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How to raise quail chicks

Whether you hatch your own chicks out or buy some day-olds from Spade & Feather, this quick guide will help you through raising quail chicks. The Incubator Once hatched, quail chicks need to remain in the incubator until dry. They can happily survive without food or water in the incubator for up to 48hrs. It is best to leave your chicks for the maximum amount of time to allow for their siblings to hatch. Every time you open your incubator to remove dry chicks, you are risking all of the other unhatched chicks. The sudden drop in temperature and humidity...

Video of quail hatching

Here's the moments that a little coturnix quail made the last push out of the egg! Quail chick caught hatching out! #quailchick #quail #quailhatch #egghatching A video posted by Spade & Feather (@spadefeather) on Dec 4, 2014 at 4:29pm PST We hatch eggs once a week and chicks are for sale in our shop. If you would like to hatch your own, we also have fertilized eggs for sale.

Tips for keeping quail chicks

Keeping quail chicks can be easy once you've gone through the experience a time or two. When buying chicks from Spade & Feather, keep the following in mind: a heat lamp must be used for the first 4-6 weeks with a temperature starting at 90-95°F decreasing by 5°F each week chicks cannot be on wire for the first 7-10 days and must instead start on soft padding (drawer liners work well) and after 5 days pine shavings can be added a no-drown waterer is highly recommended chicks need access to clean water 24 hours a day quail chicks will need...

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