➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

I would but my eggs have all been lost by the post office

I bet they show up today.

 

[Kiki]

15 in the brooder, 5 hatched out, and 2 more zipped.
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[Kiki]

I would love to but it would mess up my schedule. I have a hatching due on the 23rd. I put my eggs in the incubator only on Saturday. They hatch on a Tuesday so my rotation is when they hatch, my quail on the brooder are three weeks and are ready to go into cages. I will be watching though.

I'm am slightly obsessed with hatching on the 10th of the month right now since my last few hatches happened on the 10th.

 

[Kiki]

I have these plus the 4 in the fridge so far.
Come on quailies...pump out some more eggs!

 

[bald Rooster]

My Husband wants to raise Northern Bobwhites so I sold all of my grown Chickens and Turkeys. He has been searching all over for hatching eggs with no luck yet.

Gqf sells Bobwhite eggs. I don't know about northern http://www.gqfmfg.com/eggs/7060-60-bobwhite-quail-eggs/

 

[bald Rooster]

I bought 30 Bob white eggs from GQF in a brooder package. I had a very good hatch rate.It was about 25 of 30.
Being my first time with Bob whites I thought the heater in the brooder set at 95 would be ok.
Not! I lost all but ten I believe before I figured out that I had to use a more consistent heat on those little buggers. I have 80 Bob whites now

 

[Kiki]

I bought 30 Bob white eggs from GQF in a brooder package. I had a very good hatch rate.It was about 25 of 30.
Being my first time with Bob whites I thought the heater in the brooder set at 95 would be ok.
Not! I lost all but ten I believe before I figured out that I had to use a more consistent heat on those little buggers. I have 80 Bob whites now

I think a lot of people over heat their chicks. I am not a fan of keeping things on the hot side.
(In a brooder) I kept my last quail cooler on purpose and will do so with my next batch.

 

[WestoftheRest]

I have these plus the 4 in the fridge so far.
Come on quailies...pump out some more eggs!
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My older quail started laying finally. Had four eggs last night. Hopefully they keep it up and I can set some when you do!

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

 

[Kiki]

My older quail started laying finally. Had four eggs last night. Hopefully they keep it up and I can set some when you do!

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

Weeks.
I would like to set only freshly laid eggs myself. I prefer a week or under but many successfully hatch eggs that have been sitting for weeks if not a month old.

 

[Kiki]

My older quail started laying finally. Had four eggs last night. Hopefully they keep it up and I can set some when you do!

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

How old are your older quail?