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Hatching out quail and duck eggs2007-11-24 17:20:19

I have two old inubators and was wondering what temp do Bob White quail eggs need to be on? And what humidity? And the same for ducks( but the look like geese from ebay) what tempature and humidity do they have to be on? Im hatching out them out in two different incubators and this is my frist time doing this for two different classrooms i tutor in. And guess who the teacher put in charge of them? ME! well i guess thats fair since it was my idea! So any info would be great there coming today at 4:30 and need to know everything to do. Thanks :)

Answers:

The following is a summary of incubation conditions: for bob white quail

Period of incubation: 23 - 24 days

Incubator temperature, days 0 - 20: 100.25掳F

Hatcher temperature, day 21 - hatch: 99.25掳F

Humidity, wet bulb temperature, days 0 - 20: 86 - 88掳F

Humidity, wet bulb temperature, day 21 - hatch: 90 - 92掳F

Turning (times/day): 3 to 24

Egg position: small end down

ducks

Incubation Period Hatching Period

Days 1 through 25 Days 26 through 28

Temperature 99.5掳 Farenheit 98.5掳 Farenheit

Humidity 86% 94%

Turns Per Day 3, 5, or 7 Stop Turning

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The eggs can be held 3 to 4 days before incubation if necessary. . The temperature for bobwhite quail is 99.5掳F for forced air incubators and 102掳F for .

www.ecquail.com/incubating.htm - 8k

I have seen setter instructions somewhere. Incubators still need the eggs to be turned.

Ducks - depends what species.

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ducks need more humidity than quails and quails temp. is 102 to 104 and ducks is 99 to 102

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Here is a chart with temps, humidity etc for all different species including Quail and Duck. http://myweb.cebridge.net/theroost/chart.

Tips on incubation for ducks.. http://www.duckhealth.com/hatcduck.html.

Quail eggs. http://www.wadleyquailfarm.com/incubatio.

http://user.pa.net/~jthough/quail/breedi.