hatching quail

I hatched out about 30 Bobwhite quail as a first-timer a few days ago. I live in AK and the eggs shipped from Iowa taking 4 days in subzero winter temps. I got 30/43 eggs to hatch! I used the MaticoopX incubator from Amazon (amazing!!!) and now have moved them into the brooder. I used a tote...

Out of 17 quail that went into lockdown, 11 have piped. The first one piped 24 hours ago now and has made no progress- multiple others are right along that time-frame and the same thing.. is this normal?? I can hear chirps, but not seeing a ton of movement from the eggs.. I'm really starting to...

Hey y'all! I am waiting for approval from my family so I can hatch quail eggs. I have a Brinsea Mini II incubator (holds 12 quail eggs) and I want to set up to 12 eggs for a science project and keep some after they hatch. I do not expect a 100% hatch rate (simply being realistic) but I want to...

Hello, hope you're all having a good day! I've been doing research on hatching eggs without shells using a cup, plastic food wrap, a cotton ball, distilled water, and calcium lactate powder. I think the first people who did it were high school students in japan, or scientists, (not sure who did...

We just wrapped up a quail hatch a long and figured I'd share for those interested in following along. I used to love watching these things before I decided to jump into it. I've added them all to a playlist so you can see them in chronological order. I hope you enjoy.

(Note: I started posting a new thread for all my questions and decided it was over kill. Now I am simply gonna post questions and updates on one thread! Welcome friends! I thank all of you who have already given me help and advice as I begin my quest into this new hobby! Hopefully someday I can...

I have never started a hatch-a-long before but I'm going to try. Yesterday I put 2 peach golden pheasant eggs in an incubator. I also put ten of my coturnix quail eggs in the incubator...

I just got Bobwhite eggs to hatch with my first graders. We have hatched ducks and chicken in the past. Anyway, my incubator is only going up to 98.4°. Bobwhite eggs need 99.5 from everything I read. Is it okay to incubate at this somewhat lower temperature, or should I invest in a new incubator?

Hi everyone! I am thinking about hatching some quail chicks this spring and I was wondering what you could tell me about keeping Quail. I would like to have them as pets and for eggs but not to eat. I have heard that coturnix quail are easier to raise, is that true? Also are jumbo quail better...