Comments on: Incubating Quail Eggs Without An Incubator

By: danny

danny — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:50:30 +0000

Can i hatch quail eggs with a box some tinfoil and a light bulb???

By: billy

billy — Sun, 15 May 2011 08:16:25 +0000

hi sara . ive started breeding guail again , when the eggs in the incubater i used to squirt water in morning noon and night and they all hatched ok i also had a cup of water inside.now ive read on a site to never use humidity when hatching the eggs .im confused

By: sara

sara — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:28:20 +0000

Hi Michelle,
I wouldn’t put an egg with a cracked shell into the incubator as the egg might explode.
Kind regards
sara @ farmingfriends

By: michelle

michelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:51:20 +0000

if my quail eggs shell crack would it still good for hatching?

By: sara

sara — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:51:47 +0000

Hi Judith,
Thanks for your question. I have not got experience of using a mini warmer to hatch eggs. What breed of quail are your eggs? Japanese quail eggs need to have a temperature in the incubator of 99.5-99.9 degrees fahrenheit and the humidity level (wet bulb thermometer) is is 84-88 degrees fahrenheit. http://farmingfriends.com/incubating-coturnix-japanese-quail/

Japanese quail eggs take 17 days to hatch and you need to be turning them 3-5 times a day until day 15.

Hope this helps.
Good luck with your hatch and let me know how you get on.

Just to let you know that have a quail forum that is free and has info about quail and a place to ask question. http://farmingfriends.com/forums/forum.php?id=3

kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends

By: sara

sara — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:45:34 +0000

Hi Mark,
Thanks for leaving a comment and letting me know about your incubating quail eggs without using an incubator. The lunch box and airing cupboard seem to be having a good success rate! thanks for sharing your experiences.
kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends

By: judith foster

judith foster — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:46:34 +0000

Would i be able to put quail eggs in a mini cooler/warmer, and do i turn them by hand.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:12:20 +0000

Hi in reply to incubation or the lack of it, I tried once to put my first ever quail eggs in a lunch box then put it in the airing cupboard on top of the boiler and to my surprice they hatched turned them twice daily now on the second batch and already have six hatched.

By: sara

sara — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:46:16 +0000

Hi Carrie,
Welcome to farmingfriends and thanks fo your comment. Pleased to hear that your quail are laying. They move the eggs as they are turning the eggs. I would try to make a nest. From experience my quail like to lay eggs in an indent in the soil and straw.
The eggs maybe cracking as the shes might be fragile and the quail may need more grit and oyster shell.
Quail also have a bad habit of egg eating so they will try to crack the eggs. One way to try to solve this is to add pebbles in te shape of their eggs to the nest which will put them off trying to crack the eggs. Also removing the eggs as soon as possible after lay will allieviate this problem unless you want them to sit on the eggs themselves.
Hope this helps.
I have recently set up a free forum about quail which may be interesting to you. http://farmingfriends.com/forums/forum.php?id=3
Kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends

By: carrie

carrie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:06:35 +0000

my quail have recently laid eggs. but they seem to move the eggs around and most of them cracks. what should i do. i surpose to have 5 eggs but the quail have crack 3 of them. what is happening