The first animal we ever raised for food were quail (my daughters had an egg allergy but could eat quail eggs for some reason). They called them baby eggs. We tried hatching them and had such poor luck. From a clutch of 24 only 1 hatched. However, now we are on to chickens and have great results. Those tiny little peepers are adorable. Thanks for sharing!
I do find quail fertility is quite a bit lower than chickens. In chickens I'd be disappointed with anything below 60% hatch rate. Quails I'm happy with 50%.
Agreed. It would be interesting to have a quail breeding program to focused on fertility. I wonder if it's even possible for cortunix at this point.
What kind of male to female ratio do you have? I am surprised at the low fertility!