chicks/quail due may 20

[squeak1387]

my due date is coming up quick. has anyone incubated both chicken and quail eggs in the same incubator and had a sucessful hatch for both? I have a good mix, about 17 quail eggs and 24 chicken eggs. i am hoping for a good hatch on both.

 

[kimandrich]

I'd love to find out how they do! I wanted to put chicken and quail eggs together, but I didn't want to do it and it be a mistake.
Luckily, one of my hens went broody and she's sitting on some eggs right now.
I have 23 quails eggs in my incubator right now, today is day 18 and 2 of them have hatched so far.

It's so exciting.

Good luck!!

 

[squeak1387]

Well starting last night i had a baby quail hatch.

this morning it was all fluffy and ready for the brooder

I have about 5 or 6 that have pipped and are breaking free, and so far about 5 of my chicken eggs have pipped. So i would have to say there is no problem i have found in incubating the quail and chicken eggs together. so excited for these to come. have some polish eggs to put in once all these are in the brooder.

 

[Axle Quails]

Awww I got some due on 2nd and 4th june

, I got 30 quails

 

[kasey08]

What did you keep the humidity on during incubating? You might not want to open the incubator any more. Ive never hatched quail but I know chicks can get stuck due to lost humidity.

 

[kimandrich]

Yes. Don't open it too much! I lost 2 Quail..they got stuck to the shell. I was so sad...it was my first hatch. Got 8 out of 23. Some weren't fertile though. Kept my humidity at least 60%

 

[kasey08]

I'm going to set quail in with my silkie eggs. Hope it works.

 

[squeak1387]

I don't have a humidity gage. Just always keep it full and take out the plugs on the day the book sugests. So far 4 have made it out no problem. Got about 5 more pipped. So we will see how it goes.