Quail Incubation and Apartment Farming

[krizrose]

Those eggs went nowhere. Receiving others but the 18th!!!

 

[krizrose]

We hatched out 9 quail today!!!! We ordered 12, received 16, but 5 had been broken during shipping. Unfortunately, one of the 11 we set was cracked, but it didn't show up, so it went through to the first candle. No growth, of course. Then we had a second one (same candling) stop development. That means that of the 11 set, 9 went to lockdown AND hatched!!! Yay!!! They're sooooo cute!!!

 

[kcult]

I was gifted some adult quail. Is that how you say it? Adult? Regardless, I whittled the "flock" down to one male and three females. One of the females died fairly early, before I had even considered incubating any.

I bought just about the smallest incubator I could find (still pricey, though) and loaded 12 eggs in it. After 15 days, I candled them. Of the 12, 10 were fertilized. Of those 10, eight hatched. This was on April 28th.

I was able to scrounge up nine more eggs (one hen died and another wasn't laying). Of those nine, seven were fertile. All seven hatched. That was two weeks ago.

I had one more hen die, but a few days later, the remaining hen started laying.

I have 10 of her eggs in the incubator and they have about nine days left. #fingerscrossed

 

[krizrose]

I was gifted some adult quail. Is that how you say it? Adult? Regardless, I whittled the "flock" down to one male and three females. One of the females died fairly early, before I had even considered incubating any.

I bought just about the smallest incubator I could find (still pricey, though) and loaded 12 eggs in it. After 15 days, I candled them. Of the 12, 10 were fertilized. Of those 10, eight hatched. This was on April 28th.

I was able to scrounge up nine more eggs (one hen died and another wasn't laying). Of those nine, seven were fertile. All seven hatched. That was two weeks ago.

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I had one more hen die, but a few days later, the remaining hen started laying.

I have 10 of her eggs in the incubator and they have about nine days left. #fingerscrossed

Sounds like quite the journey! I sure hope they all hatch out for you!!!

 

[duckncover]

I'm glad you finally got some babies! I had 20 button quail eggs shipped to me. 2 were broken on arrival. They are hatching today and so far we have 4 little bumble bee sized babies! Hoping to see a few more fuzzy heads in the morning. lol

 

[krizrose]

I'm glad you finally got some babies! I had 20 button quail eggs shipped to me. 2 were broken on arrival. They are hatching today and so far we have 4 little bumble bee sized babies! Hoping to see a few more fuzzy heads in the morning. lol

Awwww, sorry you had some breakage. That always sucks! Congrats and happy birthday to the successful hatchers! I also hope you get the rest hatched out in the morning!

 

[duckncover]

Awwww, sorry you had some breakage. That always sucks! Congrats and happy birthday to the successful hatchers! I also hope you get the rest hatched out in the morning!

We now have a total of 10 chicks hatched out and dry in the brooder! But I now see one more egg pipping! I'm very happy with the turn out! Especially for damaged shipped eggs.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

Yay! I hatched supermarket eggs too. It was fun, but I wouldn't do it again. Quail were smaller than the rest and quit laying eggs early on. Still, a good brag from the bucket list.