Shipped quail eggs

[SweetieChicken234]

For those of you with quail... Is it just a bad idea to use a horizontal egg turner with shipped eggs? What is the best way to incubate shipped quail eggs?

 

[GodLovesU]

I hand turned my quail eggs.Make sure you let them settle before you put them in there.What kind of quail are they?

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I hand turned my quail eggs.Make sure you let them settle before you put them in there.What kind of quail are they?

I'm wanting get those eggs off eBay that are the biggest jumbo white quail. I think some get around 20 oz. Jumbo coturnix.

 

[GodLovesU]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/caring-for-incubating-and-raising-coturnix-quail.78696/

 

[GodLovesU]

I don’t know if all the info in that article is correct but I hope it helps!

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I don’t know if all the info in that article is correct but I hope it helps!

I will start there and read it. I was mostly confused about keeping the eggs upright or having to roll them.

 

[Jener8or]

I've used a horizontal egg turner with shipped quail eggs and had good hatch rates. You want to let the eggs rest a day with the air cell up (pointy side down) just in case some of them might've gotten detached air cells, so they might have a chance at getting back to the right spot.

Are these your first quail? Just out of curiosity, why are you going for the whites? I haven't kept any whites, but really like the Jumbo Wild (Pharaoh) type and I think starting with feather sexable quail might be nice, but I think the whites look pretty. If I was hatching more and I could find some jumbo Italians, I would definitely get those since they are feather sexable and I like the Italians a lot.

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I've used a horizontal egg turner with shipped quail eggs and had good hatch rates. You want to let the eggs rest a day with the air cell up (pointy side down) just in case some of them might've gotten detached air cells, so they might have a chance at getting back to the right spot.

Are these your first quail? Just out of curiosity, why are you going for the whites? I haven't kept any whites, but really like the Jumbo Wild (Pharaoh) type and I think starting with feather sexable quail might be nice, but I think the whites look pretty. If I was hatching more and I could find some jumbo Italians, I would definitely get those since they are feather sexable and I like the Italians a lot.

Good luck with your hatch!

These are my first quail. I want the whites because with chicken.. when you pull feathers and it leaves pin feathers it makes the chicken look more presentable as a dinner bird. I have a child with autism and she's very difficult with food. I need my birds to look as 'normal' and 'store bird' like as I can for her. White pin feathers don't stand out much.

 

[Jener8or]

These are my first quail. I want the whites because with chicken.. when you pull feathers and it leaves pin feathers it makes the chicken look more presentable as a dinner bird. I have a child with autism and she's very difficult with food. I need my birds to look as 'normal' and 'store bird' like as I can for her. White pin feathers don't stand out much.

I was wondering if that was a factor. I plucked them a few times, usually skin them now since it's so much easier. I think keeping the skin on, if you can get good at it, definitely adds flavor and a nice look to them. I'm not sure how dark the pin feathers would be on the Italians.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I was wondering if that was a factor. I plucked them a few times, usually skin them now since it's so much easier. I think keeping the skin on, if you can get good at it, definitely adds flavor and a nice look to them. I'm not sure how dark the pin feathers would be on the Italians.

I'm used to plucking chickens so I would guess quail is not hard. The skin adds so much flavor I would hate to remove it.