Need some last min advice on Quail

[bryan8]

Well my order of button quail eggs is going to be here today or tmw. The seller said that he was throwing in a few Pharaoh Quail eggs. What are Pharaoh Quail?

And also what temp should my incubator be at?
How long do they take to hatch?

And how many times do you turn them?

And lastly do i stop turing 3 days before they hatch?

~Bryan

 

[saddina]

Pharoah is another name for coturnix quail.

100 degrees, 18ish days (mine are starting on day 16).

I turned everytime I walked past the bator heading to the bathroom, ideally 3, or 5 times.


If they hatch early, they'll come while you're still turning. Doesn't seem to hurt them.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Pharoah, in most cases, is another name for the normal wild-type coturnix. However, there are people that call the jumbo browns 'pharaoh', at least in my area.

Coturnix take 15-18 days to hatch, normally, but can take up to 21 days. Buttons take 15-18 days as well, but normally hatch on the lower end, about day 15 or 16.

If you are hand-turning, you should try to turn them an odd number each day. So 3,5,7 and so on. 3 times a day is plenty. All you really need to do is to have the eggs laying on their sides in the incubator, then place the palm of your hand on the eggs and roll them. You don't need to turn each one individually, you'll probably end up breaking some that way.

Keep your incubator at 100 degrees at egg-level for the hatch, with humidity at least 50%. For hatching you'll want to decrease the temperature by 1 degree, and increase the humidity to 65%+.

You should stop turning the buttons on day 12 or 13, and the coturnix about day 14 or 15. It is easier if you hold off on setting the button eggs for a day or so after you set the coturnix, so they will hatch together.

 

[citalk2much]

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[bryan8]

Thanks

 

[JJMR794]

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[citalk2much]

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