Raising gambel’s quail

[Quaicken108]

After she laid 28 eggs, we marked them with an x, so we could start tossing the old ones if she didn't sit on them. Then I marked the new ones with a line and started throwing out the x eggs. Around egg 43, I figured she wasn't going to sit on them, so I started eating them. So it was easy to add up... 28 x, 15 lines, and I ate 15. She got very upset the day we covered them to see if she would miss them if we took them out, so we always left some out there for her. She and her partner would go check on them periodically and roll them around. It was very entertaining to watch. I really thought they would sit on them eventually. My niece candled the last ten and there was growth in six of them.

Wow! That’s a good idea with marking the eggs! It’s also makes a lot of sense how you know that many.
Edit: Also cool that there was growth in the eggs!

 

[DylanP]

I received egg number 9 today but this one was very different.... she didnt lay in any of her usual spots ( by her tree , in her sandbox or house ) but actually in the nest she built

 

[Chip76]

She laid the egg in the best she built?? That's awesome! I bet she may hatch them then. That's a great idea to put out some grass / nest building materials. I may try that next year.

 

[Chip76]

Wow! That’s a good idea with marking the eggs! It’s also makes a lot of sense how you know that many.
Edit: Also cool that there was growth in the eggs!

There's no way I could've kept count if I hadn't marked the eggs! I was surprised about the growth. I never saw her sit on them, but it is very hot, so maybe that started it? I cracked one open (after waiting 3 weeks just in case), and there was indeed a little black blob in it.

 

[DylanP]

Im hoping once i collect enough eggs to incubate myself she will hatch out her own ( i just want to see if she will ) the nest is still intact and she gets mad when i go near so its looking hopeful

 

[Quailobsessed]

There's no way I could've kept count if I hadn't marked the eggs! I was surprised about the growth. I never saw her sit on them, but it is very hot, so maybe that started it? I cracked one open (after waiting 3 weeks just in case), and there was indeed a little black blob in it.

I can't really eat many of my quail eggs in summer because they start incubating in the heat!

 

[Chip76]

So the heat can incubate the eggs? That's what I suspected... The ones I ate, I collected each day and put in the fridge. So far no surprises in those, fortunately.

 

[Quailobsessed]

So the heat can incubate the eggs? That's what I suspected... The ones I ate, I collected each day and put in the fridge. So far no surprises in those, fortunately.

Sometimes it gets too hot for incubating, but more like cooking! It gets up to 47.8 (118 F) degrees in January.

 

[DylanP]

Lol i never eat my quail eggs i give them to family except my gambels eggs those little ones get incubated I don’t really have the heat problem here like you guys do in the states or other parts of canada , i live in Newfoundland, canada so it never reaches 40 c , i try to go through my coop at least once every 15 mins to half hour when i know everything is about to lay so the eggs dont suffer cracks or anything worse

 

[DylanP]

Hi everyone so far she laid 17 eggs , i forgot to ask if i hatch them an go to breed them will i need to track down more gambels or can i breed the offspring with no issues ?