This is an experiment I conducted to hatch out quail eggs by using a broody chicken. The concept is the broody hens will sit on the quail eggs and hatch them out so I decided to try this method of incubation out for myself. Here are the results of this experiment and my thoughts/conclusion about whether using hens to incubate other poultry species is a worthwhile thing to do or not…
Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on certain subjects)
Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe
Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR
I don't think it's about the different species at all.i think that it's because you feed them quail eggs,so instead of seeing them as their babies,the chickens see those eggs as food.
ive used bantams to hatch pheasants and jumbo quails successfully!
My hen is still sitting on the quail eggs perfectly fine I haven't had any of them gone or eaten 2 hatched so far but more are still hatching
Sounds to me like a snake ate the eggs or something but I’m no expert.
Hi where about are you at sunny coast?
I’m your fan
Try these experiment with small breed chickens .
Why do you Taik so much
What are the chances that some four-legged pest stole them away??
i have hatched guineafowls under hens and it went really well they hatched and the hen raised all the babys
I heard someone say one time that they use silkies because apparently Silkies or Polish chickens are best for catching out quail eggs
Hey brother, sorry for your lost. I think it’s just those hens.
I saw a video before which worked wonderfully. I’ll set the video below.
https://youtu.be/xB_vmDh_t1w
Wow, cannibalistic mothers.
Maybe this is the reason why Cowbirds and Cuckoos don't come out of Chicken clutches. Have you tried ducks?
When I was a teen ager my family raised chickens. My dad got some guinea eggs for us to put under a broody hen. They hatched and she took care of them just like she would chicks. That's how alot of people in our area would get started out raising guineas. I've heard that hens are actually better mothers to guineas than guineas hens are.
have you done or gonna do a video on harvesting quail chicken or duck? id like to see that im sure many would its a part of keeping birds at home you have to deal with at some point
I have not raised quails with chickens but my thought is most lickly if some of the eggs remained whole they hatched got up from under the hen and ran off. The reason I say this is that I have raised and hatched a few different things with broody hens. The problem with it is that you need to keep them closed together for a bit at the beginning because they have different calls meaning chicken quinea quail duck muscovy goose turkey. I did giineas a lot and those would hatch really well but if you didn't keep them in a enclosed area they would run far away and die. After a bit of time the baby guineas would learn the chicken calls and would come for food and water but at the beginning they wouldn't know. As tou know quineas are also quite small when they are born. A bit bigger then quail. I would try again but with a smaller breed of chickens and lock hey up at the end and Im almost positive it has to work
Maybe try mixing both chicken eggs and quail eggs. Might work better.
Nice video..A hen will hatch quail eggs but you shouldn't give her a mix of chicken eggs + quail eggs to sit on. Quail eggs are so tiny and will stand out if you combine with Chicken or Duck eggs.
I have a Silkie hen and she has raised babies before and now that I don’t have rooster she is VERY broody and was sitting on a fake egg. I let her have that until I got some quail eggs ( got them today) and now she is sitting on them happy as a broody hen can be. Silkies are the way to go if you want natural hatching methods.
Hi Mark, This Lady is very hands-on with her birds, but it is interesting. She is using a small breed of hen, too Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB_vmDh_t1w..Enjoy, Julia
I also stuffed some quail eggs under my breedy hen. They strangely also disappeared with absolutely no sign of them. I think they have been eaten.
If you try this experiment again I would recommend bantams, they are really good setters and moms, we have used them successfully to hatch and care for my quail.
Another good video. Shame you couldn't record what happened. Put a few of the eggs in the incubator to see if they hatch
Yes, silkie hens are the broodiest hens and the best mothers!
Bantam and if you have them aracarna will sit on almost anything and not only hatch them but also brood them. To have both eggs and shell gone is very unusual, I would start to look further a field chooks dont normally eat the shell unless they are very short on calcium. If that is the case give them some oyster shell. I also regularly put in a large box of beach sand for them to fluff and bath in
I think the problem was you left few chicks eggs in the nest with quail eggs and there was size difference. So chikens considered them discarded eggs amd ate them.
Thanks for the honest comment. Really appreciate that
My chickens got a mouse once when scratching in some mulch it was truly brutal .