sara | November 4, 2009
When breeding quail and incubating their eggs it is important to keep a record of fertility and to calculate the percentage fertility because this will help in evaluating incubation and breeding efficiency. I have recently incubated some quail eggs from quail that were hatched themselves in 2007, so two years on it is important to check their [...]
sara | November 3, 2009
When breeding quail and incubating their eggs it is important to keep a record of the percentage of total eggs hatched because this will help in evaluating incubation and hatch efficiency. I have recently hatched some quail chicks and wanted to share the hatch rate with you. You can calculate hatch rate in the following way;
% [...]
sara | July 29, 2009
I have found that a clutch of quail eggs usually hatch about the same time if the conditions are correct.
Hi Sara, I’m hatching quail and one hatched yesterday about 6 o’clock but I got up this morning and no more have hatched yet. Is this normal? The one chick is still sitting lonely in the [...]
sara | July 10, 2009
I filled my hovabator incubator with 42 Japanese quail eggs about 15 days ago. Japanese quail eggs take approximately 17 days to hatch. This morning I took the automatic egg turner out of the incubator and filled up the water trays to increase the humidity.
After lunch I thought I could hear some cheeping coming from [...]
sara | April 23, 2009
I moved the day old quail chicks from the incubator after they had been hatched for 24 hours.
Quail chicks can survive without food and water in the incubator for at least 24 hours as they absorb the yolk sac just before they hatch which provides them with nutirents in the first 24 hours.
I put the [...]
sara | October 23, 2008
I am often asked how long it takes quail eggs to hatch.
The incubation period for bobwhite quail eggs is 23-24 days. Here is a link to information on incubating bobwhite quail eggs http://www.farmingfriends.com/incubating-bobwhite-quail-eggs/
The incubation period for Coturnix (Japanese) quail eggs is 17 days. Here is a link for information about incubating japanese quail eggs. http://www.farmingfriends.com/incubating-coturnix-japanese-quail/
If [...]
sara | June 21, 2008
There is alot of debate about whether you should help a quail chick or any chick out of their shell. I believe it is up to the individual to assess their own situation and decide if they are going to intervene or not.
I received a comment from Dave today asking if he should help the [...]
sara | December 5, 2007
If you are breeding quail and incubating their eggs it is important to keep a record of the percentage of total eggs hatched because this will help in evaluating incubation and hatch efficiency.
Calculating Hatch Rate
The percentage hatch rate is the percentage of total eggs hatched out.
% hatch rate = number of eggs hatched out/number of eggs [...]
sara | November 30, 2007
If you are breeding quail and incubating their eggs it is important to keep a record of hatchability and to calculate the percentage hatchability because this will help in evaluating incubation and hatch efficiency.
Calculating Hatchability
The percentage of hatchability is the percentage of eggs which actually hatch out as live young.
% hatchability = number of eggs hatched [...]
