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The breeding of the Japanese Quail eggs starts on Monday, June 15th 2026

Day+Day-DateTo Do List
Leave the fertilized quail eggs untouched for one day after transportation.
017Monday, June 15th 2026Start 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.
116Tuesday, June 16th 2026Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Dont turn the quail eggs.
215Wednesday, June 17th 2026Keep the breeder closed. Don't open. Dont turn the quail eggs.
314Thursday, June 18th 2026Keep the breeder closed. Do not open and dont turn the quail eggs.
413Friday, June 19th 2026Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Check temperature and humidy inside the incubator.
512Saturday, June 20th 2026Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions.
611Sunday, June 21st 2026Turn the quails eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Check temperature and humidy inside the incubator.
89Tuesday, June 23rd 2026Option: 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.
107Thursday, June 25th 2026Turn 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.)
116Friday, June 26th 2026Same as day 10
125Saturday, June 27th 2026Same as day 10
134Sunday, June 28th 2026Same as day 10
143Monday, June 29th 2026Put the quail eggs on a hatching pad. Stop turning the eggs. Increase humidity to 70-80% RH. Don't open the incubator anymore.
161Wednesday, July 1st 2026Be 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 ...?
170Thursday, July 2nd 2026Quail 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
181Friday, July 3rd 2026Move the quail chicks to a special bird chicks brooder or another warm and dry box.
257Friday, July 10th 2026The first feathers grow (7 days old). Reduce the temperature of heating step by step and day by day.
3517Monday, July 20th 2026End of additional heating. (If the room has normal temperature)
4528Thursday, July 30th 2026Approximately beginning of gender separation (after 4 weeks and later)
5942Thursday, August 13th 2026Approximately 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)
7356Thursday, August 27th 2026Approximately the time for slaughtering quail roosters (8 weeks or later)
10184Thursday, September 24th 2026Approximately the latest day your quail hens will lay eggs (12 weeks, in cold months or in winter)