help incubating quail vs chicken...

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I open my hatcher all the time when chicks are hatching, the only ones I have problems with are my BCM because they are finicky. With quail you have to open it to take chicks out, you can't leave them in there as long as chickens. I've had several hatch at 25%-40% humidity in the turner when I've forgot they were due...as long as you don't over or under heat them or have your humidity way too high they are pretty hard to mess up.
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Personally, I've not noticed a difference between hatching with or without cartons with quail eggs. If I have one in there, fine, if not, that's fine too.

I didn't know about them needing to come out ASAP. I did it though because I reasoned that their size would mean they couldn't have the reserves that newly hatched chickens do so out they came. Glad to know I was right!

They should go no more than 24 hours in the incubator before they have to have food. I remove them twice a day, so about every 12 hours or so. Others don't even wait that long, removing them as soon as they are dried off.
 


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