Break the broody. I know you feel bad because of what people are saying - but this is not as complicated as you think. Your rooster is always going to fertilize the eggs; if you let your broody sit on them then let her sit. Basically, sh*t or get off the pot. You need to collect your eggs daily…...
At three months your silkies are not broody. And you can’t force or encourage a bird to go broody; it either happens or it doesn’t. An incubator would probably be best for your quail eggs since chickens are much larger and could crush the chicks.
If you have a rooster all eggs will be fertile all the time. If you don’t want more chicks, then collect them and eat them. If you do want chicks, your broody that just hatched the two chicks is going to be busy being a mom and will not sit on eggs again until she is broody again which is an...
There is not another opening; sounds like the egg is too large to pass. I would give her a crushed up calcium tablet immediately and keep soaking her until the egg comes out. I’m going to summon someone with more experience with this.
@Eggcessive
Don’t run - stand your ground and literally be the bigger cock. He’s practicing to attack you and testing you at the same time to see what kind of a fight you’ll put up. Put him in his place now, don’t show fear and always appear bigger. Walk into him and make him move out of your way (but don’t...
To diagnose impacted crop (which comes first), remove all food and water overnight and check their crops again in the morning. If they are not flat and empty and are instead bulged and full, then there is an impaction. It’s normal for birds to sometimes regurgitate a little water after drinking...
I believe this is an autosex breed; the chipmunk looking ones should be pullets. No stripe and a dot on the head means cockerel
Am I right @Overo Mare
@Rhodebar Lover