little giant auto egg turner question

[Little_Bigfoot]

so i got the turner and quail trays will this work with button quail eggs?

 

[JJMR794]

Yes

 

[critterranch]

do you have to have the quail rails or just the ones that come with it? so is it possible to hand turn button quail eggs i only have 18 eggs.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Button eggs won't fit in the regular racks, they'll fall right through the holes. Though you could rig it up so they'd work by putting cotton or something in the cup to keep the eggs in it. If you have a quail egg flat or quail egg cartons you can use these to hand-turn, just elevate one side of the carton and alternate a few times a day.

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

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Button eggs won't fit in the regular racks, they'll fall right through the holes. Though you could rig it up so they'd work by putting cotton or something in the cup to keep the eggs in it. If you have a quail egg flat or quail egg cartons you can use these to hand-turn, just elevate one side of the carton and alternate a few times a day.

Button quail eggs do fit in Little Giant turners, but not so much in the GQF/Hovabator turners. (I have done it before, and got a 95% hatch. )

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Button eggs won't fit in the regular racks, they'll fall right through the holes. Though you could rig it up so they'd work by putting cotton or something in the cup to keep the eggs in it. If you have a quail egg flat or quail egg cartons you can use these to hand-turn, just elevate one side of the carton and alternate a few times a day.

Button quail eggs do fit in Little Giant turners, but not so much in the GQF/Hovabator turners. (I have done it before, and got a 95% hatch. )

Most of the ones I've tried did not fit.

 

[critterranch]

do they fit in the quail rails sold seperately for little giant turner. not ones that come with it. those are the chicken rails.

 

[JJMR794]

Yes In Most Cases They Do Fit In Quail Rails

 

[myfinefeatheredfriends]

With the quail racks, both button quail and Coturnix quail eggs will fit. They cost around $20-$25. If you're using the universal racks, I take a plastic Easter egg, break the piece off that attaches the bottom part from the top part and place the bottom part (the end of the Easter egg with the pointy side) into the hole just as you would a chicken egg. I then place the button quail egg inside the bottom part so that it doesn't fall through the hole while incubating.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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What a great idea! Wish I'd have thought of that back when I didn't have quail turner racks....would have saved a lot of headache!