Quails

[Lucas123]

How long does it take for quail egg to hatch

 

[JaeG]

It depends on which species. Button/Chinese Painted quail take approximately 16 days, Coturnix/Japanese quail take approximately 18 days, Bobwhite quail and Californian/Valley quail take 22-23 days.

 

[Lucas123]

After the coturnix quails hatch, straight away put in to the brooder?

 

[007Sean]

After the coturnix quails hatch, straight away put in to the brooder?

Quail can stay in the incubator or hatcher 12 to 18 hours before they will need to be moved to a brooder. Quail can not go as long as other poultry without water and feed after hatching. As soon as their dry and fluffed up, they can be moved.
You will have early hatchers and late but the majority hatch at about the same time, thus when hatching in either unit, you don't have to open the unit and let the humidity out when transferring them to a brooder.

 

[Lucas123]

Is it compulsory to put the baby quails into a brooder?

 

[007Sean]

If the hen isn't hatching and brooding them, then YES!

 

[paneubert]

Is it compulsory to put the baby quails into a brooder?

My question would be what is your alternative to a brooder?

 

[MageofMist]

My question would be what is your alternative to a brooder?

My brooder is a plastic or glass tank (also work as isolation tanks for injured quail) lined with bumpy tissue that is warmed by the electric fire, with a bowl of food and a 'water tower' waterer with a shallow dish part. You can use a thermometer to monitor the temp as they need to be kept at 35 C (95 F) and have the temp lower by 5 each week.

Make sure the food is crushed down fine as they have small beaks and struggle with large food, and that the water source is shallow enough that they can't drown themselves in it. The brooder's bedding must have some form of texture in order so they can get their grip and not risk getting splayed legs from slipping about.

Also keep an eye on their toes and butts, if you see dried poop caking the butt or balls of poop and debris on the toes, they need a clean with warm water, as a blocked butt leads to a quick death in baby quail and too much debris on the toes cuts off the circulation and can cause the toes to drop off and risk infection.

 

[Lucas123]

So the lockdown period for coturnix quails 14th/15th day?

 

[Lucas123]

What is a hatcher?
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