coturnix quail take about 18 days to hatch, under optimal conditions will be full grown and laying 7-8 weeks later and then the cycle repeats. they have super nutritious eggs and have a WAY higher feed to egg or meat ratio than any other poultry.
NONONONO! Use junk or dud eggs for the first trial/calibration! They might not develop (or then again, they might, those tiny roosters actually DO manage to get the job done most times), but an incubator may run differently depending on whether it's empty, half full, or full, and you'll want to tweak your settings before you put good eggs in, especially expensive ones. Even rocks will work, or grocery store eggs, or silly putty eggs, anything with some mass to act as heat sinks. I also agree with Al, get your own thermometers in there too, so you'll have an idea if the digital is accurate (they tend to NOT be) and you can find any cool/hot spots so you'll know if you have to shuffle eggs around at all. If you buy fertile eggs for a trial run, chances are good you'll be throwing away money.Happy wrote:QR_BBPOST The saddest thing is I'm going to have to buy some fertilized eggs to test it out!!!
Ok that makes sense! Thx for the tip :)windwalkingwolf wrote:QR_BBPOSTNONONONO! Use junk or dud eggs for the first trial/calibration! They might not develop (or then again, they might, those tiny roosters actually DO manage to get the job done most times), but an incubator may run differently depending on whether it's empty, half full, or full, and you'll want to tweak your settings before you put good eggs in, especially expensive ones. Even rocks will work, or grocery store eggs, or silly putty eggs, anything with some mass to act as heat sinks. I also agree with Al, get your own thermometers in there too, so you'll have an idea if the digital is accurate (they tend to NOT be) and you can find any cool/hot spots so you'll know if you have to shuffle eggs around at all. If you buy fertile eggs for a trial run, chances are good you'll be throwing away money.Happy wrote:QR_BBPOST The saddest thing is I'm going to have to buy some fertilized eggs to test it out!!!
And I agree, your husband is pretty awesome!
