Day #1 Hatching my Quail Eggs

[Solomons Porch]

So excited and can't wait currently have 29 Quail and I am trying my hand at hatching more
I have Turkey, duck, chicken, and quail. So this is my first try with hatching my quail egg.

Does anyone else have experience in this area?

Pictures below

 

[Hank77]

So excited and can't wait currently have 29 Quail and I am trying my hand at hatching more
I have Turkey, duck, chicken, and quail. So this is my first try with hatching my quail egg.

Does anyone else have experience in this area?

I don't have any experience with quails, but it is a coincidence that yesterday my grandson got to visit with our neighbor up the road that raises quails. Last fall he gave us a jar of pickled quail eggs. He has too many to let them all hatch.
Good luck with your new baby/s.

 

[Solomons Porch]

Sorry guys have NO IDEA why my photos are not posting, still trying

 

[Solomons Porch]

I don't have any experience with quails, but it is a coincidence that yesterday my grandson got to visit with our neighbor up the road that raises quails. Last fall he gave us a jar of pickled quail eggs. He has too many to let them all hatch.
Good luck with your new baby/s.

Thank you, I was trying to post my photos and it's not working for some reason, sorry about that.

 

[Solomons Porch]

HERE YA GO, sorry I don't know why they wouldn't post on the original OP

 

[Hidden In Him]

HERE YA GO, sorry I don't know why they wouldn't post on the original OP

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Now that you've created a thread for this, it means you'll have no choice but to send us pictures of the chicks whenever they hatch.

 

[Hank77]

 

[Solomons Porch]

Now that you've created a thread for this, it means you'll have no choice but to send us pictures of the chicks whenever they hatch.

YOU BEST BELIEVE I AM and I love their whistling

 

[elytron]

Long time ago I saw a wild Quail mother with her chicks. I was riding some bike trails and they crossed the trail further down, in front of me. Then disappeared into the bush. Don't worry, i didn't run them over.

Are Quail able to fly? Because these that I saw just ran away. They had some feathers on their head, so I believe they were quail. This happened way in the past.

 

[Solomons Porch]

Long time ago I saw a wild Quail mother with her chicks. I was riding some bike trails and they crossed the trail further down, in front of me. Then disappeared into the bush. Don't worry, i didn't run them over.

Are Quail able to fly? Because these that I saw just ran away. They had some feathers on their head, so I believe they were quail. This happened way in the past.

Oh yes they can fly really well, they are super fast, but after some time in captivity they don't fly as much, once in awhile I have one to get loose and at that point, they walk more than fly, but they can still fly. They are very friendly birds and would even make great pets for some and they love love bread.

 

[frienden thalord]

That is so great solomons porch.
We too raised quail , chickens, turkeys , ducks , geese, and others.
I remember we had to turn the eggs I think once or twice a day, so we marked O and x
We had bobwhites , blues and pharaohs. And you bet they can fly like the wind.
We had them enclosed in an outside area , a shed like area.
We never incubated the turkey eggs, but we did chickens and quails right from the egg.
I remember the male bob white has the white ring , while the female seemed more yellowish.
IF memory serves right, I think the bob white eggs were white with brown specks.
They can be raised for pets. the two pharaohs we kept inside in a cage
LEORY and ELORY were their names . And Leroy was the male.
I remember when we had hatched others, that one male was picking on some.
So mama put him in with LEROY and its attitude got adjusted asap. But that was mama.
It makes me want to raise them again. I would have to enclose the top in the back though.
due to the dogs would have a hay day killing them.
You got your own little farm slayer...................well raise them good.

 

[frienden thalord]

IS this day one of the incubation.
You have to flip the eggs , this I do remember.
put them on their side and put and x on one side with a marker
and an O on one side . every day flip them , start with all O side , then flip to the X side .
now I cant remember if we did this once a day or twice.
Mothers in the wild move their eggs like this. I don't really know why we did it.
but we did. Even our chicken eggs we did like this. Mama never said why.
nor did our teacher who did this . but they stressed it.
man, its been so many years, I was live five to around ten. So yeah its been a long time.
We did raise chickens and ducks and geese and guinea , later, but we bought them a chicks.

 

[Solomons Porch]

IS this day one of the incubation.
You have to flip the eggs , this I do remember.
put them on their side and put and x on one side with a marker
and an O on one side . every day flip them , start with all O side , then flip to the X side .
now I cant remember if we did this once a day or twice.
Mothers in the wild move their eggs like this. I don't really know why we did it.
but we did. Even our chicken eggs we did like this. Mama never said why.
nor did our teacher who did this . but they stressed it.
man, its been so many years, I was live five to around ten. So yeah its been a long time.
We did raise chickens and ducks and geese and guinea , later, but we bought them a chicks.

Yep this is day #1 just got in the incubator today and I believe I am to flip them 3 times a day. Maybe you should start back raising you some, they make wonderful relaxing sounds. My daddy used to whistle like that to get me to come home and every time I hear them, it makes me wanna yell: SIR I'M RIGH HERE

 

[Hidden In Him]

Yep this is day #1 just got in the incubator today and I believe I am to flip them 3 times a day.

I was wondering how you were doing that. Thinking to myself, "Boy, that's gonna be a bummer if they don't hatch." You ever done this with quail before?

 

[Solomons Porch]

I was wondering how you were doing that. Thinking to myself, "Boy, that's gonna be a bummer if they don't hatch." You ever done this with quail before?

No not with quail this is my first time hatching them and the incubator is homemade (of course) and is holding temp and humidity perfectly *pats self on back while nobody's lookin*

 

[*LILAC]

No experience with quail but yay on becoming a Quail Mama! Can't wait to see the baby chick pics!

 

[Solomons Porch]

No experience with quail but yay on becoming a Quail Mama! Can't wait to see the baby chick pics!

Thank ya Lilac I will post them 4sure

 

[frienden thalord]

Thank ya Lilac I will post them 4sure

Isnt it about twenty to twenty four days before they hatch.
Its funny you brought up the whistle thing. That is how our dad used to call us for dinner time.
Every time the kids in the neighbor hood heard it, they knew we boys was getting whisteled home
for dinner.

 

[Solomons Porch]

Isnt it about twenty to twenty four days before they hatch.
Its funny you brought up the whistle thing. That is how our dad used to call us for dinner time.
Every time the kids in the neighbor hood heard it, they knew we boys was getting whisteled home
for dinner.

Yeah its true, every time I hear them whistle I wanna yell out SIR and go running home thinking my daddy is calling. My parents live beside me and he was hanging out his clothes just yesterday, and I said, daddy, every time I hear them birds whistle I think of you ( it made his day). Yep, we all knew that whistle was a round up call for sure.

I read that it takes anywhere from 17 - 24 days for hatching and I am hoping I got everything right. I love the sounds they make, you should give it a try!

 

[SpiritofaDove]

I can't wait to see the chicks. I hope it all goes well for you. We have California quail, (wild) out here all over the place and I love this time of year when they have their chicks and they are tiny as cotton balls. Very cute. I imagine yours will be same size.