Buy chicks, locally or mail order. You'll start seeing eggs in 6-8 weeks. After that, you'll get almost 1 egg/hen/day. Eat the excess males. You'll likely get much better hatch rates with eggs laid by your hens vs mail order eggs, anyway.
@@shalioplantation3989 Great, good luck! You can mail order quail chicks, same as chickens. Many of the same hatcheries sell them. If the minimum number to ship is more than you want to keep as breeders, simply raise them all, keep the healthiest, fastest growing, earliest layers for broodstock, and butcher the rest. Quail really are easy.
I had a cracked one and it was disappointing. Ordered some online and they were shipped. I’m a bit anxious about this whole process…So I’m glad I found your channel. Thank you for the advice.
When i hatch quail eggs i leave temp on 102 first 1-15 days and i drop it to 99 on 15-17 days i had 97-98% hatch rate. The reason why i leave temp so high is because even when i have to move eggs they will still keep the temp up and wont lose any temp at all! Also i do 75% humidity first 10 days and the rest of the days i do 60%. If you have anything under 90% hatch success do this method you can thank me later..
Hello my first attempt was awful 3 hatched and were deformed I had problems with incubator as its been made so turning temp up lowers it! So have to put it down to get it warmer. Currently had 5 hatch this morning and 2 unzipping right now x
Ahh, I know my comment is very late but I hope for a reply as I'm sort of concerned, I just got quail eggs as well as an incubator today, and one or two of the eggs has the tiniest bit of poop that I just moved around without touching the poop of course, but is that viable still..? or should I get rid of them, some help would be amazing!
So I just got some quail eggs in the mail and am setting up my incubator and decided to check out a video for some tips. Pulled this up and started laughing my ass off when I saw that I’m currently wearing the exact same shirt!
You should stop turning on day 14 and they should hatch between day 16 & 18. Day 1 is 24 hours after you set, and every 24 hours thereafter is another day..
Many thanks, I have been researching "when do quail lay eggs" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a smashing exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail without the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my m8 got excellent success with it.
Thank you so much! I bought 2 sets last year but every single egg died and 2 were almost ready to hatch but have passed inside the egg. I recently got new ones online and this information really helped and more than 10 hatched!
This was great, I've been looking for "what do quails eat" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a great one off guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my partner got great results with it.
Just wonderful, I have been researching "quail farms near me" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (do a search on google ) ? It is an awesome exclusive product for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got amazing success with it.
Kevin , You are quite correct about the possibility of late hatching. The eggs can and do run the gamut between early and late . As most everyone that hatches eggs knows, chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch . My eggs began hatching very early on day 20 ! By day 21 about half of the eggs were already hatched. And the hatching rate was slowing down. Day 22 and several eggs had not hatched. Day 23 and a couple more hatched. Day 24 and three more eggs hatched. Day 25 ! And another egg hatched. Although it was not properly developed and died after one day . With that it was time to stop. Hatching eggs surely is not an exact procedure.
Aww... I though you were going to show pictures of them running around after they hatched. They are the cutest darn little things. So tiny but ready to eat and drink and frolic. And they also start flying at 3 weeks and can be really entertaining for kids.
@@kellyd3696 Those are wild quail, likely bobwhite, depending on your locale. These are coturnix, very different birds, domesticated for many centuries. Like many chicken breeds, much of the broodiness has been bred out. This is a lot like comparing a wild jungle fowl to a production red.
I am still trying to convince my husband to get some quail but we live in suburbia - I have great raised bed vege gardens & have found the perfect place for them so fingers crossed. Great video just loved it & very informative. Cheers Denise- Brisbane Australia
Denise Brady I’m in the same situation. I actually went ahead and ordered the incubator and the eggs. Eggs are incubating and family still doesn’t know! My plan is just for them to see the quail on the back garden and go, “ You got quail?”, and me to say, “Oh, I didn’t tell you?” We’ll see how it goes...
@@liamsbackyard2635 🤣🤣🤣 How does that saying go, “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness, rather than permission?!” How did your family adjust to their new Quail?
I use 28-30% protein crumbles but I actually run them through window screen to get the finer stuff. also, the larger ones don't like the powder too well so this works out when you are on a rotation of hatching and rearing.
I am so glad I found this video. We just hatched our first set of quail (85ish) of them with about a 60% hatch rate on shipped eggs. We have been told so many times that they hatch on day 17, without fail. Ours mostly came on day 18 and 19. We were going to turn the hatcher off today but now will go ahead and leave it on until day 22. Thank you so much for all that y'all do, we enjoy your videos and learn so much from y'all!
In my experience with chickens, those weird, not quite right eggs happen when they get laid on the poop on the floor of the coop rather than in the nice, clean nesting box. I think it’s probably the ammonia eating through the bloom and into the shell. I’ve picked up a few over the years that look fine on the surface that’s facing up and are all like that underneath.
Another very informative video, Kevin. Thank you. Always great education with you and Sarah. Tip: Use smaller or normal-sized ice-cube trays. They work great.
I always learn from you and Sara! Both of you communicate so well and I love the hands on approach even when “real life” jumps in lol. Your research is the foundation for your success. Have a wonderful day! Catherine from Canada 🇨🇦
Just placing crumpled tissue or rice in the egg carton will work for standing them. I have a hen that always lays the large dull brownish gray eggs. I think it is just a color variation. Laura
They poop a lot. 24 birds will eat a little under 50 lb of food a month. You can find them a 20% protein crumble for $14 a bag at either farm and fleet or tractor supply. Everything else is an adventure...
My Garden teacher from school brung 12 quail eggs into my class and put them in a incubater. And 2 days after they hatch, my teacher is gonna let us touch them!
If you switch that controller over to Celsius, you can get better temp control. The minimum allowable difference from setpoint (ds) is 1 degree when units are in Farenheit, but it is 0.3 in Celcius, which is 0.54 degrees Farenheit. Ts would be 37.5 in Celsius.
Thanks for taking the time to explain all this important tips about hatching,its so helpful. I did my first hatching but I probably dropped the ball on something bc some of my chicks formed fully but didn't hatched. Is there anything you can see i could've done different to save then or anything I did wrong? Thanks in advance.
Also while you are collecting eggs to hatch, you must be able to turn them while they are in cool place. The eggs need to be rotated and you can accomplish this by using and automatic egg turner.
Wonderful info on these sweet babies and how to bring them to life. Watch your video every day. Thank you so much Kevin and Sarah. You guys are the real deal!!!
On the double yolk.. they prob are fertile. I've seen one person actually HATCH several twins.. she had several that fully developed but didn't hatch tho. But they were fertile and a few sets did hatch and were perfectly healthy
Awesome vid Kevo! My daughter dropped of some quail eggs from her friend's farm and I put them into the incubator on wed night. Went looking for info on them and you popped up!!! How funny as I watch you two all the time but I had forgotten you did quail! I am trying 7 eggs but I may have goofed cuz I used the eggs that looked healthy, ie big...I hope they were not too big. I will candle on day 7 and see what I have. Blessings!!!
Hi. Hope you get this a year later... I'm doing this but half time I add water for the last half. So I can o this without water at all Last hatch had a lot of splay and claw feet. Also how do I stop them squashing each other to death even when heat is fine I'll wake up to a few dead been squashed. Once adults they fine of course but it's now my 3rd lot of eggs in and they scare me so much this will be the last time. I'll stick to chickens. But advice please.
I have a question. I put my eggs in the incubator and 8hrs. Later the power went out for 4hrs. You think it still ok? During this this I did not open the box. The temp in my home is about 65 degree. Thanks
Great tips Kevin! One thing I would mention is that hatching viability and fertility are two different things, a fertile egg may become unviable after 7-10 days of storage, although the way you describe how you store them, as long as they are kept cool and turned a couple times a day should give you good viability for at least 14 days. I have had great success even up to 21 days storing chicken eggs the way you describe, with minimal decrease in hatch rate on older eggs, when I was trying to get a full incubator load in the winter when they weren't laying a lot. (My incubator holds 288 chicken eggs, lol) I generally try to keep them only 7-10 days before setting them though.
Hey Kevin, as a Disabled American Veteran living in the Philippines CUZ I can't afford to LIVE in America anymore, as an EX Rancher/Farmer, From Nevada,.. with an Associates Degree in Farm & Ranch Management and Animal Science, I have Just discoverd Quail Farming, other than getting a License when I lived in Nevada from Fish & Game and hunting them & Dove in the fall. I NEVER thought about Raising a Game Bird before but here in the Philippines it is BIG Business. Now I can get all the Hens I want, but they tell me you have to get Special Males to Make Fertile Eggs, or you get deformed Chicks !`` Our Quail here are a Cross between Your Quail & Japanese Quail. I always had Breeding stock when I was with my Dad on our Ranch ofd what ever stock we had. Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Chickens, what ever.. So If I buy eggs, and get some males, can i breed them to the hens ? What is the story with Having your own Breeding Stock ? Male & Female ? Thanks Regards Rob! cc your facebook page !
Hi Kevin, my 7 year old grandson watched a kids video about hatching quail eggs. He was so excited to try it that he convinced me to go for it. Since his mother refused to do it at their house, I decided to do it in my little apartment. We don’t live in the same state, so we’re FaceTiming the whole project. I used your video to guide me. Thank you for the great instructions. So I purchased all of the equipment and quail eggs and got to it. Today is day 14, so I’ll be increasing the humidity and removing the eggs from the turning device. I’m curious to see if any of them will hatch. I’ll let you know. Meanwhile, I don’t know where to purchase the food that they need to eat. Could you please let me know where I can get that. Also, on day 13, the incubator sprung partially open while I was out. The temperature dropped to 26.8C from the usual 36.8C proper temperature. I don’t know how long it was that low. It may have been a few hours. Should I be very concerned about that? I guess we’ll find out. Thanks for your help.
Suzanne Davis Yeah! Day 18 and we have two baby hatchlings. I cough the hatching of the chick on camera and FaceTimed it with my grandson. There was much excitement. My grandson was a riot. He kept yelling, “push, push!” When the little one was trying to get out of the shell.
@@miriamvegvari I know this is an old reply but I love this SOOO much. I think my grandma would be like this if she were still around, just doted on us completely. (side note, I keep hens and my fave is called Miriam)
Kevin did you know that “common sense “ is the New Superpower that not everyone has,lol. Great video, answers a lot of questions that I was trying to figure out about hatching quail. Have a great day, God Bless
I love this. I know I'll never do this but knowledge is power. I love your channel.. I really liked the chicken series and watching you weigh and calculate the feed and the cost of raising them. Okay I admit it, I'm a nerd about these things too. Keep the good stuff going. I actually check every morning for new videos. Thanks and God bless. Respectfully, Karen Petitti
I would give unusual eggs a chance and candle them after a few days. Because what if you have a hen that lays unusual eggs due to a genetic mutation and the offspring do that too? That would enable you to create a new variety.
Please provide dimension from bottom of feeder to center of feed hole. Looks like about 2 inches but I'd rather not guess. Also do the coturnix quail hold well for bird dog training like Bob white quail do? All the breeders around nc for game farms are raising Bob white so I'm wondering if the coturnix tend to run away or fly instead of holding for a point. Any knowledge about this please share. Great video.
Thanks 😊 spot on I really needed this information, I'm New to all this, new subscriber, same quail, I live in New Zealand and not a lot of framers here yet for quail 🙂
Kevin, We are moving from the city and want to start keeping some chickens and quail. My question is, can I keep the quail in the same coupe with the chickens? Thanks Toni
Debbie T- Great info always is. Thank you so much for all you and Sara do. Hopefully we will do quail later this year. On the goal list. May God bless you and yours
Hello Kevin, you did a superb job. I have my hen hatch the eggs because I am small scale. But if anyone wanted to hatch a large amount, this is the go to video. Thank you. 💕. NonnaGrace
Cathy Brown . Hello Cathy I guess my comment was miss leading. I was thinking chicken eggs. I don't have quail. Sorry my response was too general. If I had quail eggs I would have my Buff Orpington Emma do the job. She is a very gentle determined mama hen. 💕. NonnaGrace
man you are a genius. what a magical solution you got for the feeder. ZERO WASTAGE GUARANTEED, I am saying this because i tried your method. And saved a TONN on the feeds.
I'm brand new to my quest on raising some chickens for eggs so I have a lot of dumb questions. Hopefully someone can help out with this one. I am dumbfounded by the time between collecting the egg from the coop (daily I would assume), to waiting a week to incubate them. You said to keep them in cool temperatures like in a cooler or a cool room but I thought fertilized eggs should be in a warm area and that's why naturally mama would sit on them from the time she lays them. I am thinking once I get my baby RIR hens to go with my move in RIR rooster, that I may like to hatch a few eggs now and again myself where I would be the mama like you are doing with your quails. I'm just curious how they survive a week in a cooler instead of being put straight into an incubator when you pull them from coop. I'm so sorry this is so long. I'm so inquisitive and I really want to know all I can before I get my rooster some girlfriends. First video I've seen of yours and it was super helpful. (Just curious about the week between collecting and incubating...LOL!) New suscriber! Off to binge some of your other videos now! :-P
Thank you for your informative video. I have three quail eggs that I've kept warm for past couple of days & had a few eggs in the refrigerator since. Can I still try to hatch some of the eggs from the fridge? Also, I've been waiting for my incubator to arrive, so I've been using a heating pad on the three I'm trying to hatch. The heating pad turns off every couple of hours, and they've probably gone without heat for a couple of hours here in Socal, do you think they'll still be ok? Also, I didn't have them tilting pointy side down for the first two days, do you think they still have a chance of hatching?
Thanks Kevin for the video. My hubby grew quail a few years ago and has been talking about starting back this Spring. This video will encourage him. Lol. God bless.
hey buddy. can you raise different type of quail together in a more natural aviary setting. i have one that is about 6 feet by 5.5 ft and 6 feet tall. could your type of quail be raised with a Californian and/or button quail? if so how many different type of quail can coexistent. not looking for quantity more so looking to have a variety.
How many days are eggs considered healthy for incubation? Like, how many days can you collect eggs for hatching before the first ones aren’t any good anymore?
Do you know how quail compare to chukar in both taste and care? My husband and I did chukar years ago and while they where tough to raise they were the best meat we ever raised. Quail seem easier and might be something to try.
Jilene Wagner we just had a chuckers and now we're raising Quail I would consider the quail meat better than the chuckers that we had. ;) good for it ;)
The dirty eggs didn’t make sense to me. Does washing in warm water reduce probability of hatching? The other reject criteria: cracked, larger than normal size, abnormal appearance made sense. Was also surprised at storing eggs before incubating.
yeah my hatches have sucked, first, 2 of 60 and second 7 of 60 humitity can only get to 65 on lock down, second batch one had goofy leg the it went down threw holes, and stopped the fan in the bottom of this incubator brrdddddd noise, and there was a drop of blood from that one I think im gonna complain to manufacturer of incubator for that one, I wanted to open it but you cant ...rrrrgggg.
A person could also flip over an egg carton and cut it the same way you did for your seedling flat (for those who don’t have one or don’t want to cut it).
For birds that will *maybe* live 2-3 years, I don't think it's a huge deal. Quail are quickly replaced/rotated through, so laying through one or two winters isn't going to make a big difference over long term - they only live one or two winters. It's more of a concern for chickens and ducks, since they live more than 3 years and you want them to stay at peak health longer. Quail can start laying in 6 weeks, chickens take at minimum 4-5 months.
Thank you so much, the information you give is so important. I just bought a quail enclosure for breeding. I may be contacting you to find out if I should incubate eggs are by already born quail.
I have watched a good few videos on this and it’s my first quail eggs this video covered just about all the questions I had that other videos didn’t. TY for the knowledge just got my sub and like. Keep up the great work 👊🏻😎
How come you don't raise bobwhite quail? We raised them and never went back to couternic quail. We raised pheasant and chukers too. My favorite was chukers, meat wise they had more meat then bobwhites. Now turkeys was another story😅 Happy Thanksgiving
Hell Kevin & Sarah. Cows looking good. Can't wait to see the new piglets. Wow! What a great new building. Showing how successful your homestead has been growing. Be well.
Bought valley quail eggs from a distributor. Put them in the incubator about 8 hours after they arrived by USPS who threw the package on the porch, likely causing the 5/6 eggs that were cracked. On day 19, removed the eggs from the automatic egg rotator and put them back in the hova bator incubator. Increased humidity to 65%. Have two digital thermometers. Incubator has been at 100.02 for 19 days and now at 98.5 degrees set on day 20. This is day 22 - no movement and the humidity is now at 58%. There are 100 eggs. Getting concerned about humidity level and the fact nothing is happening. Curious is you have any advice and/or if I need to provide any additional information. Thanks kindly!
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Great Info. Your shirt cracked me up. If you want to id the quail that layed the really big eggs just look for the one with the bulging eyes. Lol
Paul Rice seconded! Love the shirt and I’m currently debating whether or not to keep quail. Possibly in my greenhouse as multipurpose pest control.
That's awesome you guys! I'm so anxious to have some quail of our own! I'm in hunt of a little incubator!
🙋🏽♀️Me too!
Thank you!! Love the quail info. I just bought an incubator, just need to find the eggs : )
Buy chicks, locally or mail order. You'll start seeing eggs in 6-8 weeks. After that, you'll get almost 1 egg/hen/day. Eat the excess males. You'll likely get much better hatch rates with eggs laid by your hens vs mail order eggs, anyway.
@@c.j.rogers2422 Thank you. I don't have anyone locally that sells quail. I do have it in my near future to order some quail eggs. : )
@@shalioplantation3989 Great, good luck! You can mail order quail chicks, same as chickens. Many of the same hatcheries sell them. If the minimum number to ship is more than you want to keep as breeders, simply raise them all, keep the healthiest, fastest growing, earliest layers for broodstock, and butcher the rest. Quail really are easy.
you can also buy large quantities on ebay at decent prices and they tend to come from small hobby farms.
@@shalioplantation3989 I’m experiencing the same challenge. I’ll have to mail order quail eggs.
I had a cracked one and it was disappointing. Ordered some online and they were shipped. I’m a bit anxious about this whole process…So I’m glad I found your channel. Thank you for the advice.
Very informative love it😃😊
When i hatch quail eggs i leave temp on 102 first 1-15 days and i drop it to 99 on 15-17 days i had 97-98% hatch rate. The reason why i leave temp so high is because even when i have to move eggs they will still keep the temp up and wont lose any temp at all! Also i do 75% humidity first 10 days and the rest of the days i do 60%. If you have anything under 90% hatch success do this method you can thank me later..
I'm just about to start once my eggs arrive! Thankyou for this!
@@hannaparker5434 have you incubated them yet? How'd it go?
Hello my first attempt was awful 3 hatched and were deformed I had problems with incubator as its been made so turning temp up lowers it! So have to put it down to get it warmer. Currently had 5 hatch this morning and 2 unzipping right now x
Thank you so much! Im gonna try this for my first hatching
shit advice
How can you store them before putting in incubator?
Or can I put the harvested egg in the incubator and keeping adding eggs when they’re laid?
Morning from Mn.... Great video guys, we are looking at trying raising some this summer so lots of great info thank you. God bless.
thank you! it was very enlightening!
How do you control humidity in your incubator?
Great video with so much info. Trying to talk hubby into quail - hope I succeed
Ahh, I know my comment is very late but I hope for a reply as I'm sort of concerned, I just got quail eggs as well as an incubator today, and one or two of the eggs has the tiniest bit of poop that I just moved around without touching the poop of course, but is that viable still..? or should I get rid of them, some help would be amazing!
Is 14th day last day of turning or do you have to turn them last on day 15
Do you guys sell hatching eggs?
I was sent mint listerine in error .. will it work?
Is the incubator step really important? Because I don't have a incubator-
the brown eggs are still fertile although the quail that laid that is still imature
So I just got some quail eggs in the mail and am setting up my incubator and decided to check out a video for some tips. Pulled this up and started laughing my ass off when I saw that I’m currently wearing the exact same shirt!
You should stop turning on day 14 and they should hatch between day 16 & 18. Day 1 is 24 hours after you set, and every 24 hours thereafter is another day..
Is 14th day last day of turning or do you have to turn them last on day 15
Many thanks, I have been researching "when do quail lay eggs" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a smashing exclusive guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail without the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my m8 got excellent success with it.
Thank you so much! I bought 2 sets last year but every single egg died and 2 were almost ready to hatch but have passed inside the egg. I recently got new ones online and this information really helped and more than 10 hatched!
@@furqanahmed4828 14 th day is the last day to turn :)
14 days from the day they are placed in incubator , they stop getting turned?
I can imagine a new Listerine commercial- " Not only does Listerine kill bacteria on bird eggs but it improves hatch rates too! "
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Everything eggs come into contact with goes thru shell.
Interesting video even for us folks who don't raise quail. Coffee and video. Great way to start my day. God bless!
This was great, I've been looking for "what do quails eat" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a great one off guide for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my partner got great results with it.
Just wonderful, I have been researching "quail farms near me" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Eeyila Rudimentary Expediency - (do a search on google ) ? It is an awesome exclusive product for discovering how to raise healthy and fertile quail minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got amazing success with it.
Kevin ,
You are quite correct about the possibility of late hatching. The eggs can and do run the gamut between early and late . As most everyone that hatches eggs knows, chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch . My eggs began hatching very early on day 20 ! By day 21 about half of the eggs were already hatched. And the hatching rate was slowing down. Day 22 and several eggs had not hatched. Day 23 and a couple more hatched. Day 24 and three more eggs hatched. Day 25 ! And another egg hatched. Although it was not properly developed and died after one day . With that it was time to stop.
Hatching eggs surely is not an exact procedure.
Aww... I though you were going to show pictures of them running around after they hatched. They are the cutest darn little things. So tiny but ready to eat and drink and frolic. And they also start flying at 3 weeks and can be really entertaining for kids.
I remember watching the wild ones that were on our property when I was a kid. They were really beautiful birds. Good luck with yours.
I was wondering; if quail are not great brooders, how do the eggs make it in the wild?
@@kellyd3696 Those are wild quail, likely bobwhite, depending on your locale. These are coturnix, very different birds, domesticated for many centuries. Like many chicken breeds, much of the broodiness has been bred out. This is a lot like comparing a wild jungle fowl to a production red.
@@c.j.rogers2422 I've been schooled. Thank you!
I am still trying to convince my husband to get some quail but we live in suburbia - I have great raised bed vege gardens & have found the perfect place for them so fingers crossed. Great video just loved it & very informative. Cheers Denise- Brisbane Australia
Denise Brady I’m in the same situation. I actually went ahead and ordered the incubator and the eggs. Eggs are incubating and family still doesn’t know! My plan is just for them to see the quail on the back garden and go, “ You got quail?”, and me to say, “Oh, I didn’t tell you?” We’ll see how it goes...
@@liamsbackyard2635 Did you build a coop for them? I am thinking of raising some quails too... They are so cute!
@@liamsbackyard2635 🤣🤣🤣 How does that saying go, “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness, rather than permission?!”
How did your family adjust to their new Quail?
@@liamsbackyard2635 😂😂👍
What are you give them for food? I mean for older quail.
I use 28-30% protein crumbles but I actually run them through window screen to get the finer stuff. also, the larger ones don't like the powder too well so this works out when you are on a rotation of hatching and rearing.
Use food that 30% protein at least
I am so glad I found this video. We just hatched our first set of quail (85ish) of them with about a 60% hatch rate on shipped eggs. We have been told so many times that they hatch on day 17, without fail. Ours mostly came on day 18 and 19. We were going to turn the hatcher off today but now will go ahead and leave it on until day 22. Thank you so much for all that y'all do, we enjoy your videos and learn so much from y'all!
In my experience with chickens, those weird, not quite right eggs happen when they get laid on the poop on the floor of the coop rather than in the nice, clean nesting box. I think it’s probably the ammonia eating through the bloom and into the shell. I’ve picked up a few over the years that look fine on the surface that’s facing up and are all like that underneath.
Another very informative video, Kevin.
Thank you.
Always great education with you and Sarah.
Tip:
Use smaller or normal-sized ice-cube trays.
They work great.
I always learn from you and Sara! Both of you communicate so well and I love the hands on approach even when “real life” jumps in lol. Your research is the foundation for your success. Have a wonderful day! Catherine from Canada 🇨🇦
Just placing crumpled tissue or rice in the egg carton will work for standing them.
I have a hen that always lays the large dull brownish gray eggs. I think it is just a color variation. Laura
I'm thinking of raising quail now
They poop a lot. 24 birds will eat a little under 50 lb of food a month. You can find them a 20% protein crumble for $14 a bag at either farm and fleet or tractor supply. Everything else is an adventure...
I feed a 28% protein food called Gamebird I get at Royal King or from your local grain mill.
Wes indeed they do poop a lot I clean them out every 2 weeks or less depending how of mess there is
Joe shelburne yo how’s that quail farm going?
I'm planning on composting thier poop for my garden. If the flood waters dry up...
I recently incubated some quails and had a 100% hatch rate or sucess rate (I can't remember which) and they are EVERYWHERE🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
Be building cages big enough for at least 100 quail in next couple weeks
So always watch your videos
Good stuff, thanks! I’ll be hatching my first Quail in April
My Garden teacher from school brung 12 quail eggs into my class and put them in a incubater. And 2 days after they hatch, my teacher is gonna let us touch them!
DONT THEY WILL DIE
If you switch that controller over to Celsius, you can get better temp control. The minimum allowable difference from setpoint (ds) is 1 degree when units are in Farenheit, but it is 0.3 in Celcius, which is 0.54 degrees Farenheit. Ts would be 37.5 in Celsius.
Wow, that is GREAT info! Is that specific to this model thermostat?
@@c.j.rogers2422 I don't know but I suspect it might be. I have only used this inkbird model from amazon. It works great though.
Thank god I found this video,my uncle gave me these quil eggs and he didn’t tell me how to hatch them.
Thanks for taking the time to explain all this important tips about hatching,its so helpful. I did my first hatching but I probably dropped the ball on something bc some of my chicks formed fully but didn't hatched. Is there anything you can see i could've done different to save then or anything I did wrong? Thanks in advance.
Thanks so much for sharing!!
Also while you are collecting eggs to hatch, you must be able to turn them while they are in cool place. The eggs need to be rotated and you can accomplish this by using and automatic egg turner.
Wonderful info on these sweet babies and how to bring them to life. Watch your video every day. Thank you so much Kevin and Sarah. You guys are the real deal!!!
2:44 i incubate 2 like that and they where actually the strongest chicks I add in the batch
On the double yolk.. they prob are fertile. I've seen one person actually HATCH several twins.. she had several that fully developed but didn't hatch tho. But they were fertile and a few sets did hatch and were perfectly healthy
Awesome vid Kevo! My daughter dropped of some quail eggs from her friend's farm and I put them into the incubator on wed night. Went looking for info on them and you popped up!!! How funny as I watch you two all the time but I had forgotten you did quail! I am trying 7 eggs but I may have goofed cuz I used the eggs that looked healthy, ie big...I hope they were not too big. I will candle on day 7 and see what I have. Blessings!!!
If you build pens with rollouts you wont have many with poo or cracks .
Why would a double yolk egg not be fertile? Wouldn't it just be twins?
I have been dry hatching, i do not add water to the incubator at all. And my hatch rate went from 70% to 95% i use a little giant still air.
Hi. Hope you get this a year later...
I'm doing this but half time I add water for the last half. So I can o this without water at all
Last hatch had a lot of splay and claw feet. Also how do I stop them squashing each other to death even when heat is fine I'll wake up to a few dead been squashed. Once adults they fine of course but it's now my 3rd lot of eggs in and they scare me so much this will be the last time. I'll stick to chickens. But advice please.
I have a question. I put my eggs in the incubator and 8hrs. Later the power went out for 4hrs. You think it still ok? During this this I did not open the box. The temp in my home is about 65 degree. Thanks
Great tips Kevin! One thing I would mention is that hatching viability and fertility are two different things, a fertile egg may become unviable after 7-10 days of storage, although the way you describe how you store them, as long as they are kept cool and turned a couple times a day should give you good viability for at least 14 days. I have had great success even up to 21 days storing chicken eggs the way you describe, with minimal decrease in hatch rate on older eggs, when I was trying to get a full incubator load in the winter when they weren't laying a lot. (My incubator holds 288 chicken eggs, lol) I generally try to keep them only 7-10 days before setting them though.
Hey Kevin, as a Disabled American Veteran living in the Philippines CUZ I can't afford to LIVE in America anymore, as an EX Rancher/Farmer, From Nevada,.. with an Associates Degree in Farm & Ranch Management and Animal Science, I have Just discoverd Quail Farming, other than getting a License when I lived in Nevada from Fish & Game and hunting them & Dove in the fall. I NEVER thought about Raising a Game Bird before but here in the Philippines it is BIG Business. Now I can get all the Hens I want, but they tell me you have to get Special Males to Make Fertile Eggs, or you get deformed Chicks !`` Our Quail here are a Cross between Your Quail & Japanese Quail. I always had Breeding stock when I was with my Dad on our Ranch ofd what ever stock we had. Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Chickens, what ever.. So If I buy eggs, and get some males, can i breed them to the hens ? What is the story with Having your own Breeding Stock ? Male & Female ? Thanks Regards Rob! cc your facebook page !
Hi Kevin, my 7 year old grandson watched a kids video about hatching quail eggs. He was so excited to try it that he convinced me to go for it. Since his mother refused to do it at their house, I decided to do it in my little apartment. We don’t live in the same state, so we’re FaceTiming the whole project.
I used your video to guide me. Thank you for the great instructions. So I purchased all of the equipment and quail eggs and got to it. Today is day 14, so I’ll be increasing the humidity and removing the eggs from the turning device. I’m curious to see if any of them will hatch. I’ll let you know. Meanwhile, I don’t know where to purchase the food that they need to eat. Could you please let me know where I can get that. Also, on day 13, the incubator sprung partially open while I was out. The temperature dropped to 26.8C from the usual 36.8C proper temperature. I don’t know how long it was that low. It may have been a few hours. Should I be very concerned about that? I guess we’ll find out. Thanks for your help.
Let us know how it goes.
Suzanne Davis Yeah! Day 18 and we have two baby hatchlings. I cough the hatching of the chick on camera and FaceTimed it with my grandson. There was much excitement. My grandson was a riot. He kept yelling, “push, push!” When the little one was trying to get out of the shell.
@@miriamvegvari I know this is an old reply but I love this SOOO much. I think my grandma would be like this if she were still around, just doted on us completely. (side note, I keep hens and my fave is called Miriam)
A guy on Facebook is giving me free quail eggs.. I love people
Aizawa that’s because quail breed like bunnies lol
A BETTER ME yeah but he gave me 48 for free- and he’s 60 eggs behind on selling so he’s just being really nice
@@thechaoticbug8203 pass it to me. I want a quail baby to play.
biraj dai Stands with ALM im very sorry, but ALM is racist. Idc how nice you’re being to me, all lives can’t matter till black lives do.
Kevin did you know that “common sense “ is the New Superpower that not everyone has,lol. Great video, answers a lot of questions that I was trying to figure out about hatching quail. Have a great day, God Bless
I love this. I know I'll never do this but knowledge is power. I love your channel.. I really liked the chicken series and watching you weigh and calculate the feed and the cost of raising them. Okay I admit it, I'm a nerd about these things too. Keep the good stuff going. I actually check every morning for new videos. Thanks and God bless. Respectfully, Karen Petitti
I just realized I eat quail eggs I'm a monster
Ughhhhhh
I would give unusual eggs a chance and candle them after a few days. Because what if you have a hen that lays unusual eggs due to a genetic mutation and the offspring do that too? That would enable you to create a new variety.
can you share a link for the incubator thermostat controller you used
thanks
Just changed out old system too digital is more consistent temp . Just loaded with quail and pheasant. HOW LONG ON PHEASANT EGGS?
Please provide dimension from bottom of feeder to center of feed hole. Looks like about 2 inches but I'd rather not guess. Also do the coturnix quail hold well for bird dog training like Bob white quail do? All the breeders around nc for game farms are raising Bob white so I'm wondering if the coturnix tend to run away or fly instead of holding for a point. Any knowledge about this please share. Great video.
Kevin, I really enjoy your solo presentations; you're a very good teacher and easy to listen to.
Agreed
Thanks 😊 spot on I really needed this information, I'm New to all this, new subscriber, same quail, I live in New Zealand and not a lot of framers here yet for quail 🙂
Kevin,
We are moving from the city and want to start keeping some chickens and quail. My question is, can I keep the quail in the same coupe with the chickens? Thanks Toni
Debbie T- Great info always is. Thank you so much for all you and Sara do. Hopefully we will do quail later this year. On the goal list. May God bless you and yours
Hello Kevin, you did a superb job. I have my hen hatch the eggs because I am small scale. But if anyone wanted to hatch a large amount, this is the go to video. Thank you. 💕. NonnaGrace
NonnaGrace, what kind of hen was able to successfully hatch quail eggs? The eggs are SO fragile.
Cathy Brown . Hello Cathy I guess my comment was miss leading. I was thinking chicken eggs. I don't have quail. Sorry my response was too general. If I had quail eggs I would have my Buff Orpington Emma do the job. She is a very gentle determined mama hen. 💕. NonnaGrace
Cathy Brown bantam silkies might be a good choice, they’re usually pretty small and make good moms and brooders
man you are a genius. what a magical solution you got for the feeder. ZERO WASTAGE GUARANTEED, I am saying this because i tried your method. And saved a TONN on the feeds.
Sir please mention the right temp 100 F is equal to 37 C grade ...further ur explanation is very good... i like it
I'm brand new to my quest on raising some chickens for eggs so I have a lot of dumb questions. Hopefully someone can help out with this one. I am dumbfounded by the time between collecting the egg from the coop (daily I would assume), to waiting a week to incubate them. You said to keep them in cool temperatures like in a cooler or a cool room but I thought fertilized eggs should be in a warm area and that's why naturally mama would sit on them from the time she lays them. I am thinking once I get my baby RIR hens to go with my move in RIR rooster, that I may like to hatch a few eggs now and again myself where I would be the mama like you are doing with your quails. I'm just curious how they survive a week in a cooler instead of being put straight into an incubator when you pull them from coop. I'm so sorry this is so long. I'm so inquisitive and I really want to know all I can before I get my rooster some girlfriends. First video I've seen of yours and it was super helpful. (Just curious about the week between collecting and incubating...LOL!) New suscriber! Off to binge some of your other videos now! :-P
Thank you for your informative video. I have three quail eggs that I've kept warm for past couple of days & had a few eggs in the refrigerator since. Can I still try to hatch some of the eggs from the fridge? Also, I've been waiting for my incubator to arrive, so I've been using a heating pad on the three I'm trying to hatch. The heating pad turns off every couple of hours, and they've probably gone without heat for a couple of hours here in Socal, do you think they'll still be ok? Also, I didn't have them tilting pointy side down for the first two days, do you think they still have a chance of hatching?
Thanks Kevin for the video. My hubby grew quail a few years ago and has been talking about starting back this Spring. This video will encourage him. Lol. God bless.
Eggs are porous is that a good idea to spray diluted anything on it other than water?
Those three male quails: I dont know what we must do *stairs at eighteen female quails* but we must breed every one of them
I'm curious to see what your hatch rate is with one rooster to six hens. Mine were 1:3, 1:4 at most and I had an 86% hatch rate over time.
Kevin I also have been thinking of buying the weed fabric how do plant your row crops such as green beans with the fabric ???
The listerine doesnt wash the protective layer off and seep into the eggs?
No because you aren't scrubbing your eggs with a spray, it simply disinfects them
hey buddy. can you raise different type of quail together in a more natural aviary setting. i have one that is about 6 feet by 5.5 ft and 6 feet tall. could your type of quail be raised with a Californian and/or button quail? if so how many different type of quail can coexistent. not looking for quantity more so looking to have a variety.
are you going to sell any eggs?
Howdy Kevin, I want to get started raising corturnix quail. We’re do I order them from?
I had a egg that was Purple-ish like the one you normally don't incubate and a quail was inside it !
How many days are eggs considered healthy for incubation? Like, how many days can you collect eggs for hatching before the first ones aren’t any good anymore?
Do you know how quail compare to chukar in both taste and care? My husband and I did chukar years ago and while they where tough to raise they were the best meat we ever raised. Quail seem easier and might be something to try.
Jilene Wagner we just had a chuckers and now we're raising Quail I would consider the quail meat better than the chuckers that we had. ;) good for it ;)
The dirty eggs didn’t make sense to me. Does washing in warm water reduce probability of hatching?
The other reject criteria: cracked, larger than normal size, abnormal appearance made sense.
Was also surprised at storing eggs before incubating.
yeah my hatches have sucked, first, 2 of 60 and second 7 of 60 humitity can only get to 65 on lock down, second batch one had goofy leg the it went down threw holes, and stopped the fan in the bottom of this incubator brrdddddd noise, and there was a drop of blood from that one I think im gonna complain to manufacturer of incubator for that one, I wanted to open it but you cant ...rrrrgggg.
Try incubating after 4 days of collecting. The longer the egg sit before you incubate has a less.. chance of hatching.
Hello dear, thank you for your videos, question, should I open the incubator during the 8 to 14 days? if yes, for how long?
Kevin. Thanks so much for the info!
I’m just starting hatching these birds and I was wondering how long after the first one hatches do the rest start hatching
How do you know which eggs to hatch, and which to eat? Do you candle them?
Or do yall not eat the eggs?
We want them for multipurpose
2:44 those were dragon eggs :-)
A person could also flip over an egg carton and cut it the same way you did for your seedling flat (for those who don’t have one or don’t want to cut it).
Making them lay over winter puts alot of stress on their bodies...
For birds that will *maybe* live 2-3 years, I don't think it's a huge deal. Quail are quickly replaced/rotated through, so laying through one or two winters isn't going to make a big difference over long term - they only live one or two winters. It's more of a concern for chickens and ducks, since they live more than 3 years and you want them to stay at peak health longer. Quail can start laying in 6 weeks, chickens take at minimum 4-5 months.
Thank you so much, the information you give is so important. I just bought a quail enclosure for breeding. I may be contacting you to find out if I should incubate eggs are by already born quail.
Thanks and God Bless. Coffee and video way to start my day.
I have watched a good few videos on this and it’s my first quail eggs this video covered just about all the questions I had that other videos didn’t. TY for the knowledge just got my sub and like. Keep up the great work 👊🏻😎
I'm Still Raising It, But Suspended Due To Limited Cage. But Don't Worry, My Father Solve This By Make A New Cage.
You can take your egg turner out of the incubator and store your eggs in that, allowing it to turn the eggs for you while gathering for the week.
How come you don't raise bobwhite quail? We raised them and never went back to couternic quail. We raised pheasant and chukers too. My favorite was chukers, meat wise they had more meat then bobwhites. Now turkeys was another story😅
Happy Thanksgiving
Hell Kevin & Sarah. Cows looking good. Can't wait to see the new piglets. Wow! What a great new building. Showing how successful your homestead has been growing. Be well.
Bought valley quail eggs from a distributor. Put them in the incubator about 8 hours after they arrived by USPS who threw the package on the porch, likely causing the 5/6 eggs that were cracked. On day 19, removed the eggs from the automatic egg rotator and put them back in the hova bator incubator. Increased humidity to 65%. Have two digital thermometers. Incubator has been at 100.02 for 19 days and now at 98.5 degrees set on day 20. This is day 22 - no movement and the humidity is now at 58%. There are 100 eggs. Getting concerned about humidity level and the fact nothing is happening. Curious is you have any advice and/or if I need to provide any additional information.
Thanks kindly!
I hate Listerine so this gives me another reason to use it- for something else!
Awesome videos. Really liked this one. Thank so much for sharing your knowledge. Best regards from Germany. 😊😊😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻