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You can try "shelving" the kits (babies); even youngest can survive up to 12 hours away from mom.Examine, store in a box with some of nesting material, put in a Safe place in your house. Return them to her up to several times a day, be sure tummys are full and rounded before bed - night. This...

Mom KNOWS she n family are prey for Every carnivorous creature ever born. Leave "abandoned" kits where they are, take flour and make a circle around nest n babies, you will see mom has not abandoned by tracks/disturbances in flour ring Numerous times throughout day n night. Even newborns can...

Numerous schools of thought on keeping rabbit and chickens together. Mites ARE an issue as well as Salmonila. Temperature issues can be addressed, Commit to where housed (inside or out) Ma Nature will assist, coat density, etc. Just maintain environment. Like blanketing a horse then in...

My broody has One so far, still working on 2.

You have just Started "lock down", correct? Watch humidity and temp say a little prayer each time you check on them. That is what I found myself doing anyway. 🤣

With friends. 😉 😎

Worst shipped egg Ever 🤨😨 Crossedmy mind. Doomed from start? Temps high enough With Out a 'bator Unplugging as environmental temps rise. 95 predicted outside. AT correct temp, plugged in turner Set @10 a.m Marked 18th day on calendar. Set dry, 18 forward humidity.

From my experiences both actual and reading, nesting is showing she is Ready to be a mom n wants to be bred. Considering her size some prefer to wait till 9 - 12 months of age. To allow more maturity both physical n mental. Yes, I have read of pregnancy occurring through fences, cage walls.

Thanks for the support y'all, and the wax idea. Fragile ones seem better today, Old Farmers Almanac suggests July 7 as good day to set new hatch. Just keep breathing

Found another. 😔

Worst batch of shipped eggs Ever. 😥 sent 16. 2 if I can think of Someway to repair shell... Took auto turner out set near bator, have 8 uncracked large side up. Cracked ones look, scrambled In shell. 😰 Yet, still Life may find a way 🤔 (???)

Sorry for your loss. (Gator) I don't know much about quail except clutches are quite numerous. 😉

These are what I am waiting on (delivery) to hatch along July 2020 Incubator is up to temp n holding well. 3 thermometers and Turner, just need eggs.

Any pictures yet?

You may try freezing some larger containers, get a fan (box type usually economical) put ice block and fan at one end of cages. This works okay if cages are in a row. Fan blows over ice and down aisle of cages. Also ceramic floor tile can be frozen - 90 + temps here. Tiles put in with rabbits...

Looking for July Hatch along thread Eggs arriving early this week. OFA says set July 7. So between settling after shipping may set a few days early. Test batch for some folks in IL. Requires pictures as they develop. Noting pointed eggs apposed to round - Are pointy eggs more likely roosters...

I have a Silky cross that goes broody Often. 3 hens, started laying 2 dozen eggs later broodyness spread through flock. Apple Cider Vinegar (WITH "mother" - sediment in bottom of bottle). Shake to combine, put 1 TBS in water dish. I do Not understand Why it works, for mine it has...