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By MANFRED CALL
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Through experience I have found that raising quail can be fun and tedious. There are many processes and problems that I can help you with in your new adventure. I will tell you of the problems that I had and the solutions I developed.
To get started you must first decide the number of eggs you wish to hatch and secure and incubate. Twenty percent of my eggs did not hatch, so I would advise you to order a few more eggs to cover the difference.
As for ordering the eggs, mine came mailorder from an advertisement I found in a Field and Stream magazine, and the incubator was purchased at the local feed store. Once you have these items, you will be ready to start incubating the eggs.
The first thing you should do is to warm the incubator to one hundred and one degrees farenheit. Next, with a pencil, mark an x on one side of each egg. The x mark will enable you to keep track of which side is up when rolling the eggs.
Now place the eggs in the incubator making sure all the sides that are marked are facing upward. Finally, close the incubator and regulate the temperature so that it maintains a constant temperature of one hundred and one degrees. For the next twentythree days, the number of days required for quail eggs to hatch, you must roll the eggs from side to side to prevent the embryo from adhering to the inside of the shell.
They must be rolled over once in the morning and once in the afternoon. In addition, follow the manufacturer’s directions for maintaining humidity within the incubator.
On the tw’enty-third day after starting incubation, you should hear
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