Hatching quail eggs

[perfectly_polish]

I have 32 Jumbo Brown Cortunix quail eggs in the 'bator and have looked all over the internet but can find how many days they're suppose to be incubated. Does anyone know?

 

[Poison Ivy]

Mine cortunix hatch on day 16 I stop turning on day 13.

 

[WriterofWords]

Really? My Coturnix take 17 sometimes 18 days. I stop turning on 15th day.

 

[Poison Ivy]

Are your temps off and running a little low? Mine have always hatched on day 16. Here is a little information on them I found.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/easterly101.html

 

[perfectly_polish]

Wow, I thought it was a lot longer then that. So with 2 different opinions here, when do I stop turning?

They are also Jumbo, does that make a difference?

 

[WriterofWords]

I just went back to this site: http://groups.msn.com/LimitedPoultry/totalincubationandhatchingtimes.ms and it says 17 to 18 days too. My temps are always steady and it's always taken that long.

 

[okiechick57]

Mine hatched on day 17

 

[conny63malies]

i heard anything from day 16 to day 18. I think i might change my stop turn on the calendar. I am at day 10 right now. yay

 

[perfectly_polish]

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I'm on day 4, so I'll guess I'll stop turning on day 15 then?

 

[Mom 2em All]

My coturnix hatched on Day 18 and Day 19. I thought my temps had been pretty steady throughout the incubation.

I thought corturnix normally took longer than buttons to hatch. Arent buttons day 16-17?