Day+ | Day- | Date | To Do |
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If you have quail eggs from other quail breeders and you got it per parcel, leave them untouched for one day. | |||
0 | 17 | Thursday, April 22nd 2021 | Start the incubation process: Clean and disinfect the breeding machine. Fill in the water. Set the incubator's humidity to 60%-65%. Put the fertilized quail breeding eggs into the incubator and mark them if needed. Increase the temperature in the incubator slowly to 37.7 centigrade. |
1 | 16 | Friday, April 23rd 2021 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the quail eggs! |
2 | 15 | Saturday, April 24th 2021 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the quail eggs! |
3 | 14 | Sunday, April 25th 2021 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the quail eggs! |
4 | 13 | Monday, April 26th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
5 | 12 | Tuesday, April 27th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
6 | 11 | Wednesday, April 28th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
7 | 10 | Thursday, April 29th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
8 | 9 | Friday, April 30th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
8 | 9 | Friday, April 30th 2021 | Take a special lamp and light up / light through the quail eggs. |
9 | 8 | Saturday, May 1st 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
10 | 7 | Sunday, May 2nd 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Optionally from day 10 to 14: Open the incubation machine and let the fertilized quail eggs cool down for about 15 minutes. (Controversial discussion, the effects on the hatching result are not proven.) |
11 | 6 | Monday, May 3rd 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
12 | 5 | Tuesday, May 4th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
13 | 4 | Wednesday, May 5th 2021 | Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
14 | 3 | Thursday, May 6th 2021 | Put the quail eggs on a hatching pad. Stop turning the eggs. Increase humidity to 70-80% RH. Don't open the incubator anymore. |
16 | 1 | Saturday, May 8th 2021 | Be prepared to welcome the new-born quail chicks. Do you have a bird chick brooder, a heater or a heating lamp, special quail chicks food, water ...? |
17 | 0 | Sunday, May 9th 2021 | Quail chick's hatching day! End of incubation. Leave the quail chicks in the incubator for a day (optional). |
Day | Day | Date | To Do |
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18 | 1 | Monday, May 10th 2021 | Move the quail chicks to a special bird chicks brooder or another warm and dry box. |
25 | 7 | Monday, May 17th 2021 | The first feathers grow (7 days old). Reduce the temperature of heating step by step and day by day. |
35 | 17 | Thursday, May 27th 2021 | End of additional heating. (If the room has normal temperature) |
45 | 28 | Sunday, June 6th 2021 | Approximately beginning of gender separation (after 4 weeks and later) |
59 | 42 | Sunday, June 20th 2021 | Approximately the earliest day your quail hens will lay eggs (6 weeks and later, in summer) |
73 | 56 | Sunday, July 4th 2021 | Approximately the time for slaughtering quail roosters (8 weeks and later) |
101 | 84 | Sunday, August 1st 2021 | Approximately the latest day your quail hens will lay eggs (12 weeks, in winter) |