Coturnix Quail Fertile Hatching Eggs, 12 Count Hens Choice

Received 12 eggs. After candling after 2 weeks in the incubator 9 were fertile. 7 hatched at around 18 days. 2 did not hatch. This is the first time hatching quail eggs so I'm happy with the results. After 3 days the seven are doing well. I bought game bird feed at the local farm supply that was 28% protein. I ground it up more in a cheap blender to almost a powder for the new babies. Put in a paper towel in the (homade) broader box. I will feed them this for the first couple weeks then give them the feed without blending. I put water in some 2 litter bottle caps for them to drink. They can reach it easily. I also have a regular quail waterer that holds a quart of water. They will get used to it as they grow. Make sure the waterer is for quail and not chickens. They will drown in a chicken waterer. They drink and eat pretty often so make sure they don't run out. They'll rest alot also. It's amazing how tiny they are when hatched. Hopefully you'll have as good luck as I did. I found quail eggs locally for 3 dollars a dozen so I'll probably go that route next time but overall I had a good experience with these eggs.

Terrible company with terrible customer service.Only 6 of my 12 eggs were even fertilized when starting incubation. Only 3 of the 6 were successfully hatched.

I made two purchases from this store. The first time, none of the eggs hatched due to a poor incubator. However, the second time, after changing the incubator, 11 out of 14 eggs successfully hatched.

The eggs arrived 4 days earlier then I had expected which is great! 6 out of the 12 had cracks and 1 had been broken and dried over. I placed all of them into my incubator anyway. I will update again once they begin to hatch.Update: out of the 12 eggs only one quail hatched and he/she was very loved until it died 4 days later. It had a balance issue and couldn’t stand upright. Long story short, I will try to find eggs locally next time. Changing my 4 stars to 2 due to the fact that only 1 hatched.

Had 7 of the 12 hatch. One did arrive cracked and other 5 were not fertilized at all. Other than that great experience. Beautiful variety of colors.

SO happy with my purchase!! Arrived 6 days after purchase with 16 eggs (likely due to possible failures which I was grateful for) and all looked great!! We had 13 of the chicks hatch day 18-20 and I checked the remaining 3 eggs and they were all fertile so it’s likely due to my incubator being pretty cheap. 3 quail did not survive but the 3 that did not make it hatched late and had trouble doing so which happens with quail not all make it. We ended up with 10 healthy chicks and I could not be happier it was such a successful hatching and it was so cheap I will 100% be coming back if I ever choose to incubate again and I’m sure if I i eat in a better incubator my success rate will be even higher :)

The quality of this item probably depends on seller and is likely not very consistent. I bought from ladonnaM, who shipped 16 eggs. I tossed 4 of them that were clearly cracked, so that left 12. Most of the 12 had hairline cracks, and all had detached air cells. I guess fixing the cracked ones with nail polish like what some people say might be a viable thing to do next time (to avoid the egg from drying out too fast).Out of the 12, I had 3 hatching on days 17, 18, and 19. I dropped 1 egg on day 7.In the end, I had 3 chicks. Upon inspection, for the rest of the eggs, the one I dropped was viable and pretty developed before it died. There are another two that had some development. But the rest 6 had no development at all - indicating that they were not viable. So only 50% of the eggs were viable. Of the viable ones, I am getting a 66% success rate (50% because of the accidental drop...). So I guess things are pretty normal if not for half of the eggs not being viable to start with.But then, this is my first time and 3 quails are enough to keep me busy. So I am not unhappy about it. With that said, I might try eBay next time though. They seem to sell a larger volume of these and have a larger selection, with more reviews and therefore likely more responsible sellers.

When it arrived, 2/12 were cracked with the yolk everywhere in the container. I am a longtime pro of hatching eggs, and so I candled the remaining ones to check for cracks before putting them in the 'bator: only to discover hairline cracks in two more of the ten remaining. I still went ahead and incubated the eight remaining ones, and though the temperature/humidity was perfect the entire time, at twelve days only four eggs had developed at all. Of those, only three hatched. It was a complete waste of money and I'm beyond frustrated.