Congrats to the winners!
Just thought I'd update, of the 7 tester eggs, one died early, one died before pipping and 5 hatched. Last chick needed help, has a crooked beak and what I can only equate to a cleft palate. Otherwise it seems fine though.
Thanks. I had set forty something quail eggs, of them only 2/3 were fertile. All of the infertile eggs came from one colony. I paired the hens from that colony with another rooster to test their fertility. These eggs show the girls are fertile so my rooster is a dud. I'll probly replace him with...
Since we're sharing pics. The teaser chicks are growing up.
Babs, the one in the foreground I believe is a cockerel.
Sleepy, this one had me worried for a few days, all she did was sleep.
I'm hoping these four are pullets.
I usually moisten a cleaning rag with some dish detergent, go back over it with another moist rag then wipe it down with a Clorox wipe. I figure if I can close it for a day and it smells clean it's gotta be good enough.
Congratz on all the hatching everyone! I'm still waiting on my tester quail...
Cute english whites Melissa Rose.
I did a final count today during cleaning, after losing the weak one today I have 7 chickens and 23 coturnix quail. The OEGB are spunky little birds, and one of the wyandottes thinks she can fly already.
Well since we're talking ameraucana colors.. granted mine didn't come from mrheinz but maybe someone will be able to tell. All three of them look the same.
Back and face
Face and belly
Someone has to build up the excitement of hatchday!
Oh yea, here's a video I took of them today, mostly the chickens but the quail make a few appearances. The ending with the OEGB is cute!
They seem to be doing good today. The quail that hatched with it's yolk unabsorbed is struggling a little though. I've been giving it nutracal hoping to get some calories and stregnth in it.
Here's another teaser pic, the last chicken that hatched last night, a little wyandotte snuggles with...
I used some plastic silverware things about the same size as yours. I didn't make a cage with them though, so now the hardware cloth rack now has a 4x4 hole in it cause the quail managed to fall through...
ETA; I have 3 more pips. 2 wyandottes and another ameraucana. I lost a couple more quail...
Seems to be doing good. It was weak when it came out so it's a wait and see, we've been pumping the nutracal and save-a-chick into it.
I lost count of the quail, I think there's 24 out, a couple that have pipped and one that died after zipping, never got out of the egg. I had helped one that...
Sometimes they can hatch on their own, but this one doesn't seem to have any way to move inside the egg, so I'll be slowly helping the chick.
One chick is out, the first ameraucana that pipped earlier this morning, zipped and hatched in maybe 30 mins. The quail are dancing around but no one is...
You could use egg cartons, I know some people here hatch in them, one the humidity is stable they shouldn't cause sudden drops or anything, and I've never had them become soggy or anything from humidity.
I wish I could leave mine closed, I have one that pipped the wrong end and can't really move.