Tuesday, October 6, 2009
What Can Cause Poor Hatch Rates When Raising Quail?
There can be a number of reasons for quail eggs not hatching. Breeding, feeding, and management of the egg production flock; care of the eggs before incubation; and the incubation environment: these all cause bad hatch rates
When raising quail, you absolutely need to know how to care for the quail eggs and your breeder stock. If you don't do it properly, here are some of the problems you may have:
1. Candling your quail eggs after about 7 days of incubating, the inside of the eggs are clear with no blood ring or embryo growth.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Infertile eggs.
b. Breeding quail not compatible.
c. quail eggs not being stored properly, Quail egg storage area below 40 degrees.
d. Eggs held to long before incubating.
e. Eggs taken from storage and put in incubator before reaching room temperature.
2. Candled quail eggs are clear with some blood and small embryo.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Incubation setting to high.
b. Storing eggs improperly, temperature below 40 degrees or above 60 degrees
c. Eggs taken from storage and put in incubator before reaching room temperature.
3. Dead embryo's before hatch is due.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Quail eggs not being turned enough.
b. Lack of oxygen
c. Incubator to hot or to cold.
d. Breeder's not getting a good layer diet.
4. Chicks pip but do not hatch.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Improper humidity, not raised by 20 percent 3 days before hatch.
b. Incubator temperature to low during incubation period.
c. Temperature may have spiked without your knowledge.
5. Eggs hatching early, with abnormalities.
Possible cause for this problem:
a. Temperature to high
.
6. Quail eggs not hatching on time.
Possible cause for this problem
a. Temperature not at proper hatching temperature.
7. Quail chicks hatch and show early problems.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Breeders were inbred's.
b. Breeder stock were not managed properly.
c. Incubator set to hot.
When raising quaill and incubating your own eggs, every hatch is not going to be great. Sometimes you may run into problems. What I have listed above is just some of the problems you may have and some possible causes.
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To find out more about Raising Quail visit:
How to Raise Quail.com
Copyright © Gary Ortlieb
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When raising quail, you absolutely need to know how to care for the quail eggs and your breeder stock. If you don't do it properly, here are some of the problems you may have:
1. Candling your quail eggs after about 7 days of incubating, the inside of the eggs are clear with no blood ring or embryo growth.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Infertile eggs.
b. Breeding quail not compatible.
c. quail eggs not being stored properly, Quail egg storage area below 40 degrees.
d. Eggs held to long before incubating.
e. Eggs taken from storage and put in incubator before reaching room temperature.
2. Candled quail eggs are clear with some blood and small embryo.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Incubation setting to high.
b. Storing eggs improperly, temperature below 40 degrees or above 60 degrees
c. Eggs taken from storage and put in incubator before reaching room temperature.
3. Dead embryo's before hatch is due.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Quail eggs not being turned enough.
b. Lack of oxygen
c. Incubator to hot or to cold.
d. Breeder's not getting a good layer diet.
4. Chicks pip but do not hatch.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Improper humidity, not raised by 20 percent 3 days before hatch.
b. Incubator temperature to low during incubation period.
c. Temperature may have spiked without your knowledge.
5. Eggs hatching early, with abnormalities.
Possible cause for this problem:
a. Temperature to high
.
6. Quail eggs not hatching on time.
Possible cause for this problem
a. Temperature not at proper hatching temperature.
7. Quail chicks hatch and show early problems.
Possible causes for this problem:
a. Breeders were inbred's.
b. Breeder stock were not managed properly.
c. Incubator set to hot.
When raising quaill and incubating your own eggs, every hatch is not going to be great. Sometimes you may run into problems. What I have listed above is just some of the problems you may have and some possible causes.
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To find out more about Raising Quail visit:
How to Raise Quail.com
Copyright © Gary Ortlieb
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# posted by Gary Ortlieb @ 6:13 PM 
