Help! with quail hatching

[backyard quails]

i have 2 japanese quail a male and a female.
last week on Monday she laid her first egg and since then till now there 8 eggs in the cage.
some eggs are together and others are else where in the cage. there has not been any noises or any sign of the wiggling

. is this normal and how do i check if the eggs are still fertile?

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[backyard quails]

Any help will be much appreciated!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome to BYC! You might want to try posting on the BYC Quail board about your hatch. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/48/quail

 

[drumstick diva]

Have you ever seen the male actually breed the hen? If not maybe the eggs are not fertile and the hen knows that and kicks them out.

 

[PrepShepherd]

With Quail eggs you'll prob have to use an incubator, a lot of Quail wont sit on eggs in captivity. I'd get a incubator and hatch them yourself or if you have a broody Bannie Hen give them to her to raise. What I do with mind is fill a dish with vermiculite and stick the ponity end down in the incubator, set it at 99.5 or 100 degrees and you don't really have to worry about turning them (I usually only do it when I'm candling them) last batch I got 100% hatch rate.

 

[chickenboy190]

 

[All Henned Up]

Welcome and enjoy BYC
Steve.

 

[roostersandhens]

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! x2 on posting in the Quail section