Can I incubate quail eggs with ringneck pheasant eggs.

[quails-101]

Can I incubate quail eggs and pheasant eggs together I know quail eggs take 16/17 days and pheasants take 25. I never incubated them together but I incubate quail eggs at 101.6 degrees Fahrenheit can i incubate pheasant eggs at that temperature. I also have a still air incubator.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Can I incubate quail eggs and pheasant eggs together I know quail eggs take 16/17 days and pheasants take 25. I never incubated them together but I incubate quail eggs at 101.6 degrees Fahrenheit can i incubate pheasant eggs at that temperature. I also have a still air incubator.

Is the 101.6 reading at the top of the eggs in a still air incubator? If you are only using one incubator----you would have Less trouble if you would set the pheasant eggs then wait about 8 days and set the quail so they all can be "locked Down, humidity increased, hatch at the same time.

 

[quails-101]

It is 101.6 right at the eggs I put the thermometer cord under an egg in the corner since it is not a air circulated incubator. But I always have very good hatch rates with the automatic egg Turner last hatching season I got 36 chicks out of 42. Thank you.

 

[PD-Riverman]

But I always have very good hatch rates with the automatic egg Turner last hatching season I got 36 chicks out of 42. Thank you.

Are you a Hands-on-Hatcher or keep it closed till the hatch is over?

 

[quails-101]

I keep it closed till the hatch is over but on day 15 I open the air holes. I open the incubator once in the morning and at night throughout the incubation process and any time I feel like opening it. I don't have any problems.

 

[007Sean]

Can I incubate quail eggs and pheasant eggs together I know quail eggs take 16/17 days and pheasants take 25. I never incubated them together but I incubate quail eggs at 101.6 degrees Fahrenheit can i incubate pheasant eggs at that temperature. I also have a still air incubator.

Yes, you can if you stagger the set time so they hatch at the same time...suppose to....both will have early starters and late finishers. Keep the humidity between 43 -50% during incubation, then increase to at least 70% at hatching.
If your already hatching quail at 101.6 deg F. then pheasants will hatch at that temp too. If it were me, I would increase the temp to 102deg.F. at the top of the eggs. A constant temp is important in getting the eggs to hatch at approximately the same time. Also, I would seperate them in the hatcher, if possible, (put in a divider) to prevent trampling to the quail by a much bigger pheasant chick. I would do the same with brooding, in that, I would have seperate brooders for the quail and pheasants. Pheasants develop at a different rate than quail and more than likely will peck at the smaller quail. Good Luck with your hatch. HTH

 

[quails-101]

Thanks. Yes I have incubated quail and pheasants before just never together. I counted the days on the calender set that the birds hatch all at the same time. Thank you.