Will this work?

[justaboy]

I’ve been wanting to hatch more chicks, but my bator is currently being used for quail. I have another incubator that was like $30 on Amazon, it’s still air and you need to mist it to add humidity. I’m wondering if when my quail go on lockdown I could place them in there while my chicken eggs are still in the other bator. Is this a viable option? I’m trying to get a few more additions to my flock before the colder months.

 

[justaboy]

Also one more question, the eggs going in are all fertilized by a Grey Jersey Giant, and the hens are, Rhode Island Red, Sapphire Gem, and Gold Laced Wyandotte. Anyone have an idea of what they will look like?

 

[Susan Skylark]

Your chicks will be chickens (there’s the extent of my breed knowledge!). Those cheap little bubble incubators can work great or be a disaster, that’s what I use but I’ve also had several that didn’t (one the autoturner wasn’t great and I lost half a batch before I realized it and another I had to run at 102 and figured it would burn itself out so sold it after one hatch). Run it for a couple days and make sure the temp is steady and you’ll be good to go. Don’t mist your eggs, just dump water in the tray beneath the eggs, wet eggs is a disaster waiting to happen between the risk of bacterial contamination and rapid temp shifts it is a bad idea no matter what the instructions say.

 

[justaboy]

Your chicks will be chickens (there’s the extent of my breed knowledge!). Those cheap little bubble incubators can work great or be a disaster, that’s what I use but I’ve also had several that didn’t (one the autoturner wasn’t great and I lost half a batch before I realized it and another I had to run at 102 and figured it would burn itself out so sold it after one hatch). Run it for a couple days and make sure the temp is steady and you’ll be good to go. Don’t mist your eggs, just dump water in the tray beneath the eggs, wet eggs is a disaster waiting to happen between the risk of bacterial contamination and rapid temp shifts it is a bad idea no matter what the instructions say.

That’s the thing! The instructions on it say to mist the eggs twice a day? I just want to use it as a Hatcher so my chicken eggs don’t stop getting turned on day 9. It also doesn’t have a water tray. When I get it from my storage locker later today I’ll send pictures.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Also one more question, the eggs going in are all fertilized by a Grey Jersey Giant, and the hens are, Rhode Island Red, Sapphire Gem, and Gold Laced Wyandotte. Anyone have an idea of what they will look like?

I have no idea what the genetics of a Grey Jersey Giant might be so, no, I do not know what the offspring would look like. Where did you get him? Can you find out anything about his genetic background that makes him grey?

I’m wondering if when my quail go on lockdown I could place them in there while my chicken eggs are still in the other bator.

Lots of people use this type of procedure. If you can maintain proper temperature and humidity where the eggs are it can work great. With a still air, the temperature and humidity where the eggs are is important. Warm air rises so the temperature will be different at different elevations in that incubator.

 

[justaboy]

I got him from cal ranch, I actually recently contacted the hatchery that made his breed and they said he’s basically just a few generations of selective breeding from a sapphire gem and BJG

 

[Tex452]

Just maintain proper temperature, I don’t worry about humidity in my area because it is high.

 

[McChooky]

Your quail should be left where they are until they hatch.Then you can incubate the chicken eggs.Patience is a virtue!

 

[McChooky]

Also one more question, the eggs going in are all fertilized by a Grey Jersey Giant, and the hens are, Rhode Island Red, Sapphire Gem, and Gold Laced Wyandotte. Anyone have an idea of what they will look like?

Having a rooster 2-3 x bigger than ordinary roosters can give you chicks 2 x bigger.You need a big broody to hatch his chicks so she can cover them and keep them warm.If you aren't using a broody hen and you're raising these yourself it won't matter.You will have chicks of different colors using the hens you have now.Some solid colors, some laced,some dark and blue barred

 

[Ridgerunner]

I got him from cal ranch, I actually recently contacted the hatchery that made his breed and they said he’s basically just a few generations of selective breeding from a sapphire gem and BJG

That helps some but not as much as I wished. I don't know if the grey in Sapphire Gems comes from the B/B/S or the Lavender genetics. Different websites give different information.

But whether it is B/B/S or Lavender, either means he is based on black. The B/B/S or lavender genes modify what would normally be black to a sort of grey. So that will allow me to tell you what I think you will see with a grey rooster.

With a Rhode Island Red hen, if he is based on B/B/S half of the chicks will be black, half will be grey. If he is based on Lavender all chicks will be black. Many will probably have red leakage. That means while the chick is black, when it feathers out you can get some random red feathers. It may be a few well spread out or you may get some red bunched up.

With a Sapphire Gem hen it gets a little more tricky. If the hen and the rooster are based on B/B/S you will get about 1/4 splash (White with black spots), 1/2 Grey, and 1/4 black. If they are both based on Lavender you should get 100% grey chicks.

With a Gold Laced Wyandotte hen, it is the same as the RIR hen. Either half black and half grey or all black chicks. And again, with red leakage.

So kind of boring for the next generation. But if you go one step further and cross the chicks from the red hens to get a second generation you start to get a bunch or interesting crosses.