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Calculate the incubation time for Japanese Quail Breeding Eggs © Tino Bellmann

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The breeding of the Japanese Quail eggs starts on Wednesday, January 22nd 2025

Day+Day-DateTo Do List
Leave the fertilized quail eggs untouched for one day after transportation.
017Wednesday, January 22nd 2025Start the incubation process: Clean and disinfect the breeding machine. Fill in the water. Put the fertilized quail breeding eggs into the incubator and mark them if needed. Set the incubator's humidity to 60%-65%. Increase the temperature in the incubator slowly to 37.7 centigrade.
116Thursday, January 23rd 2025Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Dont turn the quail eggs.
215Friday, January 24th 2025Keep the breeder closed. Don't open. Dont turn the quail eggs.
314Saturday, January 25th 2025Keep the breeder closed. Do not open and dont turn the quail eggs.
413Sunday, January 26th 2025Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Check temperature and humidy inside the incubator.
512Monday, January 27th 2025Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions.
611Tuesday, January 28th 2025Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Check temperature and humidy inside the incubator.
89Thursday, January 30th 2025Option: Take a special lamp and light up / light through the quail eggs. If you have enough experience with this, remove unfertilized eggs from the breeding machine. As a newbie, dont.
107Saturday, February 1st 2025Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Optionally from day 10 to 14: Open the incubation machine and let the fertilized quail eggs cool down for about 15 minutes. (Controversial discussion, the effects on the hatching result are not really proven.)
116Sunday, February 2nd 2025Same as day 10
125Monday, February 3rd 2025Same as day 10
134Tuesday, February 4th 2025Same as day 10
143Wednesday, February 5th 2025Put the quail eggs on a hatching pad. Stop turning the eggs. Increase humidity to 70-80% RH. Don't open the incubator anymore.
161Friday, February 7th 2025Be prepared to welcome the new-born quail chicks. Do you have a chicken home or bird chick brooder, a heater or a heating lamp, special quail chicks food, water ...?
170Saturday, February 8th 2025Quail chicks hatching day! End of incubation. Leave the quail chicks in the incubator for a day (optional).

More information und forecasts about this breeding process

DayDayDateTo Do List
181Sunday, February 9th 2025Move the quail chicks to a special bird chicks brooder or another warm and dry box.
257Sunday, February 16th 2025The first feathers grow (7 days old). Reduce the temperature of heating step by step and day by day.
3517Wednesday, February 26th 2025End of additional heating. (If the room has normal temperature)
4528Saturday, March 8th 2025Approximately beginning of gender separation (after 4 weeks and later)
5942Saturday, March 22nd 2025Approximately the earliest day your quail hens will lay eggs (6 weeks in summer or 2-4 week later, maybe in cold spring months, up to 12 weeks in winter)
7356Saturday, April 5th 2025Approximately the time for slaughtering quail roosters (8 weeks or later)
10184Saturday, May 3rd 2025Approximately the latest day your quail hens will lay eggs (12 weeks, in cold months or in winter)