Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

[JekkaLynn]

Only about 2/3 of the eggs made it to Lockdown...there were a ton of clears

 

[EnnisLakeFarm]

Only about 2/3 of the eggs made it to Lockdown...there were a ton of clears

I hope you have a good hatch with the ones that made it to lockdown. I put all of mine in because I couldn't see much of anything.

 

[WV Farm girl]

I'm at day 16. 13 eggs due tomorrow. Had 11-12 hatch last time, hoping for similar luck.

 

[JekkaLynn]

I am really hoping that some will start to hatch early and hatch on Thursday. On Thursday my daughter turns 4. I thought it would be fun to try and set them to hatch on her birthday.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I am sorting birds and will be hatching soon too. DH is fussing, no quail left in the freezer! He loves to smoke them, and share at our campground potluck dinner opening weekend.. Several of our friends love my pickled quail eggs

 

[DownriverGarden]

I've got almost two dozen eggs in a homemade incubator right now. This is our first clutch ("clutch"?) of quail eggs, and the first night we had them I woke up three times in the night to check on the temperature. Next time I've got to rig up some kind of thermostat in there or I'm going to go nuts.

They've been in there since last Saturday and we're looking at hatching chicks on April 1! or thereabouts.

 

[hosspak]

I am sorting birds and will be hatching soon too. DH is fussing, no quail left in the freezer! He loves to smoke them, and share at our campground potluck dinner opening weekend.. Several of our friends love my pickled quail eggs

I'm processing my first quail this weekend, I would like the recipe for smoking them. please!

 

[jeepster]

Oh yes your smoker recipe would be great!

 

[Indica]

I hatched out Jumbo brown Coturnix quail in the same still air incubator with my Silkie eggs. Had it setup so my quail hatched out 4 days before my silkies and 27 of the 31 eggs hatched. Not one died and have been doing just fine. They are 4 weeks old and going strong. It can be done with good results just be careful and plan out your hatchlings. Loving my quail on the homestead!! Can't wait for the second generation!

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Ditto on the smoking recipe! I've got to process Roos soon - nearly time to bring the ladies off of vacation and into the breeding cages!