Shipped quail eggs

[Jener8or]

I'm used to plucking chickens so I would guess quail is not hard. The skin adds so much flavor I would hate to remove it.

I've plucked a lot of turkeys and chickens as well. Quail skin is frustratingly hard not to tear. I'm sure there are secrets and people that are good at it, though. I think you can get the drill attachment pluckers with smaller fingers that might make it faster and easier.

Here is a video of one with a link:

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Ive hatched all my eggs upright even shipped just rest the eggs for 24 hours prior as for plucking quail i pluck as i want the skin on I have my water at 150 dunk them, pluck wings if they come off easy then spray with cold water and pluck the rest. As wings are the hardest to pluck so if they come out easy rest will come out easy

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Ive hatched all my eggs upright even shipped just rest the eggs for 24 hours prior as for plucking quail i pluck as i want the skin on I have my water at 150 dunk them, pluck wings if they come off easy then spray with cold water and pluck the rest. As wings are the hardest to pluck so if they come out easy rest will come out easy

Ok so you hatch eggs upright. Ok. I need to get little quail upright egg holders then. You are exactly right about the plucking. That's been exactly my experience with chickens. Check the wings first..water about 150-160.. pluck wings first and then the rest.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Ok so you hatch eggs upright. Ok. I need to get little quail upright egg holders then. You are exactly right about the plucking. That's been exactly my experience with chickens. Check the wings first..water about 150-160.. pluck wings first and then the rest.

I don’t even have quail racks I use a chicken egg turner lol I have racks but they never fitted in my original turner or my new turner so.

 

[Susan Skylark]

I tried a chicken rail (nr 360) with shipped quail eggs my first time incubating, the outer ring was a disaster but the inner ring did fine, worst part was the temp was low so hatched day 19/20! Definitely recommend a quail rail or hand turning, no matter which angle you lay them. I’ve had great hatch rates side incubating, just make sure you rest them 24 hours at room temp wide end up. We plucked our first batch (4/5 male!) and it took forever (first time plucking anything too!). Now we spatchcock and skin, 5 minutes a bird instead of twenty! They are pretty though when plucked and the skin does add flavor, but I don’t have the patience! Also, if you are going to eat them, a gamebird or turkey starter with 30 percent protein really gets them big fast, I’m feeding a 21 percent layer feed and they grow a bit slower but still at a decent rate. My first two hatches were laying at 5 weeks vs 7 with the lower protein, still ridiculously fast compared to a chicken!

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I tried a chicken rail (nr 360) with shipped quail eggs my first time incubating, the outer ring was a disaster but the inner ring did fine, worst part was the temp was low so hatched day 19/20! Definitely recommend a quail rail or hand turning, no matter which angle you lay them. I’ve had great hatch rates side incubating, just make sure you rest them 24 hours at room temp wide end up. We plucked our first batch (4/5 male!) and it took forever (first time plucking anything too!). Now we spatchcock and skin, 5 minutes a bird instead of twenty! They are pretty though when plucked and the skin does add flavor, but I don’t have the patience! Also, if you are going to eat them, a gamebird or turkey starter with 30 percent protein really gets them big fast, I’m feeding a 21 percent layer feed and they grow a bit slower but still at a decent rate. My first two hatches were laying at 5 weeks vs 7 with the lower protein, still ridiculously fast compared to a chicken!

Ok so just rest them 24 hours fat end up. Hand turn as much as possible. I did hear to feed them 30% and don't take them off until at least 10 weeks. Just add calcium around the time they start laying.