Turning Quail eggs?

[brooster]

i remember reading some where that you have to hand tuen them. Is this true or can i just put them in the auto turner?

 

[peepsnbunnies]

My friend put theirs in the auto turner and had a great hatch. I have some in the auto turner right now, they should hatch on Tuesday. I'll let you know how they did.

Lisa

You do have quail racks for your auto turner, right?

 

[brooster]

No i saw a picture online that had the quail eggs in chicken egg racks. If they fall throug the holes, i will come up with something to hold them.

 

[Poison Ivy]

I stuck a piece of a cotton ball in the bottom of each cup in my turner and sat my quail eggs on it. They did great.

 

[peepsnbunnies]

I have an older turner with the yellow racks with the hole in the middle. I only have 1 quail rack and the rest are chicken racks. I filled the quail egg rack and still had 5 eggs left over. I did not like the way the little quail eggs went so far down in the chicken egg rack so I took the round cotton cosmetic remover pads and pushed them down in the hole of the chicken egg rack and then put the quail eggs in them. That way the quail eggs were all the same height under the heating element. I do not have a fan in my incubator, so there is a temp difference between the top and the floor. That is why I am trying to keep them equal. Here is a pic of what I did.

Lisa