Can someone ship live Coturnix for pets?

[Ulladh]

What plans did you use for the DIY incubator? I considered raising my quail but in Northern Ireland they sell for roughy £6 for a female, males you know yourself and even at that there are like 4-5 sellers Ive ever seen

 

[MeepBeep]

What plans did you use for the DIY incubator?

The plans in my head as I went along I just winged one day it with stuff I mostly hand on hand as a proof of concept, and it worked so well I use it as my primary incubator... The only initial purchase I made was a water heater thermostat about $10... And when I built the egg turner I purchased a motor for that, pretty much everything else I had laying around...

The incubator is built in a foam cooler, the particular one I used was used to deliver steaks in the mail... I made a heating chamber out of some scrap heating duct, a used computer fan, a porcelain light socket and a 60W bulb that was all laying around... The viewing window was an acrylic shadow box frame, that I got at a resale shop for $0.99 cents...

The egg turner I made from mostly scrap wood and a few dollars worth of wood dowels and the give or take $15 turner motor... I fabricated the aluminum control arms myself from melted aluminum cans... I can adjust the turner for different egg sizes by simply moving the dowels or building a new tray...

Even if I had to purchase all the stuff, if I shopped around and was frugal I could build another for cheap...

Some random pictures in random order, be aware I use this mostly for chicken, guinea and peafowl eggs but there is no reason it won't work for quail with the appropriate sized tray...

 

[Pineapple]

Thanks, y'all.

It's important for me not to have any males, so I don't anticipate ever having my own fertile eggs.

 

[Ulladh]

If you get older birds around 4 weeks or so before or just as they start laying you can check their vents. Males are swollen and when touched a white foam comes out. I'm quote new but having had them from chicks I can tell now after some practice! Obviously someone might want rid of Cockshutt and drop one or two in, I find only the Cockshutt crow so it's an istant give away