➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[el dorado quail]

Then I would say build a bator that can hold 100 eggs.

Do you know of any auto turners for quail eggs that hold 100 eggs? Google is turning up like 48 eggs then 120 or 154 egg capacity

 

[Sara L]

Then I would say build a bator that can hold 100 eggs.

Do you know of any auto turners for quail eggs that hold 100 eggs? Google is turning up like 48 eggs then 120 or 154 egg capacity

I made a cooler bator, used quail rails and hand tilted, standard cooler can fit 4 out of 6 rails, so 80 eggs.

 

[el dorado quail]

I made a cooler bator, used quail rails and hand tilted, standard cooler can fit 4 out of 6 rails, so 80 eggs.

Perf!

 

[muddy75]

Well since this hatch with CC was shitttt I have just 10 babies coming and the aviary is 120sqft. So I could easily house at least 50 more birds? I'm planning on selling/swapping any future extras.

just some “food for thought” in planning.....be sure to account for lost ground square footage to plants, feeders, hideaways etc.....also how to re-home or sell extra males as with 60 birds only max of 10 can be male with more realistic #being 4-6. you will also need a plan for up to 4 doz eggs per day. also feed cost and storage. just came to mind as i’m “out” and have to pick up another 100lbs today.

 

[ShrekDawg]

just some “food for thought” in planning.....be sure to account for lost ground square footage to plants, feeders, hideaways etc.....also how to re-home or sell extra males as with 60 birds only max of 10 can be male with more realistic #being 4-6. you will also need a plan for up to 4 doz eggs per day. also feed cost and storage. just came to mind as i’m “out” and have to pick up another 100lbs today.

This is all really good info and I didn’t really think of some of it. Thanks.

 

[Kiki]

Do you know of any auto turners for quail eggs that hold 100 eggs? Google is turning up like 48 eggs then 120 or 154 egg capacity

No I do not know.

 

[muddy75]

This is all really good info and I didn’t really think of some of it. Thanks.

I didn’t fully realize all of this either until it “smacked me in the face” quailies are kinda like pokémon “gotta catch them all”.........

 

[ShrekDawg]

I didn’t fully realize all of this either until it “smacked me in the face” quailies are kinda like pokémon “gotta catch them all”.........

Aww well there’s sooo many cool colors and varieties!! Totally worth it!! Haha

 

[CoturnixComplex]

@muddy75 you are so right, egg storage has been like my #1 issue. I hate wasting them but GOOD GOD they add up. A dedicated fridge may be in order for serious sales @el dorado quail !

Also, it was a crap hatch! And look at my wildly varying hatch rates and try to make heads or tales from it for me. I think my older pair is having fertility issues, I think the celadon were having fertility issues, I think shipping trauma/age affected the shipped eggs, and I also definitely think it was just going to be middling no matter what from something I did to the incubator also, none of the celadon from the top row hatched, they were all from the bottom row, even though all the other eggs on the top to start (my eggs, research) did have some pop. I'm confused.

I know it was at least half me because there was a higher % of middle and late quitters than I am used to. 3 pipped and died (I feel like I usually have 1 per hatch) and there were quite a few off-putting proto-quails I couldn't tell had quit at lockdown because it was too dark to see veins either way.

But I know it was also partially not me cuz my "control quail" hatches still averaged significantly higher.

At least since we split blame she gets more eggs from both of us whenever she wants though

Final stats @Texas Kiki

7/19/2019 total of 15 chicks hatched (surviving)

My younger trio 5/8 hatched (62%). Could not be more pleased with them. 3 charcoal, a pearl, and a sandy (at least, that's what I'm calling them now since I can't find their color).

My older trio 1/7 hatched, a little pharoah (12%). Last time I hatched eggs from both of these hens, in february, they both had 100% hatch rates! They're actually 3/4 of the parents of the above trio. But they were in pairs (which I generally have great luck with except with a few of my males who'll overbreed) Now that they're in a trio it's caput.

Shipped JMF "research" eggs 4/20 hatched (20%)
One splayed case that corrected easily.
I have no idea what these will turn out as! I love spot-wings, though.

Shipped JMF celadon eggs 6/100 hatched but lost one funky one (6%).
1 also with curled feet that corrected and 1 splayed leg that corrected after intensive help. I bruised his poor feetsies but he seems to be on the mend anyways. They were definitely the majority of my problem babies.
(Robbie literally just culled this entire batch as they were creeping up in age so I don't want anyone to think that'll be indicative of their experience with him, and the only celadon available from him going forward will be the new and improved line, is my understanding.)

Also, I forgot to show off these guys! 4 hatched 7/6
Her foot isn't curled, she's just pretending. Also @Sara L I totally did call it early I have at least two boys. Why?! It's always all boys or half boys, never all girls....

 

[sarabeth485]

Well, made it through the first dispatch. Husband started the deed while I grabbed birds. Then he and I did the processing together. I was less bothered by the gutting than him so did most of that. Nine birds cleaned and resting in the fridge now. Didn’t time it but took maybe an hour.

Also tried the cone with the first but really didn’t work. Poor thing panic-flapped and got himself all turned around. I think it is probably just too big for them.