Update: The EHAL quail are doing nicely and are almost ready to go outside! :jumpy
The Duckling that we assisted who my hubby named Short Round died a week or so after hatch and so we are down to the 7 that hatched out on there own. As far as a rule of thumb now we're with those of you who have...
Bummer, that's another reason I like
Ducks. They tend to be nicer. We got our brooder boxes from Walmart. We bought the biggest plastic boxes they had! I hope there ok! Your babies!
My hubby just said, " Hey bees are poultry too! They have wings, they lay eggs and they give golden goodness, they just don't shell it out everyday!" I love my husband! :gig
I've got two other drakes I can try. My plan was going to rotate them and try and hatch out those eggs and see who's the best drake and then cull the rest. There's no point in me keeping a male that doesn't cover all my females or just eats himself fat. I think there problem is that they are...
Yes most of mine were infertile. Of the 27 duck eggs where I had two males running with my females only 13 of those eggs were fertile! No idea on the quail eggs because those are more difficult to candle but I believe 12-15 of those I could see clearly and were blanks out of the 35 that I placed...
No worries I tend to be on the side of caution for these kinds of things anyways. I am truly sorry for the losses but you and your strong drake have gone through. Unfortunately after consulting with my hubby we just can't take the risk in rehabilitating him at this point however if you would...
Yes I'm wondering this as well! The first hatch we did we did dry until hatch day! And they hatched fine but with the others when I try and have the humidity right we loose chicks in lock down and to shrink wrap.