Recent content by birdymama

Thank you everyone for your condolences. Really need to get the warning out there, for all those who don't know and might easily make this mistake with good intentions in mind. @Grandmabird, I've since learned that avocado is toxic to all birds, not just baby quail, it is also toxic to dogs...

Just thought I would impart some advice following a very sad day, so that hopefully nobody has to go through the pain and loss of what i just went through. Avocado is toxic to Quails. I had about 5 baby quails a couple of weeks apart that i was raising, about my tenth time rearing babies in my...

My new babies... Healthy and kicking. (hint, feed banana in the first week to get them enough vitamins, heard that they can die from vitamin deficiency in the first week.poke at whatever you want them to eat, and keep in mind, one on it's own will bond more readily with you than two or more even...

I stuff them in my bra in a tissue during the day and put them in a small wooden box i clutch to my chest under covers at night. Human body temp is 36 degrees Celsius. Warm enough to hatch eggs, and better control than an incubator, no electricity, no humidity needed, in fact i would warn...

Mum gave me another 5 eggs not sure what day they were on, it is winter and the chicks never survive in good temperatures, so here i am again. Of those 5 two were viable. One had a break in it, i put a bandaid with silver in the bandage part and a bit of betadine and crossed my fingers. Seems to...

I would leave them for another 3-4 days. Cold temperatures can delay the hatch date. Have you been disturbing them much? Can you post a pic of your candling results?

Probably internal pipping or attempts at external pipping. Whatever you do don't try to give them an air hole or help them pip. They need the carbon dioxide buildup to complete the zip action. It is normal for it to take 24-48 hours after first pip.

It might delay the hatch, or they might have quit. Just wait and see.

The temperature or humidity may be too high. This sounds like what happened when my friend decided to turn up the temp on my homemade bator without telling me and all my babies cooked while desperately trying to hatch early. Really horrible experience. Did not realize till after.

Had six of them hatch over the past month, had two quit in incubation due to going cold while i was asleep and had a third that hatched but fell from a height while i was preparing a lamp for it and died from internal injuries a day later. Here are some pics of my surviving babies.

Could be anything, strong vibrations of public transport, cold, or sweat, possibly deoderant or soaps? If you feel you are sweating too much place a single tissue between your skin and the egg. I use bi-carb as a deoderant because i don't feel safe using the brand types. And use coffee scrub and...

The chick needs carbon dioxide build up to activate the pipping action. Has it pipped the entire way round or is there just a single hole. If it is just a hole has been more than a day and the membrane has dried out carefully remove shell help the chicks head out and let it do the rest.

Be careful. If humidity is too high, eggs will become more fragile or spoil.

Should be fine. They might take longer to hatch but that is all.

Bacteria got into the egg somehow and the egg went off from the sounds of it. The chick would have died. The bubbling gas would have made the pip in my experience.