So the results of the incubation are in. 10/20 eggs hatched, chick no 11 hatched badly and was very weak with curled toes. 7 more dead chicks in various stages of development.
I have concluded the temperature fluctuations of the incubator were too much for most chicks.(ranging 37.1 - 37.8)
I am...
I would say just make sure you keep an eye on the chick she has. If she is looking after it, not leaving it alone etc then it should be fine. Might help her learn to be a better mom next time. But if she starts to leave it at all take it away.
I'm not very experianced with hatching... but i have gotten perfectly viable chicks up to 3/4 days After first hatching.
What is the humidity in your incubator?
Hi all,
I was hoping to find out what sort of enclosures everyone keeps their quail in.
I wanted to enhance their enclosures as much as possible to make it interesting.
Currently I have them on sawdust shavings in a customized rabbit style run with attched chicken house (completely wasted as...
@007Sean Thank you very much I will try adding less water .
@Thatothercrazychickenlady that is actually very helpful, although I don't have channels( it just gets poured into the bottom it does give me an idea, I can probably make a channel to pour water into!
Hi everybody,
I know there is alot of other posts about the janoel 12 but i haven't really found much helpful advise...
I am currently running it at 37.5 (but it fluctuates madly during day to evening and can get down to 37.1 and up to 37.9, it is in a temperature stable part of the house).
I...
Hi all! Hoping someone might know... for the first time I've seen an unusual small black hard lump in my quails egg. There is no male so it can't be an embryo and it was hard boiled when I noticed it so don't think blood spots... they are not young girls(ranging from 1.5 -3 years) but all fairly...