What is your quail hatch rate!?

[nayeli]

I got quail and I have my breeders now and am waiting on eggs to incubate, then plan on eating most of the next generation of quails... but my quails STILL aren't laying (see my other thread and answer please!)

When I do finally get eggs I'm curious about hatching rate. I have 1 male to 3 females so eggs should be fertile (when I get eggs).

What percentage of eggs do ya'll get to hatch? I know this various due to different incubators but still...

 

[ChickenAndMore]

i have about a 50 percent hatch rate. My problem though is keeping the chicks alive . if i am lucky i have about half of the chicks survive. I am starting to get better though.

 

[Hope It]

i have about a 50 percent hatch rate. My problem though is keeping the chicks alive . if i am lucky i have about half of the chicks survive. I am starting to get better though.

Do you grind their food to almost a powder and scatter it all over the bottom of your brooder? If not - you should. Most will die because they just don't eat. They fall asleep all the time and most only move around a little, so having food right there under them makes a huge difference: I see some just wake up, lift their head, peck at some food under their nose, wiggle a little into a more comfortable position and fall back asleep. I read somewhere that it's best to waste a little food at first (first few days) and scatter it all over than have your little ones just get weaker and eventually die of starvation.

Also, I lost some when they got trampled by others when they were piling up on each other (when I had the brooder temperature too low, so they were piling up to get higher and closer to the light bulb). Once I turned up the temp - voila, all scattered on the floor evenly distributed and no more losses due to being trampled.

I hope this helps
Hope

 

[ChickenAndMore]

I do grind up there food but I don't scatter it, I will try it though and see if it works for me.I also have had a few trample each other but I think that will greatly decrease since it is starting to get warmer outside (A heat lamp just isnt enough in the winter months).

 

[KYBOY]

I have pretty good luck with quail. probably better than anything else honestly. I just hatched about 70% from shipped eggs. I always get better than 80% from my own eggs..

 

[Hope It]

When do you move them outside? They should be fully feathered before they are moved out of the brooder, which is at about 3 weeks old. At that time, heat lamp is perfectly enough

 

[ChickenAndMore]

i keep them inside for about 3-4 weeks. i have them in an old hamster cage with a heat lamp and cardboard on the sides to help keep in heat. Luckily i don't have any young ones at the moment.my last quail batch was better than any of my other batches i had 6 and only one died.

 

[dc3085]

I got quail and I have my breeders now and am waiting on eggs to incubate, then plan on eating most of the next generation of quails... but my quails STILL aren't laying (see my other thread and answer please!)

When I do finally get eggs I'm curious about hatching rate. I have 1 male to 3 females so eggs should be fertile (when I get eggs).

What percentage of eggs do ya'll get to hatch? I know this various due to different incubators but still...

Have you gotten any eggs yet?

 

[nayeli]

@dc3085 nope, and I have had them over a month. I moved them outside days ago so I'm hoping they are getting more light now and will start laying within a week.

 

[rachieboo]

I had a 50% hatch with 11 very lively and chirpy chicks. Have had no problems with them eating at all, they don't stop!!!!never seen such little things pack so much away!