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ONGRATS! here comes the best part. I don't even know what hatch I'm on anymore but each one is full of surprises a little different.

Congrats those first babies are so fun and that is a good hatch rate.

I set 120 Brown coturnix eggs and 75 hatched! It's been 4 days and I only lost 1. I had to assist 3 out. I other had crooked feet not legs. But it seems fine now. All in all a decent hatch I think.

The two quail are probably scared they are gonna be dinner. LOL well maybe actually.

I wish I had a basement. LOL! Not a whole lot of people in Florida with those. My water table is only 21 inches down right now so my basement would be a pool. I've tried my pantry but its not cool enough. I am consider a special egg storage closet which would be cooled so maybe in there.

Ive used it and known people who do and I'm in south Florida. But I couldn't keep it edible. It kept rotting and people told me it was my humidity and heat combo.

If your talking fermented feed then no I don't but only cause its so hot and humid here I have a hard time controlling the bacterial and fungal growth. I do use wet mash as needed to give them some herbs now and then. They do eat less my theory is it sticks to the crop better and is probably...

I got my wheat seed and occasionally barley at a feed store. Just call a few and see who has complete or whole seed wheat or barley for feeding livestock. I have to grow my fodder inside.or it molds from humidity outside. If your hot and humid you should be able to grow food most if not all year...

Lol I have a dog but she would sleep through your 20 gauge and my 12 gauge. My parrots are usually good alarms which is what really freaks me out because it means they know them.

I think it may be a felony were I am. If you steal oranges from a grove it a felony and I think any ag. Business falls under this law. But I have no proof they are my birds. They weren't banded and no cameras yet.

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts. I'm more worried about them dieing from not being taken care of than the fact that someone took them. The weirdest thing is they left 20 behind l my breeders, my parrots, my chickens everything else. But locks are getting installed on all cages tomorrow...

I think someone stole some chicks last night. The wire is to small for anything to get in and there are no openings. I had two mystery hatchlings that came out blond that are gone. I am so heart broken. No signs of foul play. 30 plus just vanished during the night.

Oh now your testing me LOL. Lets see if I can remember, they are all labeled at home, Turmeric, Tansy, Echinacea, ginger, mints, cayenne pepper, been, yarrow (when it cooperates here), sweet everlasting and many others. I'm also sure there are some I'm growing for other reasons and have not...

Try to mix your grains so its more complete. But I grow wheat, millet, black oil sunflower, shalu (Egyptian wheat- which has a fascinating history with quail) and I would like to grow others but this is what I have had luck with in my hot humid locale. I have a hard time with cereal grains here...

96 eggs went in so far 60 have hatched. First hatch from this group of breeders and its amazing the recessive colors popping out. So far to blond in tone some cinnamon and rosellas I believe will have see for sure in a few weeks what everyone turns out to be. I am concerned with color for my...

So I have come to the conclusion the last batch of eggs I purchased were mixed breed even though they were supposed to be pharoahs. They hatched cinnamon and all other Brown tones and now 11 weeks later their first hatch as parents I have a white one. It's like a supprise in every shell.

Was your humidity high through the incubation? This can make them hatch early. Day 16 is good though I wouldnt worry. I've had many hatch at day 16 since where I am I struggle to keep humidity down.

Your hatch may just be a bit delayed and spaced out. Think positive. I'm send happy baby quail wishes your way. I had to assist 4 in my last hatch and they are all healthy birds now. When I assist I only unzip them so they can breath properly then let them rest a bit. This way they can come out...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/9316/intervention-helping-your-chicks-hatch/180#post_11681111 This may help.

You might want to search assisting hatches just in case it takes to much longer or it appears weak. Sometimes they pip before they are ready sometimes other things go wrong look at that it should give you some good info. I will go see if I can find it and post it.