Your mearns quail will also need fresh greens. We use a mortar and pestle to crush the crumble and the meal worms (not the best job on the farm, but necessary) Place the crushed food in an easy to access flat dish. Use the highest protein % crumble food available (we use a turkey crumble) and add in DRIED mealworms. TIP: Hatch your mearns quail with OTHER quail varieties (button, coturnix, california) as they hatch more capable and will “teach” the mearns early skills! We hatched ours with 2 button quail. Ensure waterer is “chick” safe (use rocks or marbles to reduce water depth and prevent drowning) Add Poultry vitamins/electrolytes to water. One day one after hatching mearns quail, remove from incubator and place in brooder. Their survival instincts aren’t quite as strong, and they require more assistance in the first few days to get a strong and healthy foundation. QUICKLY remove the chicks and replace the lid on the incubator! (This is a two person job)Īfter hatching Mearns quail, they are a little more “needy” than your average chicken or other quail breed. Use a portable heat/humidity device to monitor the humidity and bring up to 65%. IF you have a staggered hatch and need to remove a chick while there are still eggs in the incubator, bring the system into a warm bathroom with the shower running and creating steam. They do not need food or water at this time. Once the quail start hatching they can (and should) stay in the incubator for 12-20 hours to dry off, and continue to absorb the egg sack. Quail eggs are very small, and thin, and are immediately affected by changes. The BIGGEST reason your hatch will fail is because you open the incubator and release the heat and humidity. At day 22 when you remove from the turner for lockdown.At day 7 or 10 for candling to remove the dead eggs.The ONLY times you should be opening the incubator are: We had success with a humidity rate at 30-32% humidity for 22 days.Īt lockdown, we increased humidity to 65% When hatching Mearns quail, you will require a dryer hatch humidity than chickens. Set your incubator to 37.5 Celcius/99.5F and warm before placing eggs on turner. Your Mearns Quail will take aproximately 25/26 days to hatch. You will need to purchase the LARGER egg baskets for the turner (they fit duck eggs, or with the split down the middle, fit quail eggs) We invested in a fully automatic Brinsea Incubator- with automatic turner and humidity. Step one is to ensure you have a high quality and calibrated incubator. #raisingquail #backyardquail #quailchicks #hatchingeggs #hatchingchicksĪ post shared by Julie Nowell on at 3:23pm PDT
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