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The breeding of the Japanese Quail eggs starts on Friday, June 09th 2023

Day+Day-DateTo Do List
Leave the fertilized quail eggs untouched for one day after transportation.
017Friday, June 09th 2023Start the incubation process: Clean and disinfect the breeding machine. Fill in the water. Put the fertilized quail breeding eggs into the incubator and mark them if needed. Set the incubator's humidity to 60%-65%. Increase the temperature in the incubator slowly to 37.7 centigrade.
116Saturday, June 10th 2023Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Dont turn the quail eggs.
215Sunday, June 11th 2023Keep the breeder closed. Don't open. Dont turn the quail eggs.
314Monday, June 12th 2023Keep the breeder closed. Do not open and dont turn the quail eggs.
413Tuesday, June 13th 2023Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Check temperature and humidy inside the incubator.
512Wednesday, June 14th 2023Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions.
611Thursday, June 15th 2023Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Check temperature and humidy inside the incubator.
89Saturday, June 17th 2023Option: Take a special lamp and light up / light through the quail eggs. If you have enough experience with this, remove unfertilized eggs from the breeding machine. As a newbie, dont.
107Monday, June 19th 2023Turn 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 really proven.)
116Tuesday, June 20th 2023Same as day 10
125Wednesday, June 21st 2023Same as day 10
134Thursday, June 22nd 2023Same as day 10
143Friday, June 23rd 2023Put the quail eggs on a hatching pad. Stop turning the eggs. Increase humidity to 70-80% RH. Don't open the incubator anymore.
161Sunday, June 25th 2023Be prepared to welcome the new-born quail chicks. Do you have a chicken home or bird chick brooder, a heater or a heating lamp, special quail chicks food, water ...?
170Monday, June 26th 2023Quail chicks hatching day! End of incubation. Leave the quail chicks in the incubator for a day (optional).

More information und forecasts about this breeding process

DayDayDateTo Do List
181Tuesday, June 27th 2023Move the quail chicks to a special bird chicks brooder or another warm and dry box.
257Tuesday, July 4th 2023The first feathers grow (7 days old). Reduce the temperature of heating step by step and day by day.
3517Friday, July 14th 2023End of additional heating. (If the room has normal temperature)
4528Monday, July 24th 2023Approximately beginning of gender separation (after 4 weeks and later)
5942Monday, August 7th 2023Approximately the earliest day your quail hens will lay eggs (6 weeks in summer or 2-4 week later, maybe in cold spring months, up to 12 weeks in winter)
7356Monday, August 21st 2023Approximately the time for slaughtering quail roosters (8 weeks or later)
10184Monday, September 18th 2023Approximately the latest day your quail hens will lay eggs (12 weeks, in cold months or in winter)