➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[BantyChooks]

I think most people or at least a lot of people keep them inside permanently as pets and/or in fish tanks.

I have room for about 3 pairs inside, but only during chick off-season. During summer, maybe they can live in the Coturnix complex? That's still a work in progress, btw.

 

[mixedUPturk]

Oy. Well, they had a rough ride here, so I'm banking on far less than half hatching.

Oh. Didnt realize they were shipped, still quail r tough lil buggars

 

[BantyChooks]

Think positive.
19.

I think realistic. I mean, even my home eggs have been having lousy hatch rates this year. I need to do a bator rebuild.

 

[BantyChooks]

Oh. Didnt realize they were shipped, still quail r tough lil buggars

Yeah, shipped eggs, and delayed two days at that. I'm hoping for a pair.

 

[mixedUPturk]

Yeah, shipped eggs, and delayed two days at that. I'm hoping for a pair.

Sending hatch vibes ur way!!

 

[Kiki]

My eggs were scanned at the post office this morning at 5:00 a.m....
They are not here yet.


They are probably cooking in the truck.

 

[mixedUPturk]

Quail never cease to amaze me! My neighbor asked me to give her some of my young, Japanese coturnix quail, as the last batch I gave her turned out to have four females and one male, great for eggs, not so great for meat... So she's hoping to build her breeding flock, and I'm happy to help her do it.
After giving her the requested amount of 2 week old quail, I only have four left from that hatch, and soon thereafter my hatch of 23 occurred.
Here's the amazing part. I put the four 2-week olds in with my 23 day-olds and observed closely for signs of bullying, there was none. That night, I discovered two of the four 2-week olds doing their best to stuff babies under them to keep them comforted... couldn't have been a need for heat, as the brooder does have a heat source. The broody instinct may be eliminated from their genetics, but the desire to comfort the young is apparently alive and well! I found this totally heartwarming, and felt the need to share the experience

So cool! Your right they never cease to amaze me either

 

[BantyChooks]

Sending hatch vibes ur way!!

I can sure use them! What humidity levels do they need? I'm running at about 40%.

 

[mixedUPturk]

My eggs were scanned at the post office this morning at 5:00 a.m....
They are not here yet.

They are probably cooking in the truck.

Yikes! Flockn post office

 

[mixedUPturk]

I can sure use them! What humidity levels do they need? I'm running at about 40%.

when i went from chicken eggs to cots i bumped the temps 3 tenths of a degree to being the proper temp down at quail egg level. Did that this time my first time w buttons. i dont ever worry with adding water til lockdown cuz my ambient is so high and sometimes i dont even bother then if its rainy. Humidity is always So high i cant control it and gave up years ago.