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Give quail extra light in winter, or let them rest? Every keeper has an opinion on it, but few have actually run the numbers.
When quail stop laying in winter, most keepers blame the frost. But the frost is not the culprit. In our flock, the quail lay all winter long, and without any heating.
In the wild, a quail is not a vegetarian, it gets most of its protein by hunting insects. Insects are worth feeding in a cage too. But which kind brings bigger eggs and which a darker yolk?
You open the incubator and among the healthy chicks sits one with its legs splayed outward, another with its neck twisted backward, staring at the ceiling. Is it just bad luck, or could it have been prevented?
Have you selected and properly stored your hatching eggs? The next 17 to 18 days will decide how many healthy chicks hatch. Here you will find exact temperature and humidity values backed by research, a turning schedule and a day-by-day guide.
Even the best incubator cannot save bad hatching eggs. Hatching success is decided before incubation starts: in how you select, store and prepare the eggs.
