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  1. learning2homestead

    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    Well we have had no more chicks hatch, 2 pipped the outside but never made it. We (DH and me) are going to look at the eggs today. so out of 50 eggs 4 hatched(1 died) so we have 3 baby bobwhites. I am thinking of getting some more but not sure if hubby will let me or not. there are several...
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    I have more that hatched, we had to help it along cause it was starting to get dried out. it won't stand it just flops around. not sure what I am gonna do. it is about half the size as the others and it still has a wet look but it is dry. keeping my fingers crossed that it makes it. I am...
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    Need quail mate Anyone in SE Texas?

    Thank you for your response and yes, I had one more hatch and it looks like another one is trying to hatch. It seems I miscalculated the dates on the eggs when I put them in the incubator, yesterday was actually the 28th day and I counted it as the 30th day. I am just actually glad that I...
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    I am going to wait another day or two, I had one egg rocking, and another egg pipping but nothing has happened yet. I added a little bit more water(was almost dry) when I tood the other 2 babies out so maybe that will help(since I messed up on the dates). I have added pictures of the babies...
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    I will try that, I came to the realization that I counted the wrong days. lol I counted like 25 or 26 instead of 28. I have 2 hatch so far, but I am going to try what you said about the stuff animal. that is a great idea. Thank you
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    My husband just called me over to the incubator, I looked and there was another one in there, I couldn't believe it. I have another egg that is rocking back and forth, and 2 that has chips in it where it looks like they are pipping. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I looked at my calendar, I...
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    I candled them, about half were doing great, veins, then dark solid mass at the 2nd candleing(when they went into lockdown) the other half never developed anything. now I just have to figure out how to keep this 1 alive since they don't do good alone
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    Yes they were shipped eggs. this baby is hovering over in a corner like something is wrong, but when I tap on the incubator it moves around normally. was yours shipped?
  9. learning2homestead

    Need quail mate Anyone in SE Texas?

    I am West of Houston, Anyone SE Houston that might have a baby Quail that can be a mate to by baby chick? I don't think that anymore of my eggs are going to hatch and I only got 1 chick out of 50 eggs. The eggs were suppose to hatch on Monday and this chick didn't hatch until last night. The...
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    Well isn't that something. here it is 2 days after the eggs were suppose to hatch and I decided to leave the eggs in just for the heck of it and low and behold when I woke up this morning something told me to go check it(I checked it yesterday morning and there was nothing, didn't check it the...
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    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    Good luck to everyone else who put their eggs in
  12. learning2homestead

    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    well the count down has gotten to 0 days left as of 8pm yesterday and no babies. guess none of them will hatch.
  13. learning2homestead

    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    none have exploded yet, since I just went on lockdown, is it to late to take them out?
  14. learning2homestead

    Lock Down - Here goes nothing

    Ok I have officially went on lockdown. As many of you has read my post, You know I was having problems with my humidity and temp. Well I went into lockdown about 10 minutes ago. I candled a few eggs to see where it was at. some where clear, some were clear with red veins, some all dark but...
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    Kit or no kit for a log home

    Hi everyone, I am looking at getting a log cabin. I am a very new to log cabins. I have helped my dad build houses from the ground up(he is still alive so he could help me build a kit). I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on if I should go with a kit and build it myself or look into...
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