farlap 19 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 has anyone had success with incubating quail eggs? were doing it this year for 1st time having always bought in day old. Any one any tips please...espeicially on humidity in incubator as several conflicting bits of info on that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
askiro 1 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) hi there i have incubated bob white and cortinux quail with good sucess the cortinux are extremely easy and almost 100% hatch rate, the bobwhite are little more tricky they seem to want to commit suicide. i bought a dual thermometer and humidity gauge for a tenner on ebay (BUY NOW) price. It works just a well as the very expensive Brinsea one. there is a useful little book by Kate Thear which is very useful. I also have been given different suggestions about humidity, i found putting no water at al in the incubator very successful with quail and adding water at the pipping stage for partridge, trial and error is the best method, i think it depends on the incubator . Edited March 8, 2008 by askiro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tis TM 8 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 has anyone had success with incubating quail eggs? were doing it this year for 1st time having always bought in day old. Any one any tips please...espeicially on humidity in incubator as several conflicting bits of info on that! Hiya Farlap - check out my profile, and PM my friend Bigbulls - say I said to do it, he wont mind. He has succesfully incubated quite a few batches now, of a few different sorts - I believe he's got bob whites and chinese painted in at the moment.... He'll be happy to help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guevara Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Im going totry and hatch a few soon.Maybe six or something.Can you shoot quail in the UK like they do in America. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 10/22 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) We never gane quail chicks water bowls as it was an open invitation to drown, we always gave them very shallow dishes with a thin sponge in soaked in water so they couldnt get too wet as they tend to walk in it, also we always used tepid water so they couldnt get cold, but apart from that they are very easy to hatch and rear. Edited March 8, 2008 by 10/22 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
askiro 1 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 as Quail are not native to Britain you aren't suppose to release them just incase they carry a disease foreign to our wildlife , so they are supposed to be captive birds As for shooting them the only quail any good for this are Bobwhite as the others tend to be pretty poor flyers as they are prodominately breed for aviaries or food. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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