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  1. Susan Skylark

    Baby coturnix hatched 2 days early

    Day 14 with a really warm incubator isn’t unheard of, I’ve had normal chicks hatch on day 15 with a 100F incubator. Sounds like wry neck or some other developmental issue, birds can survive but often grow slower and don’t compete well with normal birds (get bullied). There is a big difference...
  2. Susan Skylark

    Massive eggs from Teeny Hen

    There may be a hormonal issue or something goofy with the repro tract, if it is only one bird it is unlikely to be nutritional or toxin related, genetic issues usually show up right away, infection would be a weird cause. Some sort of developmental issue either with the hormone regulating cells...
  3. Susan Skylark

    UnAbsorbed Yoke? Possibly help please

    You can try tying a thread around the base of it, right next to the body, pull it tight as you can and secure with 2-3 square knots. Hopefully it dries up in a few days and it falls off. You’ll want to keep other chicks away so they don’t peck at/pull on it. Complications include hernia...
  4. Susan Skylark

    Is this the start of a blood ring?

    Blood rings form after embryonic death as blood vessels break down, so a live embryo rules out a blood ring, probably a clot or enlarged blood vessel or large massing of vessels, I would just keep an eye on it.
  5. Susan Skylark

    Would like some advice for Keet injury (graphic image and description warning)

    That is really bad, the bone is exposed and she’s lost a significant amount of skin, sepsis and osteomyelitis (bone infection) are likely in the next 72 hours. She needs to be on antibiotics asap if she’s going to have a chance but she will also lose a significant amount of heat, nutrients and...
  6. Susan Skylark

    Tiny egg no yolk and a lump of something

    Could be an unknown deep sea dwelling invertebrate, an alien embryo, or a soggy mushroom, however I don’t recommend eating it (yes, this is a silly answer!).
  7. Susan Skylark

    Set it and forget it hatch trial

    With our summer trip schedule this year I’ve got to plan hatches around when we are gone, not just for incubation but I don’t want my bird sitter to have to mess with brooder chicks either. But can you hatch eggs if you are gone for a week but have a stable incubator? Yes, things can happen...
  8. Susan Skylark

    Multiple chickens displaying symptoms

    Just a clarification, vitamin E deficiency is not a neurological disease (disease of brain or nerve tissue) but rather a muscle degeneration issue (called white muscle in calves). Affected animals are weak, often unable to rise and sometimes suffering sudden death from heart failure...
  9. Susan Skylark

    Quail see, quail do!

    I have some babies I wanted to move outside but they aren’t nipple waterer trained (and when I try in the brooder they just ignore it and go for the water bottle). I tried to show these 3 week chicks what to do but they are too busy having a panic attack to pay attention. If they were going in...
  10. Susan Skylark

    100% dry hatch or partial dry hatch?

    You also need to consider this is a microclimate, what is happening inside the bubble is far different than room conditions, yes drafts, humidity and room temps effect said microclimate but treat it like an aquarium or greenhouse, you need accurate gages for what is happening inside and adjust...
  11. Susan Skylark

    Duckling 1 but humidity is decreasing

    You can open to add more water especially if no pipping.
  12. Susan Skylark

    Eggs were stored for a week before incubating

    Don’t worry about minor humidity fluctuations, aim for an average. Older eggs have a slightly decreased hatch rate at a week, after 10 days things get much worse. I intentionally left quail eggs sit 2-3 weeks and incubated until day 9, development was great but I did not take to hatch, you’ll...
  13. Susan Skylark

    Chicks Died in Egg

    Were these shipped eggs? I had 50% die in shell on my last shipped batch, other possibilities are anything that stresses eggs preincubation or in the first few days of development: cold or heat exposure, incubator heat spikes, 10 days or older when set, shipping…when the bird is only a couple...
  14. Susan Skylark

    Please help first time chicken owner!

    Eye trauma is a good possibility, stick, peck, whatever. Can you gently open the lid and see what shape the eye is in? Otherwise just keep her away from would be peckers and she’ll baby it along. If it starts oozing pus you may want antibiotics. Eyes tend to heal wonderfully or completely go...
  15. Susan Skylark

    Breed vs color for local fair exhibition

    Sorry, I have a graduate degree in the biological sciences so I’m running with the ornithological definition of species here and to my limited knowledge the only species of turkey are those descended from the North American wild turkey (the ancient mayas domesticated them, not sure if the...
  16. Susan Skylark

    Quail with brittle chalky eggs: internal abnormalities

    Sorry, no pics, butcher day is a bit messy for pictures mid-mess! I had three quail to cull, two aggressive males and a 4 month old hen that has been daily laying blue eggs (not celadon) with a brittle chalky shell that indent with the least touch. It took me a bit to localize the bird but...
  17. Susan Skylark

    Rogue quail false alarm, a gaffe!

    So I went downstairs into the basement today and heard that sound males make when they are all excited, but I don’t have any adults in my basement and my chicks are in a different room. After my heart attack I realized it was an old little giant automatic turner I’m storing my hatching eggs in...
  18. Susan Skylark

    Sanitizing Kebonnix incubator

    A good cleaning with soap and water, plus or minus a vinegar rinse, making sure to remove all gunk and build up followed by a complete air dry is all you need, but if you are really concerned, apply a bleach solution after cleaning and allow 5-10 minutes of contact before wiping it down and air...
  19. Susan Skylark

    Egg turning question

    24 hours with no turning is fine but make sure that turner is working or start hand turning, I lost 17/20 eggs due to a faulty turner I didn’t realize was a problem!
  20. Susan Skylark

    Deep wound care: GRAPHIC IMAGES*

    The muscle turns black as it dries out and is exposed to air, go by smell and how bird is feeling as well as spreading of blackness to gauge necrosis. That wound will heal much faster if stitched but it won’t hold sutures at the moment, you missed the initial window, but you’ll get another...
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