You will also get better hatch rates if you use an automatic turner, as they turn the eggs more often and more consistently than if you did it by hand. (All of the incubators I am listing here have automatic turners, this is not a coincidence). Make sure you get the automatic egg turners and save yourself your sanity of having to hand-turn the eggs 3+ times per day, every day, for 2 weeks. This model holds up to 41 chicken eggs or up to 120 quail eggs if you get the quail egg turners. There are a lot of look-alikes, but none work as well as the hovabator, so make sure you get the real deal. This next one is the incubator that we used our entire first year of hatching… the GQF Hovabator.

They are lovely! Always a conversation starter! And I say, if you are going to raise quail, you might as well raise gorgeous ones! Celadon Quail are a Coturnix Quail who happens to carry the recessive Celadon gene, which causes them to lay blue eggs. The other variety of Coturnix Quail that we raise is called Celadon Quail. Their eggs are also a bit larger, so it lends themself well to home cooks and bakers who want to use their eggs (and even meat) in their family meals. Who can resist!? We raise 2 different varieties of Coturnix Quail here at Sadie-Girl Farm… The Blue Ridge Jumbos, which as their name suggests, get a bit larger than the standard coturnix. One of the other things that drew me to Coturnix Quail, was the variety of feather colors that they come in! Of course, I had to “collect them all” and so now we breed more than a dozen different colors. They are easy to care for, easy to find a breeder to supply fertilized eggs for you, and do very well in a variety of climates. These are one of the most common varieties of quail, and are a domesticated breed, so are hardy and happy in captivity. We always recommend Coturnix Quail for beginning quail keepers.

Quail egg turner