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Sorry for the late update! I was hand-watering a baby with a spinal deformity and crooked head (not wry neck, didn't look similar and didnt respond to vitamin dosing) every hour until early this morning so I am wiped. We lost him, but it wasn't a surprise, he was a trooper but along with that he...

Ha, thanks. Me too, as I had friends over at the time too, poor things. In a twisted way I'm glad it happened so early in my quail adventure, as it was obviously going to at some point and I never would have been quite prepared for it before it happened. Foxes, yes. Raccoons, yes. Coyotes, yes...

Aw, thanks! This is my fourth hatch but in very quick overlapping succession, so my learning curve has been quick but not necessarily thorough. There are a few deaths from the first few batches that were 100% my fault (ignorance about genetic mechanisms and the actual freakish dryness of our...

I've got two healthy chicks (yay!), and one more that's struggling in the shell without seeming to make any progress. My gut feeling is that it is not going to be healthy, but we will see. I've got it in my separate tiny incubator ready to assist more if I need to, but I'm trying not to rush it...

I definitely will if he makes it (or doesn't) another ~12 hrs till I pull a batch out. For science's sake, here is his exact deformity: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/deformed-at-hatch-caution-graphic-images.846001/ He is maybe half as bad as the "best" chick in that awful hatch, but...

Thank you guys! It's working! I got a healthy chick within another hour. Poor little dude. I vowed this time I would not be opening the brooder for any reason until ~24 hrs post first hatch, as I live somewhere with 9% air humidity and it mucks things up instantly. He doesn't seem to be...

A few weeks ago I had an ordered box of eggs that accidentally got left out overnight in freezing temps because the seller forgot to update tracking information. I agreed to set them anyways and hope for the best. I was ecstatic yesterday to see half a dozen pips! Well, the first chick...