[Q]

Bought 20 eggs from ebay and I can hear multiple tapping going on so somethings happening.

I bought the golden giant version just to see if they are worth eating too.  Plan to pick some of the bigger ones and breed my own.

I hope people around me have a taste for quail eggs 

[milly molly]

well any update love quail chickys

[Q]

13 out of 23 eggs hatched - Its hard to actually count them.  Like little furry bumble bees.

[shygirl]

they are gorgeous arent they. they taste so good we ended up eating them all - whoops - not good for eggs in that case 

[doganjo]

I'm thinking of putting on my incy - lost one of my girls yesterday.  I have 6 eggs in the fridge - three days eggs, will they hatch if i bring them up to room temperature before putting them in the incubator?

[bloomer]

hopefully,


and if you get 6 boys i dont mind helping them into the freezer!!!

[doganjo]

OK Incy is on, eggs awaiting - how long will they take to get to room temperature?  I don't have a humidity gauge - do I put water in the wee containers or not?  Quail are 14 days aren't they?

[Q]

I didnt put any water in the incy until i stopped turning - day 14.  I was told they take 16-18 days and mine started hatching on day 15 and went on for two days.

I hatched 16 out of 23 eggs.

If you dont already know this, don't make my mistake because i am likely to lose 4 of mine.  I was told to put kitchen roll in the bottom of the incubator the day before the hatch because of the quails tiny legs going through the grid.  But, it seems to have created a problem with splayed legs because it is too slippery for them.
I have now learned that I should have used the rubberised matting not kitchen roll - annoyed about that because of the 4 with splayed legs will need to be culled if they dont recover on their own ( unlikely) - they are too tiny to
splint I think.

good luck with your hatch.

[doganjo]

There's not a grid in mine, it's just a plastic tray.  I don't have anything rubbery to put in the bottom.  Would towelling work?

[Mammyshaz]

I used an old tea towel last year for my chicks ( the hen variety ) if that's any help. They just slid on the kitchen roll I had.
The kitchen roll this year is a cheap brand and much more rough for their feet to grip 

[Q]

I agree mammyshaz, the stuff I used was flat  -  the normal bobbly kitchen roll would probably work ok.
This isnt the normal splayed legs I have seen with chickens, they are stuck out to the side so doesnt look hopeful for them.