Hatching Your Own Coturnix Quail

If you are exploring the idea of hatching quail for self-sufficiency, you’ve come to the right place! If you discovered this page through our book, the Beginner’s Guide to Raising Coturnix Quail, this where you’ll find supplemental videos for Chapter 4: Hatching. 

Hatching Resources

If you are raising quail for self-sufficiency, hatching your own quail makes  sense economically. Rather than buying hatching eggs to keep your covey going, you can just gather fertile eggs from your own backyard! Here at Myshire, we are continually improving and refining our hatching practices. Here are our most up-to-date recommendations for optimal temperature and humidity settings: 

WET Hatch
With this method, you will humidify (add water to your incubator) during the entire incubation period. This method works well in dry climates or seasons.

Temperature: 99.5° F (safe +/- 0.5°) 37.5° C
Humidity
Day 1-14:  35-45%
Day 15+:   70-75%

DRY Hatch
With this method, you’ll humidify only at the end of incubation. Many quail raisers find that using this method in humid climates/seasons and high-altitude areas helps to increase their hatch rates. 

Temperature: 100.5° F (safe – 0.5°) 38° C
Humidity
Day 1-14:  ambient
Day 15+:   65-75%

For more specifics on hatching, check out our hatching playlist on YouTube!

Hatching 101 - Online Class

Hatching 101 Course

Incubator Review Videos

If your goal is to have a steady supply of meat and eggs, your incubator is one of the most important equipment choices you’ll make when raising Coturnix quail. Watch Zack’s reviews of the most popular tabletop incubators here: