- Aug 19, 2010
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Hi There!
I've been reading around on this forum for about a month now, when I first got my button quails.
I wanted them as pets. I LOVE animals... and love having "unique" pets.
I found a farmer on Craigslist in my state (three hours away from me) that was selling quails. I got three of them. After doing some research, I think I have two females and one male. He's much smaller and has a white "bib".
So now the females are laying eggs. So I decided, that I would begin to hatch them. Well it's been about a month, and I didn't get anything in the eggs.
Here are a few things that are working against me.
I live in a subdivision, so I can't have these birds running around. I also own five dogs...
There is a pet store in my area now selling button quails for $35 each (as pets). So my "thought" was... I would hatch a few eggs, sell them, not for $35 though, I think that is a little steap, and then hatch some more. I know on here people hatch a lot of eggs. I can't very well do that, because I don't have a lot of room, and my township has rules about the number of pets you can have. So I was thinking, at the very worst, if all the eggs hatched, that is the number of quails I would have if they didn't sell.
So my question is... what is a good number of eggs to hatch? The last run I did, it was six.
Also, where is a good place for me to store the eggs while I'm gathering them? And I know for some reptile eggs this is an issue, but do I have to make sure the eggs are the same side up from when I gather them? Meaning, if I "store" them in an egg carton do I have to make sure that it's the same direction before I put them in an incubator?
Right now I have a still air incubator, and it's set at 99.5.
I'm just so confused! I'm really out of my element here.
Thank you all in advance for your time, hopefully after a little learning, I will be able to help people on here soon!
Kristin
I've been reading around on this forum for about a month now, when I first got my button quails.
I wanted them as pets. I LOVE animals... and love having "unique" pets.
I found a farmer on Craigslist in my state (three hours away from me) that was selling quails. I got three of them. After doing some research, I think I have two females and one male. He's much smaller and has a white "bib".
So now the females are laying eggs. So I decided, that I would begin to hatch them. Well it's been about a month, and I didn't get anything in the eggs.
Here are a few things that are working against me.
I live in a subdivision, so I can't have these birds running around. I also own five dogs...

There is a pet store in my area now selling button quails for $35 each (as pets). So my "thought" was... I would hatch a few eggs, sell them, not for $35 though, I think that is a little steap, and then hatch some more. I know on here people hatch a lot of eggs. I can't very well do that, because I don't have a lot of room, and my township has rules about the number of pets you can have. So I was thinking, at the very worst, if all the eggs hatched, that is the number of quails I would have if they didn't sell.
So my question is... what is a good number of eggs to hatch? The last run I did, it was six.
Also, where is a good place for me to store the eggs while I'm gathering them? And I know for some reptile eggs this is an issue, but do I have to make sure the eggs are the same side up from when I gather them? Meaning, if I "store" them in an egg carton do I have to make sure that it's the same direction before I put them in an incubator?
Right now I have a still air incubator, and it's set at 99.5.
I'm just so confused! I'm really out of my element here.

Thank you all in advance for your time, hopefully after a little learning, I will be able to help people on here soon!
Kristin