55-65% since they started hatching. I've been moving them to the brooder as soon as there is a group fluffed up. Once they get under the heat plate they're fine and they quiet down. If they aren't happy about something I definitely know it though! The older ones are pretty quiet for the most part. They do make these really awesome cooing/purring noises, I could listen to them all day. I'm sure there is a name for those sounds, lol.

What? My quail are super quiet. They never made noise as babies or even now as almost adults.

 

[Kiki]

Maybe mine are broken? Yours really aren't super loud in the incubator? Temp is staying solid at 99.5, I had the humidity set at 55% before they started hatching. It's been fluctuating between 55-65% since they started hatching. I've been moving them to the brooder as soon as there is a group fluffed up. Once they get under the heat plate they're fine and they quiet down. If they aren't happy about something I definitely know it though! The older ones are pretty quiet for the most part. They do make these really awesome cooing/purring noises, I could listen to them all day. I'm sure there is a name for those sounds, lol.

I don't think I left mine in the bator long enough to complain.

 

[ManitobaQuail]

I have a question regarding the heat source - we bought this "brooder hen plate heater" and would like to try it this time. No heat lamps. The brooder is made of lumber and I am using straw as bedding (yes, they can get moldy and stinky quickly but we change it every three days or less so it's not really an issue). Would this set up work ok? Has anyone else tried brooding with heat plates instead of heat lamps?

 

[Kiki]

I have a question regarding the heat source - we bought this "brooder hen plate heater" and would like to try it this time. No heat lamps. The brooder is made of lumber and I am using straw as bedding (yes, they can get moldy and stinky quickly but we change it every three days or less so it's not really an issue). Would this set up work ok? Has anyone else tried brooding with heat plates instead of heat lamps?

I haven't tried a heat plate but I am sure it will work just fine.
Do you have an exact product name or a link to it?

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I've had really good luck with my heat plate! Both the chicken and quail chicks seem to love it! They wean themselves off the heat faster, and they're so much happier & quiet. The only thing I would worry about with straw is that to keep the quail happy the heat plate is really low. I'm not sure I would try to use straw until you can raise the plate some, but I am definitely on the more cautious side.

I have a question regarding the heat source - we bought this "brooder hen plate heater" and would like to try it this time. No heat lamps. The brooder is made of lumber and I am using straw as bedding (yes, they can get moldy and stinky quickly but we change it every three days or less so it's not really an issue). Would this set up work ok? Has anyone else tried brooding with heat plates instead of heat lamps?

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I should have known!!!

I don't think I left mine in the bator long enough to complain.

 

[Kiki]

I should have known!!!

I am bad. I do things very Kiki style. (Different)

 

[someusername]

How many?

5