A quick update on my eggs. Had 3 more hatch today for a total of 18 out of 30 eggs. I had to help the last one hatch and on top of that he had curled feet so I taped them. He's getting around ok and is feeding. This is my first hatch and I must say they are the cutest little buggers ever! It...
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That does make perfect sense that they would hatch earlier if they had already started to develop. Don't know what I was thinking.
I will try and post a pic and a video if I can.
Edit: couldn't upload a video of a chick hatching. guess it was to large.
Congrats on the ones that hatched! Sorry to hear about the ones that didn't make it.:( I have a update of my own. Out of my 30 Gambel eggs, 8 hatched on the 25th day and 7 this morning- the 26th day for a total of 15. The first 8 survived the night. I have a pretty good idea why they were late...
Fantastic article TwoCrows! I can see you put a lot of time and effort into this. Very well written and extremely helpful for beginners like me. This will be bookmarked. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of quail!.
I've been doing a lot of research on Gambel quail since I have 30 eggs in the incubator now. From everything I've read most of them will hatch on day 23. Of course, some may come on day 22 and 24. One of the posts I saw had 1 hatch on day 21 and the rest all hatched on day 23. Guess 1 wanted to...
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I started fallowing this thread about 3 days ago and just got caught up. It sounds like it's been one heck of a ride for you. A lot of ups and downs both. I'm very sorry for your losses.
I am glad you started this journey and have allowed everyone to fallow along. I have...
Just wanted to say "Hi" to everyone.:frowI have 30 Gambel's eggs in the incubator atm. I have done a ton of research on them before jumping into this adventure. One of my searches brought me here. I must say I am very happy to have found this community!
I will do plenty of searches before I ask...