Eggs laid by quail. Quail eggs are eggs laid by a bird called quail, which have a delicate texture and good flavor, but because quail themselves are not very large, the size of the quail eggs they lay is quite small.
The shell of quail eggs is off-white, with reddish-brown and purplish-brown markings. High-quality quail eggs are brightly colored, hard-shelled, with dark yellow yolks and sticky whites. There is a natural protective layer on the outside of quail eggs, raw quail eggs can be stored for 45 days at room temperature, cooked quail eggs can be stored for 3 days at room temperature.
Incubation technologyQuail incubation with natural incubation and artificial incubation of two kinds, natural incubation can choose female chickens, female pigeons on behalf of hatching, artificial incubation is the use of chicken incubators, incubation of selected quail eggs. Incubation temperature is slightly higher than the incubation temperature of chicken chicks, the general room temperature of 20-23 ℃ can be, the relative humidity should be preserved Shi 65% or so.
In the first two days of the chick, humidity increased to more than 80%, and often ventilated, in the embryo will be broken out of the shell when the chick, every 2-3 hours, to 90-degree angle of rotation of the eggs, to help the embryo activities. Seed egg incubation period of 17 days, chicks out of the shell 12 hours after the start of feeding, drinking water, the latest not more than 24 hours.