How to hatch quail.

[horsechick]

Hi all,
Can you guys give me the low down?

Temp: 100
Humidity: 60%
Days? : 16-18?
Stop turning (we have auto turner)
at day 15?

Thanks,
Thinking of giving these a try.
Angela

 

[jasonak]

Hi
Depends on the quail,I hatched my bobwhites I think I was at 85 humidity.If you google hatching quail eggs youll find tons of info on times humidity etc.
Good luck ! there alot of fun and really tiny

 

[hinkjc]

Depending on the kind of quail you're hatching, they have varying incubation lengths as well.

http://www.gamebird.com/hatching.html

Jody

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I beleive today is day 17 on my quail with no hatches yet. I am waiting till monday because we had a few power outages. out of 24+ eggs there has to be 1 chick?

 

[Mrs MIA]

I use the same parameters as chickens:
Forced air - 99.5°F
Still air - 101.5°F
45-50% humidity until I stop turning (depends on species), then bump to 65-75%.
Great hatches. More problems due to the PO scrambling eggs than anything else.

Buttons and Coturnix stop at day 14, should hatch 16-17 days.
Bobwhites, chukars, stop at day 20-21, should hatch 23-24 days. With the parameters above, my Bobwhites start pipping the morning of day 23, and usually all hatch at once on day 24.

Good luck!~

 

[horsechick]

Hi,
THanks all for the info, don't know if I'm brave enough yet, haha.
Also is it getting too cold to ship hatching eggs?
With 30-40's at night I wondered how viable they will be at that temp?
THanks,
Angela

 

[shelleyd2008]

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You would think so...I only had one live chick out of my button quail, and that was with 20 eggs!