Quail Hatching Info
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COMMON NAME |
INCUBATION PERIOD |
EGG COLOR |
NOTES |
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Bobwhite |
21-23 days |
White |
Circulated Air incubators: 99 3/4 degrees F; 84 to 86 degrees F wet bulb, reduce during last week of incubation. |
|
California Valley Quail |
22-23 days |
Buff/cream with brown spots |
Incubation as in Bobwhite. |
|
Gambel’s Quail |
21-23 days |
Pale buff to white with moderate pink/brown spots |
Lower humidity than two above species, wet bulb of 83 F; hens will lay several clutches in captivity, reports of 50 eggs per hen are not uncommon. |
|
Scaled Quail |
22-23 days |
Pale Buff to cream, light spotting. |
Humidity: 82 to 84 degrees F wet bulb. |
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Elegant Quail |
22-23 days |
White |
Humidity as in Scaled; chicks may not start eating on their own. Also known as Benson or Douglas Quail. |
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Montezuma Quail |
24-25 days |
White |
Keep wet bulb at 82 degrees F; chicks will need help to learn to eat. |
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Mountain Quail |
24-25 days |
Pale buff to cream, no spotting |
Wet Bulb of 82 to 84 degrees F. |
|
Chinese Painted Quail |
16 days |
Brown, mottled with black |
Very tiny chicks, can slip through 1/2 inch hardware cloth; better known as the Button Quail. |
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Coturnix Quail |
16-17 days |
Brown, mottled with black |
Also known as the Pharaoh Quail and Migratory Quail; commercially raised for meat and eggs. |