Quail eggs

[Omar khorsheed]

Hi everyone so tomorrow I'm getting 300 quail eggs it is my first time incubating eggs in my homemade incubator I already set the temperature and humidity according to my place I'm from Iraq BTW ,
I will be thankful if I get some information on increasing hatching rate and where to place temperature and humidity sensors.

 

[JaeG]

Temperature should be taken from the top of the eggs. Are you picking up the eggs or having them shipped?

 

[Omar khorsheed]

They are shipped

 

[JaeG]

You'll need to rest them upright (fat end up) for 24 hours before putting them into the incubator. That gives the air cells time to stabilise. Shipping can knock them loose. I've read of people keeping the eggs in the upright position and just very slightly moving them from side to side for the first week if there are lots of air cells floating loose (you should be able to candle and see if that's the case). This gives the embryo time to get big and strong enough to hold the air cell in place.

Do track the air cell size to see if you need to adjust the humidity. It's important that the egg loses enough moisture so that the air cell is large enough to sustain the chick until it can make an external pip. Just use a chicken air cell chart and know that the days will be slightly off.

Quail are very adorable chicks! Hope you have a really good hatch. There's a forum specifically for quail with lots of lovely, helpful people on it so if you need any help don't hesitate to ask.

 

[Omar khorsheed]

You'll need to rest them upright (fat end up) for 24 hours before putting them into the incubator. That gives the air cells time to stabilise. Shipping can knock them loose. I've read of people keeping the eggs in the upright position and just very slightly moving them from side to side for the first week if there are lots of air cells floating loose (you should be able to candle and see if that's the case). This gives the embryo time to get big and strong enough to hold the air cell in place.

Do track the air cell size to see if you need to adjust the humidity. It's important that the egg loses enough moisture so that the air cell is large enough to sustain the chick until it can make an external pip. Just use a chicken air cell chart and know that the days will be slightly off.

Quail are very adorable chicks! Hope you have a really good hatch. There's a forum specifically for quail with lots of lovely, helpful people on it so if you need any help don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks a lot that was really helpful and never heard this information even though I was reading a lot about hatching quail eggs

 

[JaeG]

I only recently discovered it too - you'll learn lots on this site! It's great!