Will Quail Hatch Their Own Eggs?

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Will quail hatch their own eggs? That is a question I get asked quite frequently. The bottom line is, although they do go broody from time to time, it is rare and you shouldn't expect it to happen.
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@nerrymoneaux6766 5 лет назад

I had a quail hen that kept going brooding so I finally decided to mark her 7 eggs and leave her do her thing. Well she did hatch 3 of the 7 and was a good moma. I put her in a brooder box with her little chick and she done well. I would put mealworm in the box and she would call them to come and eat. She is back with the flock and had no desire to brood again. But that was very unusual and fun to watch her call her little babies to eat. Watch then get under neath her to get warm. I would stick my hand in their to feed than and she would peck at my hand and fuss

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Nice. It is a very cool thing to watch. But like you said, not really something you can rely on.

@culuzzi12 2 года назад

thats actually pretty awesome haha

@marvinbyler1380 Год назад

What type of quail?

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

I know this is a quail video but my Doe just had babies last night. 1st litter and I'm not sure exactly how many but 9 or 10. Can't believe it. Just wanted to share

@Steve-ps6qw 5 лет назад

Grats, that is awesome!!

@brittanyolson3112 5 лет назад

congrats so cool!! I just ate my first rabbit two days ago quite possibly the most delicious meat I've ever had!!!!

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

@@brittanyolson3112 that's awesome I hope my family likes it. The hubby told me not to tell him at 1st cause he's afraid that his brain will automatically not like it I'd he knows it rabbit so I got to think of a creative way to make it lol

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

@@Steve-ps6qw Right! Couldn't believe there were so many.

@brittanyolson3112 5 лет назад

if you would have told me it was dark meat turkey I would have never known the difference. yummy!! My kids loved it!!!

@legaleagle308 5 лет назад

I have been wondering about this for a bit, and along you come with the answer. Thank you so much! Love your videos!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Awesome. Thank you so much for watching and I am glad you found it helpful.

@Monika-zu7wt 5 лет назад

I my quail go broody. She sit on 8 eggs. 7 chicks from 8 eggs . She take care of them for 3 weeks 😊

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Nice. I know it happens but it is rare. Congratulations on your broody bird.

@missnugget8247 3 года назад

My quails lost their instinct....your so lucky...congrats

@laurawilliams281 3 года назад

My quail just successfully hatched 10 out of 12 eggs. I only had 3 and it was like a team effort between them all. The main sitter, the friend who would sit to give her a break and the male standing guard. Was worried the chicks would be attacked by the others but no the the main sitter is a great mother. They are pretty much left alone apart from cleaning, food/water and have plenty of indoor and outdoor space. Think this helps but thought some people might like to know because it does happen and it's great to watch them.

@pietroscarpa2384 2 года назад

How did you get them to hatch, is it really that rare?

@laurawilliams281 2 года назад

@@pietroscarpa2384 One of the quail just started gathering all the eggs in one corner and sitting on her own. I took eggs from her a few times. I don't collect the eggs every day, a couple of days apart and I think that sparked it. So I left her to it and it 2 weeks there were chicks! I've read it's rare in captivity on a Google hunt but I found a forum and it looks like it's fairly common if they're happy and have enough space.

@pietroscarpa2384 2 года назад

@@laurawilliams281 I just started this week and I would love if they would hatch their own eggs and take care of the chicks. Can you send me the link of that forum?

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

@@laurawilliams281 Hi Laura. Do you know what breed the quails are that hatched their own eggs? Thanks for any advice

@PlumPerfect 3 года назад

I have a broody momma right now- she’s aggressive! Chirps loudly when I come around and pecks the other birds if they come near. I’m on pins and needles to see how many hatch but she’s fierce!!

@TheGalonator 3 года назад

Update?

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

Hi Sweetteabear. Sounds like she's a good mother. Can you give any info on what happened, is she still broody and what breed of quail she is? Many thanks

@jamesmorrissey287 3 года назад

Have a quail brooding right now. She is sitting on 10 eggs....she is now there all day long...will see what happens

@pietroscarpa2384 2 года назад

Did you do something special, because it seems something occasionally.

@dana7937 2 года назад

Did any hatch? I have a quail that has been sitting on eggs for about a week.

@chrisbuck4955 5 лет назад

Love your channel keep up the good work

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thank you so much.

@pureblood_straight_pride1853 3 года назад

I tried getting my broody Silkie hen to hatch quail eggs and she ended up crushing 4 and when two of the eggs hatched the babies died. I took the rest out and put them in the incubator and had no more problems. The incubator it is for me from now on.

@elegantrebel 2 года назад

i have a female quail who i made broody by putting her in a sawdust and straw lined cage on her own with one male. at first she just laid her eggs all over the floor, so i made a dip like a nest in one corner and then started placing her eggs into it instead of taking them when she laid them. Eventually she started laying in that one corner, and then getting interested and sitting on and turning them.. it seems to be triggering her nesting instincts .

@elegantrebel 2 года назад

a key factor seems to be keeping the breeding pair away from other birds that could disrupt the ''nest''

@loganlin6109 2 года назад

THIS is exactly what I was thinking of when I heard that coturnix quail don’t usually go broody in captivity, it seems like they just need a more natural setting to induce broodiness and quail are usually kept in very unnatural wire cages. On the other hand chickens that are allowed to brood their own eggs are usually kept outdoors in larger more natural enclosures on the dirt, or just allowed to free range. For example chickens who are raised specifically for eggs in large cage factories hardly ever go broody because of the very unnatural setting, so perhaps if quail are kept in a more natural setting with more natural sex ratios then actual natural brooding can be induced. Maybe if you give them the effect of tall grasses and some sort of nesting box and a large enclosure with a soil floor with one male and just one to three females then maybe they will go broody. I really would love to try to give the quail I raise for my own consumption some sort of natural setting cage with a little water hole and tall naturally growing grasses around, like a little quail terrarium! Oh also allowing them to have a dust bathing area would probably help to create the natural setting and cause broodiness.

@loganlin6109 2 года назад

@@elegantrebel this is interesting because in the wild quail usually live in pairs or alone I read, and occasionally in family groups where the original male and female lives with some of their children and grandchildren. So the unnatural social structure they are forced to live in in most captive settings could be the reason they don’t go broody🤔. Because Japanese quail were domesticated around the 1100s in japan and they didn’t have artificial egg incubators like we do now in Medieval times so they must have bred the coturnix quail naturally.

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

@@loganlin6109 Hi Logan. Greetings from Australia. I'm very interested in having quail but I don't like this incubator stuff and having them in those horrible wire cages. That seems so unnatural and cruel. I would fence off a piece of my garden where I have fruit trees and lovely soil and I was thinking of putting lots of sugarcane mulch in the corners for them to lay their eggs and there is a little shed they could go into as well if they wanted to at night or in wet weather. Do you think they would hatch naturally and is there a breed that is more likely to go broody. When our boys were little all our quails sat on and hatched their own eggs and looked after their chicks to adulthood. They lived in a cage that had a wooden floor. I would appreciate any advice. Thank you😃😃😃😃

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

Hi greetings from Australia. I'm very interested in what you described and I'm wondering if you've had ongoing success with your method. I want to raise quail but don't like the idea of incubators or those horrible wire cages. They are so cruel. I would have them in my fruit orchard fully protected with a shed they could go into at night to sleep or in wet weather. Are there any breeds that are more likely to go broody? I would love any advice. Many thanks😃😃😃

@brobel5158 5 лет назад

Hello. My quail hen just finished hatching her own agian. She is button/king quail

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Nice. It is rare that domestic quail will do that but it does happen from time to time. congratulations on your hatch.

@spraybottle1777 3 года назад

My king Quail laid a clutch and only laid on the eggs for about two days and then she pushed them out of the nest so she could sleep there

@Fusion_Coturnix 2 года назад

@Josue Andrade I'm going to try for my girls to hatch there own like you said mother nature will step in slowly by surly .

@btekwindsolar 2 года назад

@Josue Andrade don't count on it ..

@marvinbyler1380 Год назад

I have king quail to.

@jrbailey3208 5 лет назад

Your advice is spot-on! Banty's will sit pretty much anything and everything, if they were physically able to cover it I'm telling you they would try and sit an ostrich egg!! Thank you again for another great video, and as usual I will continue to pray for you two!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thanks. I am glad you liked the video, and thank you so much for the prayers.

@tgblaser 4 года назад

I have 4 Seramas ( tiny hens ) they hatched and raised 10 quail each. I ended up with 40 quail chicks lol.. Going to do it again after they have a short breake to gain a little waight.

@crochetingaroundnewzealand 4 года назад

Thank you .. finally someone who answered my question :)

@Slightlyrednecked 4 года назад

Thank you for watching. I am glad you got the information you needed.

@SunnieDIY 5 лет назад

It depends on their setup more than just that they have had it bred out of them I think. People who have them in big spaces see them get broody more I think. Julie from DPH had it happen in her greenhouse. I took my broody hens eggs because I didnt want them to possibly go bad if they didnt sit on them like they were suppose to the whole time, however funny enough they took their babies back after and did well with them as moms. I had two that adopted all those babies. I probably could have gotten more to but the first broody mama I did this with she stuffed them in her feathers it was the cutest thing. I had supervised her at first saw her being nice with them but had to leave. I came back and freaked out "Where are the babies what did she do with them???" Then I saw a little face poke out. She stuffed or let them stuff themselves all in her feathers. She came to get some food when I was putting more in and they would fall behind lol. I will say I notice the difference from her generation with no mom to the next with her as mom. They were more polite so to speak. Her generation didnt move out of the way for food bowls etc they had to be moved out of the way to put them back in as babies. Hers would listen to her and move out of my way. They were less fearful too. Little differences. Not sure if she would have hatched them all out had I left the eggs with her but she was a wonderful mama. I took the rest of the hatched babies tested different females that showed signs of broodiness and two adopted the whole lot of them. I am definitely glad I got to try that. I dont want to get quail again until my greenhouse is finished though. I dont like the cage setups and had to overwinter the quail in them. To each their own always but for me their food is expensive and I dont like cages. I ate what we killed but to me they arent really "meat birds" more like meat is a biproduct when you have too many males. I prefer killing something that will make more meals. Though we can have chickens here so for us it makes more sense to raise them for meat. Quail make great pest control for a greenhouse though and it fits in with my no cage life. They are still contained but in a happier setting and have a shot at maybe going broody like before. I definitely saw a huge shift in personality between my mama raised quail and my quail I raised with no mama so I would like to see if I can get some to do their own hatching, if they dont at least I know out of potentially broody hens I could just give them some babies to raise after the fact and get my mama raised birds that way its not like it takes them long to grow up and it would be a long project lol. I think in the cage setting why its so rare is its a bit crowded to not get distracted by the other quail. When my girls had gone broody randomly in their pen they made nests in very secluded spaces. I guess its a possibility they may have hatched them too I just never gave them the chance. Many of my girls started showing signs but not until they were about maybe 5 months maybe a little less. It definitely wasnt for a month or two after they had become regular layers. Not sure what brought it on whether it was weather, juat having a place to hide them away from everyone but I wanted them to keep laying so I didnt spread the babies out among as many as I feel I could have I just kept taking the eggs. Its definitely worth the try if you have the space to so so. I wont do the pen again it gets too cold here and snowy to have a cover over the pen. I think with a greenhouse it could be heated a bit during the really bad weather and they could live year long in it so thats the goal. Also my daughter and I liked the eggs but the boyfriend and grandma did not lol. Mostly because they arent as easy to crack, so another reason for me that they have to be multipurpose here. Since meat isnt the goal it cant just be eggs, we get some knarly pests here during the spring and summer months though so pest control in the greenhouse would be great. I also noticed when the neighbors had tick issues we didnt. So even thoigh they were in a pen I think they did take out quite a bit when the ticks were unfortunate enough to cross their paths.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Interesting idea. You may be on to something about the set up. I am sure they would be more likely to go broody in a large on ground area. I haven't tested to be sure but it makes logical sense.

@SunnieDIY 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked I wasnt really expecting it but curiousity lead to seeing what the little boogers could do. I really do love how the babies are when they have that maternal influence from their own kind. They still werent the smartest of birds of course but they were easier to handle than my other "free range" (as free range as a quail can be in captivity lol) birds. A skunk attacked (got itself stuck in my pen not realizing how to get out too) quite a bit of them and the others came in for the winter so I sold them. With ither things that had happened it was all too much. Definitely not doing it again until I have my greenhouse. Maybe not even this year though still raw about things from last year. The skunk atack, the fox attack on chickens I had for ages (easter eggers are cool but they fly, and without a roo they dont want to coop themselves up until they want to... I was made to get rid of my roo and they decided they didnt need to. The fox picked the easter eggers off. My fat "typical" breeds didnt fly over to begin with. I gave them to my friend), Listeriosis goat issue got my buddy the herd queen and although I was getting her better slowly the vet said he thougjt she had a brain worm.... Over the phone consulting.. said I needed to deworm her 3 days in a row (despite me saying she was dewormed one day already) which caused her to start siezing a bit the second day told me to keep going claiming its not the safeguard (even safe guard isnt safe in super high doses) and third day she had siezures after sizures. She was getting better being treated for listeriosis no siezing its a slow process to heal but before a vet she was doing better. Sucky thing I find out with goats is you have to train your vet because most dont have much experiencs with goats, well I was a newbie.... Even though my instincts were right I didnt trust them so I felt I needed to sell the other three who were fine. It was a bad year last year and I had some health problems which zapped me of energy so I felt a huge crash coming. We kept some rabbits which my daughter has been taking care of. My energy has been coming back but anyway still a bit raw to start over. Im sticking to what I have and the greenhouse project. Sometimes we have to admit to ourselves when we need to slow down. Quail are such an interesting bird though so they are definitely on my list for when Im ready again. They were with my bunnies last year and seemed to get along. They use to surround me like the creepy little compy dinosaurs on jurrassic park lol. They still werent like "Oooh pet me" but we could pick them up, pet them etc they werent taking off on us, heck trying to fix my flooring situation for the rabbits everyone was in the way expecting me to bring them more treats. They moved for the bowls, but not for me to get through the pen door lol. Rabbits too. I even have some videos on it. Not clean cut ones of course. When the weather was alright I had temp shelters but saw winter would be coming soon so my backup was the shed. Well now what we have is inside the house so I am lucky I cut down. I did a lot to my pen last year but wasnt satisfied with how little I could progress at a time. Id much rather be ready than scramble to get ready so Ill probably focus on setting everything up the next couple years. My goal for sure is no more inside my house. If push comes to shove the rabbits we have can be inside the greenhouse next winter. Im so irritated my daughter bred our rabbits but thats my fault because I let her be in charge of them for a bit until my health got better. We lost one set of babies to her touching them and mama peeing on the nest etc (I think they died of hypothermia? It had already set in by the time I found them in the morning). I saw the signs sooner with the second mama. Made a make shift baby bunny brooder nest lol sorta. Held her to feed them twice a day until they could see now shes got them back and they are doing well. Not like I was ready for more rabbits for sure but didnt want them to die without trying to help them. I really hope this year is better lol.

@apolloskue 5 лет назад

Broodiness depends on habitat. I started with 7 male and 13 female Coturnix quails. They were all incubated chicks too. My coop only had pigeons and quails. I was astonished when one of my A&M started a nest and laid her first egg. What was more amazing was when my pharaoh hen laid 10 and hatched them all out on her own (18 days). She did a fine job at rearing too. Everyone from backyard chickens to google and RU-vid said quails didn’t go broody. That was an understatement. My first year of quail raising was a success. I didn’t even need an incubator or a Batam hen. I had over 100 quails by the end of the year and they were all raised by coturnix hens. I can say from experience that this phenomenon wasn’t a rare site. I believe the reason quails don’t brood their chicks is based on habitat. I mean come on, why would they if they’re locked up in wire cages with little space? I let mine run around in a spacious environment. Maybe if quails were treated better, they would hatch their own chicks and raise them.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I agree that habitat plays a huge role in whether or not they will go broody. But at the same time, it is still not that common and not that reliable of a way to expect to raise birds. I am glad to hear about your success but 100 birds by the end of the year isn't really that many. I generally hatch out close to 100 in each hatch. Not saying that you didn't have success, just that it isn't as many birds as I would like to get out of them in a season.

@apolloskue 5 лет назад

Raising quails as pets, not food. My point was that all my quails went broody.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I understand. Nothing wrong with keeping them as pets and I am glad to hear about your success with them.

@jonathanechols9985 4 года назад

What kind of pen do you have your quail in?

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

@@apolloskue It's good to know that they can hatch their own eggs if they are given a natural setting. I hate those wire cages. My feet hurt whenever I see those poor little birds walking on them. So cruel. Of course they are not going to go broody in those stupid cages. They should be banned as cruelty to animals. We had those really small quails years ago in a lovely, comfortable large cage and the churned out heaps of babies that survived. Good on you for looking after them so humanely. Cheers

@HollisNancysHomestead 5 лет назад

Great job Chris 👍

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thanks so much.

@leeneedham6443 2 года назад

hello chris I no u busy but please give some feed back . I'm in need of help !!. can I introduce new chicks or new quail to a existing penn? if you ain't sure ile ask elsewhere thanks f your time

@johnbrown2072 3 года назад

great video. entertaining and educational.

@qwilfish66 5 лет назад

Good info,Thank you 😀🇦🇺🦘

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.

@rebeccahendricks698 4 года назад

I have a broody Coturnix right now! I'm going to try and see if she will hatch eggs, but just a fun experiment. I've caught her starting to go broody a couple of times, but this time she's really sitting on some eggs, so we will see...

@alexandravanhorn7520 3 года назад

How did it go? Did she hatch them?

@rebeccahendricks698 3 года назад

Live Well Long Alexandra Van Horn No, she never did. She got less broody. I catch her occasionally, but she never stays broody for long enough!

@culuzzi12 2 года назад

i thought the same thing when i seen my girl sitting on her eggs. maybe just sitting in there chillin. but she got up and moved and when i grabbed the eggs they were really warm. so I have left her eggs in the nest and she is consistently sitting on them every day. maybe ill have some babies hatch in a couple weeks!!

@ItsHarveyyy 2 года назад

have you got any chicks?

@culuzzi12 2 года назад

@@ItsHarveyyy you wont believe me if i told you because what i did was sooo stupid! i didnt see her sitting on them for a while so i felt them, they were cold so i cracked them open... I SHOULD HAVE CANDLED THEM!! because 2 out of 4 were developing... they had chicks in them and im so mad at myself for doing that.

@ItsHarveyyy 2 года назад

@@culuzzi12 our female just hatched 8 chicks this week. we just gave her a little area to herself with no other quails around her.

@culuzzi12 2 года назад

@@ItsHarveyyy great idea!

@amandabarnes5235 5 лет назад

Good to know. Thanks!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching. I am glad you liked it.

@amandabarnes5235 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked yeah, of course! I never even considered raising quail til I landed on your channel. The information is much appreciated! :)

@rabbitchickencow2451 5 лет назад

Mr Chris ive hatched bobwhite eggs under a bantom hen.had great success. But your right not many will fit.i was just trying to see if it would work.love watching your videos. God Bless you and your family. Hope the wife is doing better prayers to her.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Awesome. I think it is a cool experiment to try but like you said, just not really a way to get large numbers. My wife is doing well, thanks so much for the prayers.

@brandonsaid9992 3 года назад

Would it have a better chance for the quail to get broody it if is hatched and raised by a broody hen ?

@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291 3 года назад

I thought about using silkies to hatch out quail eggs. I used to let them hatch out turkey eggs. I could only let them sit on 1 or 2 at a time. I normally only put one under them at a time. I would get around 10-15 baby turkeys a month doing this. Sometimes I’d stick Turkey eggs under my Muskovys to hatch as well. I don’t do any of that anymore but I’d like to start hatching out quail like this one day. I used to have a grow out pin that I kept a small flock of silkies and quail in. I let a silkie hen sit on some quail eggs and when they hatched I never saw them. All I saw was the nest and hatched eggs. I’m not sure if the chickens ate them, the other quail got them, rats got them or maybe they got trampled. I’m not sure what happened but they were gone. I never tried it again since it was just an experiment that didn’t work. Maybe I just needed to house them separately. Now I’m wanting to try it again.

@marvinbyler1380 Год назад

I just got some valley quail and scaled quail. Is there any information on them? I could not find much online

@newfieguy75 5 лет назад

Awesome video

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thank you so much. I am glad you liked it.

@reneebrown5598 5 лет назад

Best brood hens I've ever heard of is a silky. They are a little larger than a Batman but they will hatch a golf ball. Lol.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

lol. That is a great suggestion.

@rodneyjones7078 2 года назад

if I use a broody bantam hen to hatch and mother the baby quail will the likelihood of those baby's growing up to be good mama quails increase?

@chinchillaruby4170 2 года назад

Yes, according to anecdotal things I've read at least.

@shaneboehmer948 2 года назад

I used brooding Fantail Pigeons to incubate the eggs

@mayonnaise5427 3 года назад

Would they keep the baby warm or do they not?

@keeferrick9654 3 года назад

Silkies to hatch them

@yerneedsry 5 лет назад

crushed corn, and soybean meal first two ingredients, also just to let viewers know I bought 3 ceramic heat light but after warnings and people talking fires ,I just went with a 75 watt bulb in a cone metal outlet thing , put it above the tote and wire and there doing just fine gets anywhere from 82 too 95 degrees in there, they dont seem cold and man do they grow fast trippled size in a week.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I might look for a different feed if it were me but i wouldn't stress about feed that bag to them. And yes they do grow fast. They pretty much double in size every day for the first few weeks.

@soniyayumnam8850 3 года назад

Sir do we need to remove quail egg everyday?

@reneebrown5598 5 лет назад

Maybe with coturnix but the wild breeds ( valley quail, gambles quail) biggest problem is they will only do it if they have a natural type setting and if left alone.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I bet that would probably work somewhat with coturnix as well. But the results still won't be as good as incubating yourself.

@davidzone8380 4 года назад

I bought 18 females and 2 males quails, they grew up and out of 18 females only one went broody and successfully only 2 chicks 🐥 hatched

@Slightlyrednecked 4 года назад

At least you had 1 go broody. That is better than most quail do actually.

@grc_patchofheaven 4 года назад

can you show me your aviary for quail? im interested in getting quail as pets

@rogeredwards4871 3 года назад

One reason why i went more with chickens, no electric, grid goes down ...no new quail

@keving6298 4 года назад

What season do quail lay Fredl eggs

@Baloch.world23 3 года назад

Sir can we hatch quail egg under Australian parrot?

@charlesharris4219 3 года назад

hey buddy. can you raise different type of quail together in a more natural aviary setting. i have one that is about 6 feet by 5.5 ft and 6 feet tall. could your type of quail be raised with a Californian and/or button quail? if so how many different type of quail can coexistent. not looking for quantity more so looking to have a variety.

@Slightlyrednecked 3 года назад

I am honestly not sure. I think that, as long as you give them plenty of room and don't crowd them, you should be able to get several different kinds together. I might be a little concerned with the button quail since they are so small but you would have to just try it and see. I really don't know how quail of different species interact with each other. Sorry I can't be more help.

@smilingdog54 5 лет назад

Have you ever had a hen set quail eggs?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

No. But i have had some of my viewers report that theirs have with mixed results.

@smilingdog54 5 лет назад

Thank you for the info! Have a Blessed day

@wisdomawakened6708 5 лет назад

Yes that has worked for me in the past. Get a bantam hen - they are smaller than regular chickens and will usually sit on quail eggs. Chickens can have personalities also though and I've heard of some bantam hens who won't even sit on quail eggs. But if you get a good broody bantam then that's my preference over an incubator. Another advantage is the hen then replaces the need of using a heating pad (never use a heat lamp, that's actually bad for chicks).

@NarrowWayFarm 5 лет назад

When starting out quail is it easier to buy hens or hatch the eggs?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

It is easier to buy hens for sure. But you might get better birds by buying eggs from a good breeder and hatching them yourself. If you have never hatched before I would suggest buying birds though and practicing until you get the hang of it and then buying eggs if you want to.

@faizabatool5825 2 года назад

I have two quil hen how I know she sit

@MsBetsyLu 7 месяцев назад

Is this info based on your experience or research????????? Many Grand blessings everyone everywhere and always.

@faizabatool5825 2 года назад

Can quil hen separate with there eggs

@yerneedsry 5 лет назад

I got some gamebird feed from a feed store its 28 % .05 min and 1% calcium max and not medicated, but it looks like ground up crushed corn is this what it should look like?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

That sounds like what you are looking for. I doubt it is corn but you should be able to see that on the ingredients list if it is. The calcium level is a little low but not too bad. I am sure it will work just fine.

@faizabatool5825 2 года назад

How

@cobaloorozco9551 5 лет назад

I have some quails to. that they are seating in some eggs. Every morning when I go and get my eggs I see that.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Nice. Good luck and I hope they hatch them out for you.

@micheler3011 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing, great video. Is it warm there? Your clothes look like summer clothes, no gloves and you look comfortable outside. Gods continued Blessings!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

We had a very nice weekend, temps in the high 50's and low 60s. But it is getting cold again so it was just a short break. :)

@cathalmire Год назад

Was taking some of my eggs out today and noticed one has looked like its starting incubate, it was slightly burred

@Slightlyrednecked Год назад

I am not sure that is a sign of incubating. Sometimes they just have a little extra calcium deposited on them and that is what causes it to be burred up. But you never know for sure.

@cathalmire Год назад

@@Slightlyrednecked had left bit out of message. Was dark spot on one part of the egg, i put it back in to see if the hen would become broody and hatch it. Going to put some videos up on the channel soon 😊. Love your videos learning lot

@willdwyer6782 5 лет назад

I'm surprised you don't have your cage floors sloped toward the door so the eggs are easier to collect.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I tried that and it didn't really help that much. Plus everything else (feeder, waterer, birds) tended to end up at the front of the cage too. I don't find it that difficult to collect eggs though so just personal preference really.

@user-fd3wl1pr7s 4 года назад

So how do you deal with the eggs if you do NOT want to breed at first and you just want the eggs. Can you preserve them in Lime water like chicken eggs if the bloom is still on? I just don't want to be cracking an egg that is developing....

@Slightlyrednecked 4 года назад

I store them in the refrigerator myself. I have only ever had one or two eggs that had started to develop before I cracked them open. But it is very rare. I suppose there are other ways to preserve them but I am not really an expert on Liming eggs.

@sumuarable 3 года назад

Can you give Quail chicks back to their mother after hatching? (out of an incubator) Or will she hurt them?

@BirdsSociety 2 года назад

She will hurt em or won't care at all

@firstone9480 5 лет назад

Master Roshi! respectfully of course!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I am not sure what that means. :)

@igaudion973 2 года назад

hey, I have just one couple together. They are super healthy and mating. She lays in the same place every day and she's started making a "nest" first. I'm going to just leave her.. do you think she is broody? There's no threat to her at all so maybe she just wants to do it

@regines5354 2 года назад

My quail hatch her egg! 😍🥰a beautiful babie🥰

@yodagaming3252 5 лет назад

I had one case where a bird made a nest and I left the eggs to be hatched but she left she abandoned them after 2-3 days

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

That is pretty common when they do go broody.

@waltlars3687 5 лет назад

How do gamebird quail do brooding

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Good question. I don't know that I can answer that for you but if they are kept in large groups in cages I don't think they would do very well. if you kept them in aviaries and kept them from getting crowded they might do a decent job of it. I haven't tried exactly so I am not 100% sure.

@ryhanakhlas9852 4 года назад

I saw a dog

@leeneedham6443 3 года назад

hi chris I've just started watching all your videos an very helpful f sure . can I ask us it safe to put chicks in the same cage as its mother after incubation??

@leeneedham6443 2 года назад

@Christine Hiebert thankyiu for replying appreciate your videos very helpful. 1 last question for now haha . is it true to feed your quail a mixture of oyster shell crunch to harden your actual quail eggs?

@lemongrab6173 2 года назад

NO ... just no don’t do that. If she doesn’t attacks it she will crush it either suffocating it or breaking its legs and ribs in other words causing some fatal injuries by accident. Even the most caring birds will do including geese which are known to adopt or kidnap orphaned ducklings and goslings after mating season. So no don’t do it. I’ve seen cases with people claiming their female quails will let the chicks go under them but all such cases ended with the adults accidentally smooshing the chicks because because they don’t care about their presence and accidentally kept stepping on them. You can place chicks under broody quails during hatching day and she will care for them but only on the day she hatches her own eggs will she take in orphans and ONLY if she thinks they’re hers and not some orphans being place with her own.

@derekpaul6319 5 лет назад

Is there a place you recommend new urban homesteaders get fertilized quail eggs, chicks, or breeders from? I live in Florida.

@LauraMichelGreenRaven 5 лет назад

Chris gets his from KANSAS CITY QUAIL.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

As Green Raven said, I recommend Kansas City Quail farms. You can't go wrong with them. You will have to order eggs though, they don't ship live birds.

@derekpaul6319 5 лет назад

Thank you very much both of you! I am really enjoying this channel and the heart to help others get started!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

No problem at all. Glad to help.

@patriciadean5452 5 лет назад

Thanks. I thought the answer was no. I am surprise that has been bred out of them, didn't know they have been caged for so long. I have just discovered them. I know that is true abt many chicken breeds, too. Any idea how long ago quail started getting caged.

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

That is a good question. Many sources say that they were raised by ancient Egyptians so for a very long time. :)

@tinalegoullon1122 5 лет назад

I have 2 dogs and a quail laid its eggs where my dogs can get them. Can I move the eggs and the mom will find them?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

It is unlikely that she will return to them if you move them. But it doesn't sound like you have a choice. if you don't move them they will probably get eaten by the dogs.

@eraldnuhaj3900 Год назад

I think that if you use a chicken hen to hatch quail egs, you will not get a ggod result in hatching but the quails that will come from hen hatching will hatch thayr own eggs becouse thay will have the instinct, just saying and ill try this method

@kelliwiemers6445 3 года назад

I wonder how long it would take to breed broodiness back into quail? I'm not that patient but I'm just wondering lol

@Slightlyrednecked 3 года назад

That is a good question. I am afraid I am not an expert at genetics so I really can't give you a good answer on this one.

@kelliwiemers6445 3 года назад

I'm hatching some celadon blue quail eggs now. I haven't had quail in several years so I'm glad to have them again. I've never had coturnix. Always bobwhites, the last being Georgia Giants. I'm excited to try the faster growing and better egg production of coturnix. Let's hope the eggs I got were fertile and I have a good hatch! I've really enjoyed your quail and rabbit videos. I forgot how much I enjoyed raising them....and I had forgotten a lot of things. You've been a tremendous help and kept me from a lot of mistakes! Thank you so much!!

@turtleman190 2 года назад

It takes 1 generation from my personal experience every hen i have had hatch out there babies there babies will hatch all there eggs out also

@user-ld2ee2bw2b 2 года назад

Silkies will hatch the eggs. Some other bantams may depending on traits.

@thefoodproject 5 лет назад

What about wild quail?? They seem to survive ok

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I guess I should have been more specific. I was really referring to coturnix quail in captivity. :)

@SouthpawDavey 5 лет назад

I had two birds hatch eggs last year. I have a video on it. But I would say they were older birds. You will have to separate the mother to hatch them the other birds will kill the chicks. Also like chickens the other birds will give the sitting bird eggs so the eggs are not all the same age again mark and seperate. I agree its not a good was to raise them for meat. Cheers Dave

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@bellab8632 4 года назад

can you hatch an egg with 1 female in an incubator

@Slightlyrednecked 4 года назад

I am not sure what you are asking. If you mean that you only have a hen and no other birds. No, it won't be a fertile egg. I hope that answers it.

@brittanyolson3112 5 лет назад

Hey Chris, question I have some recently added Quail they've made it through the brutal cold but now I'm really interested in fresh egg production do you think Christmas lights would be enough to get them laying or what is your suggestion for a light in the coop? I'd be interested in yours when it hits the market ;) also the temp right now in the twenties here but dips down and then come up a little bit (in Minnesota) are the eggs viable for hatching when they're laid in this temperature if collected several times a day?

@brittanyolson3112 5 лет назад

p.s your videos and direct information has been so helpful in our little Homestead Journey!!!

@brandonnorthrop3624 5 лет назад

Hi Brittany, I've had this issue myself, the first thing to keep in mind is that quail generally lay their first eggs at around the 6 week mark (for me it was the day of week 7, I think diet has a part in maturity rate, they were on chicken starter and then chicken layers pellets, always recommend unmedicated turkey starter or even turkey grower but not finisher and keep oyster shell grit available with decomposed granite) it could be that your quail are just coming into maturity and they may not begin laying until spring. The second thing to note is that the cold can and will stress them out and they need shelter from wind(any draughts at all really but keep air circulation) and rain/sleet/snow, you'll notice your quail trying to fluff themselves up and pull their head in close to the base of their neck like you would do when you get cold, trying to keep as much of yourself warm as possible, this costs energy for the birds and they will put more energy into keeping warm than producing eggs, perhaps a heat pad around the side of the enclosure or an infrared heat bulb (100W) would keep them cosy. Also it could be that the majority of your quail are actually roosters, a quick tip on coturnix quail sexing ( Chris has a great video on this subject) is that males will always have the tan-redish brown breast and females are speckled, I've noticed this in the golden Italian quail and the pharaohs and normal quail, the white quail and Texas A&M quail are harder to sex until you hear the iconic crowing of the males (quickly identify these ones at 6-8 weeks and band them, ring them or even use a marker on their feathers to identify them) eggs that freeze are non viable, generally a safe temperature to collect fertile eggs is around 55°f-60°f (for storage until incubation)

@brandonnorthrop3624 5 лет назад

However if they are collected after the hen just lays them, around 15 minutes would be a safe window I assume, then they should be just fine :)

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Brandon gave some pretty good advice. I do think that Christmas lights would probably work but as far as hatching those eggs, if they sit in temps below 40 degrees for too long and definitely if they freeze they aren't going to be good for incubating. You may just have to wait until spring to incubate...unless you can somehow get the eggs fairly quickly after they are laid.

@scoa Год назад

I've heard that if the initial quails you get are natural-born instead of incubated themselves, it'll make a big difference. Generations of incubated birds have been untrained to raise their own, but natural born ones still have the instinct.

@Slightlyrednecked Год назад

I am honestly not sure if that is true or not. I think it really has more to do with their environment. If you keep them in large aviaries, they would have more of a chance of going broody and sitting on eggs than if kept in cages. But you may be right, the way they were hatched may have something to do with it too.

@MrDaewonLee 3 года назад

My quails hatch every year: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cb_rRKlI910.html

@colink9848 5 лет назад

Hey Chris nice video as always!, Could you give me some advice I just got a hatched chick that has an inward bending foot.. i've read that people tape the foot straight? Is this a genetic thing or a birth defect?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

It could be a genetic defect but most likely it is just a byproduct of some kind of problem hatching or in the brooder. As you said, you can tape it to straighten it out and if you caught it quick enough that should fix the issue.

@colink9848 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked thank you , I'll be taping his feet this afternoon, hope it works.. But isn't ducttape too heavy duty? Masking tape might be a bit more gentle don't you think?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Yeah, I would use masking tape myself.

@firecrumb9791 4 года назад

My quail sat on her eggs for 4 days but now she is not sitting on them more

@Slightlyrednecked 4 года назад

Unfortunately, that is pretty common. They typically don't do a good job of hatching their own eggs.

@firecrumb9791 4 года назад

So now my quail sits on the eggs for 1 hour and then does not them for 5 hours and sits again /Thanks FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION

@notyolanda1429 2 года назад

so did the eggs hatch?\

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

Hi Chris I have a question about baby quail I'm sure you answered this before. At what age do you take the marbles out of their water. I'm going to guess 4 weeks but wanted to make sure

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I would remove them once they start feathering out. So really closer to two weeks old. I have a watering tray that is pretty small now and is too small for them to get in so I don't have to use marbles anymore at all.

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked ok great. Thank you so much

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked what kinda watering tray Do you use this would definitely come in handy in the future

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I think it is this one but I can't tell for sure just based on the pic. amzn.to/2WYGgzn

@Blackchang45272 3 года назад

I have a theory if there is a pair that that makes a baby that go broody keep breeding that pair along with the babies they produce maybe that can bring back their instinct i don’t know it’s just a theory

@Slightlyrednecked 3 года назад

I think it is worth a try. I have heard that having them in large ground cages with lots of vegetation also helps but I haven't tried it myself. even in those situations people report very mixed results though.

@rephaelreyes8552 3 года назад

Yeah I'm planning to do that experiment too. Might take a couple of generations and lots of rotten eggs

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

Hi Chad. Greetings from Australia. Have you had any success with your theory with the quails? I would love to know. My name is Poppy. Many thanks

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

@@rephaelreyes8552 Hi Raphael. Yes I was thinking we could bring back the instincts that have been bred out of them. Could be an interesting experiment. Any updates? Many thanks

@DiegoVsWild 3 года назад

I keep homing pigeons and can hatch 3-4 quail eggs at a time in each nest with Forster pairs. Not big scale but the pigeon will hatch them every few weeks all year even during winter. Great for home farmer. Enjoy the hobby folks!

@Slightlyrednecked 3 года назад

Interesting. I have heard of people using Bantam hens but not pigeons.

@jeremyb251 4 года назад

I bought 4 quail from a guy that I buy Bantam chickens from a few months ago. He assured me that at least 2 were female. I've never seen any others like them, they're solid white and really tiny. They started laying almost right away and we've been eating their eggs, mostly pickleing them. I noticed a couple weeks ago that one of the hens was laying almost all of the time on some eggs so I decided to let her keep doing it, there's about 10 eggs she's laying on. For whatever reason, my sweet wife decided to feed a couple of those eggs to our two Bantam hens, they love them, and she calls me crying and tells me that there were "little chickens" inside the eggs.. She wasn't raised around animals and she didn't believe me that they may actually hatch. My question is, when and if they hatch, will the hen quail/s take care of them? Will I need to seperate them and take care of them separately myself? Any advice will be appreciated. Btw, my wife cried for 2 days 😢

@user-fr4hw5ky5d 4 года назад

Quail hatch in 16 to 20 days, the hen will usually look after the chicks. However it's a good idea to keep the hen and her chicks together away from the other quail, in a quiet place (and give them a lamp if the weather's cold), as you won't want the babies to get beaten up by the big guys.

@jeremyb251 4 года назад

@@user-fr4hw5ky5d thanks for that.

@user-fr4hw5ky5d 4 года назад

@@jeremyb251 no worries

@Slightlyrednecked 4 года назад

Wow, it is actually pretty unusual for a quail to go broody and hatch their own chicks. But if they do, they will most likely look after them. I agree that it is best to put them in a separate cage away from the other birds though. And I hope that your wife wasn't too traumatized by it.

@jeremyb251 4 года назад

@@Slightlyrednecked I'm building a seperate pen for the other 3 birds today, I don't want to move her because she seems comfy where she's at. I'll update when they hatch.

@electoplater 5 лет назад

how do i know if the eggs are fertile

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

You can crack some open and look for a bulls eye ring in the yolk. A mature egg will have a white spot on the yolk but a fertile egg will have a ring around that white spot. It is faint but you should be able to see it. Honestly, if you have a rooster for every 4 to 5 hens and they are breeding (you hear crowing and have some feathers missing from the back of the females heads) you probably have fertile eggs.

@electoplater 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked thanks for the reply

@ethaera 5 лет назад

The best way (without wasting a good egg) is to incubate for a few days, then "candle the egg" (in a dark room hold a bright light under the large side of the egg, you should see the formation of a thick vein growing inside the egg from the top)

@regines5354 2 года назад

My quail hatch her egg‼️🥰😍

@davidgordon5167 2 года назад

Where did you get them? What kind were they?

@termitechavez6156 4 года назад

I put my quail eggs with my pigeons they hatch them out

@thekatt... 3 года назад

Termite Chavez brilliant idea !!! Do the pigeons feed them ?? Or, I'm guessing, you remove them ?

@termitechavez6156 3 года назад

@@thekatt... I remove them

@marvinbyler1380 2 года назад

How can I encourage my bobwhites to go broody??

@culuzzi12 2 года назад

what I had done for my Italian female coturnix was made as natural of a setting as possible, then gave her nesting material (straw) and a nest box ( ice cream bin with a hole cut in it ) and she eventually clued in. there is now an actual nest in the box with six or seven eggs encircled in it.

@marvinbyler1380 Год назад

@@culuzzi12 thanks! I am trying that now but it does not seem to be working.

@culuzzi12 Год назад

@@marvinbyler1380 just like other birds and animals they usually have a certain time of year when they feel they need to reproduce, im not positive but it might just be the wrong time of year.

@marvinbyler1380 Год назад

@@culuzzi12 got it thanks so much

@marvinbyler1380 Год назад

@@culuzzi12 you don't happen to have any info on California quail or scaled quail do you?

@davidgordon5167 2 года назад

Where can I find naturally bred bobwhites? I live in Florida and was interested in breeding and reintroducing them.

@barirdeeee2 5 лет назад

Maybe a stupid question. But what is the least amount of quail you can start with? Like 1 male and 1-3 females?

@danielspiesl4553 5 лет назад

barirdeeee2 1 male 4 females

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

You can start with that number. Like Daniel Spiesl said, I would go with at least 4 hens. Honestly, I think I would double that though just in case you lose a rooster for whatever reason.

@leftinthedust3900 5 лет назад

Man I really enjoy these quail videos! I've been really thinking about owning these amazing guys for a long while now (2 yeas??) but ,ore recently than ever I've really been looking forward to owning some! These videos help me a lot with understanding what kind of work will need to be done to do so. Though I live in NM, I have no clue where to get any, I don't believe anyone near me sells chicks or eggs. I'd really love to get a hold of someone who could help me out with finding some, do you know of a place that will ship this far? Thank so so much!

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

You can check Craigslist for live birds. If you are willing to incubate eggs, i always recommend Kansas City Quail farms. You will get a great product and deal with good people. Either way you go, good luck and I am sure you will do well.

@peacockfeathers7409 5 лет назад

I live in n.m. i got my eggs in el paso and las cruces on criagslist and now i sell fertile eggs and birds on bookoo.com (hollomon yard sales) i dont have any for at least a month and I dont ship either, but sometimes other people sell too.

@leftinthedust3900 5 лет назад

@@peacockfeathers7409 Oh wow good to know! No problem with the shipping I'll check in on there in that time and see what you got! Thank you!

@leftinthedust3900 5 лет назад

@@Slightlyrednecked Thank you!

@carter5179 3 года назад

I am wondering if anyone has had luck with having pigeons hatch out Quail Eggs?

@jsgaming4202 3 года назад

pigeons will kill quail chicks because pigeon chicks cant walk from birth and quail chicks can which startles pigeons

@earlesurfs 5 лет назад

I found a qual laid 9 eggs in the corner of my goat pen, in thinking of trapping it and making a cage for them then attempting to begin raising quail for both eggs, and consumption, I love quail. Do you have any recommendations for my transformation from wild to caged? Will the mother continue to care for these eggs once in captivity and moved?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

If it is a wild quail it is probably illegal to cage it. And really not a great option. Wild birds tend to not do well in captivity and won't produce on a regular basis. Unless you have a rooster the eggs wouldn't be fertile when they do produce them anyway.

@madelinbryans6764 5 лет назад

As well as probably being illegal, if you handle a wild bird, they die of stress most of the time. She won’t make it if you catch her.

@earlesurfs 5 лет назад

Slightly Rednecked - I’m worried about it’s well being and the safety of the chicks. Being nested in the goats pen is probable not the best place to have baby quail. I guess I can attempt to get some chicken wire and try to cage them off for their safety. I would prefer they mature then I can hunt them when they are adults, I don’t really care to raise quail anyway. They are great eating and fun to hunt. I will do my best to keep them safe and alive until they cane move out. I think there is another nest under a bunch of old junk that is going to the dump soon too. I hope they survive as well when I load up The junk for the dump. Thanks for the video and the good info.

@julienmaillet9447 5 лет назад

it’s day 17 and my quail haven’t hatched yet can they hatch on day 18?

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

indeed. They can hatch all the way up to day 22. If they don't hatch by day 18 it may indicate that your incubator is running a little cool. You may want to get a few calibrated thermometers (make sure they are calibrated) and check it after this hatch is over.

@julienmaillet9447 5 лет назад

Thanks

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

No problem. Glad to help.

@hughbalas2018 3 года назад

I bought my quail from the pet shop and they were laying and hatching them by them selves

@Slightlyrednecked 3 года назад

Congratulations. That is very rare.

@trkstatrksta8410 2 года назад

Hi Hugh. Do you know what breed the quail were? Many thanks

@jeen4870 5 лет назад

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching.

@bluntteazo9391 5 лет назад

Please get chickens

@Slightlyrednecked 5 лет назад

I might someday.

@clong7448 4 года назад

I am hatching a Bobwhite Quail egg, and for the first 23 days, I forgot that I needed humidity. I looked at the egg with a flashlight, and the bird is still moving inside the egg. I added the right humidity that same day I remembered. Will my egg hatch?