Rain Quail Eggs in the Bator :-) !!!

[neb]

Hi Everyone

I have just set 88 Jumbo rain quail eggs in my incubator

. They arrived in the post yesterday and I was overwhelmed

by how many there where, the guy that sent them has added an extra 15 different color variety rain quail

. The temperatures are fluctuating between 38.5 and 35.5. I am using a thermostat, it cuts at the right temp, but then it takes a while to turn back on again. It took a long time to get the temps that close. Are the temps ok

?
I have decided to go with the dry hatch method for my first hatch. The only water I have included is a little round cup of water to get it up to about 30%.
I can't wait for them to hatch

and I will post pictures of my home made incubator and chicks soon for all you hatchaholics.

Wish me luck

Neb

 

[Nekhebet]

good luck! sounds exciting

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Um, What is are Rain Quail

CONGRATS!

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

Um, What is are Rain Quail

They are another type of Coturnix quail (in the same genus)... instead of Coturnix japonica, they are coturnix coromandelica.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Quail​

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Quote:
They are another type of Coturnix quail... instead of Coturnix coturnix japonica, they are coturnix coturnix coromandelica.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Quail

Thank You!

 

[pascopol]

There is not much info on Rain quail on the web. Judging by the pictures they seem to be smaller than coturnix japonica. Is that right?

Myself (like many around here) I am still searching for this Godzilla of quails, hoping somebody will discover it on some remote island, or inside some ancient volcano, so one bird would make a meal!

LOL

 

[neb]

The eggs I am hatching are supposedly Jumbo Quail

. I am not having much luck with my first hatch

, the temps have been all over the place, I am thinking of giving them to someone else to hatch, if their not dead all ready

. How sensitive are the eggs to temp changes in the early stages?

Neb

 

[Stellar]

The early stages are more sensitive to temperature spikes (if that is what you are referring to). What are the temp reading on the incubator?

 

[neb]

The temperature had a spike to 40 degrees celcius, and a drop to 31 degrees celcius, but it is usually varying between 38.5 and 35.5 degrees.
I am not asure how long it lasted, but probably not long as my thermostat increase then cuts of then decrease and then turns on again. So it is a wave type thing. Any encouragements ?

Neb

 

[pascopol]

Are you using any kind of styrobator? LG's *Little Giant" is well known for deadly spikes, and although some people swear by them, LG's killed more embrios than they hatched. My first bator was an LG or rather a Little Monster and the only reason I hatched some birds in it was that I kept a vigil day and night cheking the temp.

I would throw it away, but I do not want to pollute enviroment with styrofoam, so keep it and use it only sometimes as a hatcher when I am overloaded with eggs and my 3 other bators are full. In later stage embrios can survive temp spikes if those spikes are not prolonged.

After I rereaded your original post, it seems that you are might be using water heater thermostat perhaps, since they are known for wide temperature swings? If so again some people swear by them, but you might be better off of giving your eggs to somebody else with better equipment to hatch.

Some people claim to put eggs in carton box and a lightbulb with no fan or any thermostat, and claim good hatches, but that's just a fairly tale to me.

Sorry I do not want to sound rude, but unfortunately eggs as a living things, eggs were designed to be hatched natural way, and if we can not provide environment close to natural, they will not hatch.