Dangit. Our firstborn perished overnight. I have a very flat dish with not even a tablespoon of water in it. The little guy must’ve slipped and gotten too cold and died 😭 We had one sickly chick that also passed last night, but we got to say goodbye to it first. My kid is gonna be soooo upset...
Update: the little one’s hanging in there so far. Guess the white stuff on its butt was probably poo? Butt is still bulging big time. It’s standing up for the most part now, but tumbles every time it takes a few steps. It’s having a hard time keeping its head up. Any hope for it? Praying it’ll...
This little one pipped last night and was stuck with its foot out for over 8 hours. It just broke free a few minutes ago, and is rolling around. Wings look uneven, it’s having more trouble trying to stand up than the other newborns did, and what is that on the butt? It’s bulgy and whitish (looks...
We have quails hatching right now and I set up the quailjail (brooder) last night, but a neighbor tells me that the bedding I bought isn’t safe for the newly hatched…? Can anyone advise on this before I run out to buy larger pine shavings?
TIA!
Thank you! This makes me feel so much more at ease, as I’ve heard from others that I absolutely need to leave them alone until all viables are done hatching and just the thought makes my chest feel tight 😆 I don’t even have a quail baby yet and I’m already searching online for where I can get...
Hi! It’s my first time incubating eggs, ever. We received celadon coturnix eggs from a friend, her babies started hatching on day 14!
We are on our day 13 right now, and when I went to add water yesterday there were 3 eggs wiggling! I texted my friend who warned me that hers started hatching...