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All the September hatches that will be added to the flock when big enough.

I have bad news! A rotten oder was coming from the hatcher. When I checked on it one of the eggs appeared to be cracked all the way around, but the membrane was in tacked. I pulled the egg and determined that it was the source of the foul smell. Placing the egg in a Ziploc bag I did a quick...

Here are the pictures I promised! The lone chick. She (hoping for a she) is in with the ducklings due to her size, too big for the quail brooder. The two ducklings I kept from the second duck egg set. They are already getting too tall for their brooder. I had to retrieve a panicked...

Wow! You go away for a weekend and so much is missed. 119 posts to catch up on, LOL! So, long story short: M-I-L was moving and needed some help. "Hello, I and DH are the help." Just before we left the one and only chick hatched. Yay! The other egg was an early quitter. That is a 50% hatch...

I, personally, like having a separate hatch for situations like this. Although, I have used the method you are suggesting in the past with favorable results. I think you should be fine hand turning the chickens so long as you don't keep the incubator open for too long. You aren't. A light...

:duc I've got NEWS!! :duc First the bad news: The quail chick didn't hatch. I opened the egg earlier today and found the chick died before even pipping internally. :hit One of the two chicken eggs quit some time ago but wasn't noticed until candling/lockdown. Now the good news: The last two...

I usually pick random names, but Elvis just seemed to fit this duckling.

The quail? No, they are too small to safely check. Although, if their constant peeping is any indicator then they are most likely both male. (males tend to be more vocal than females.) They did quiet down considerably once the ducklings were added to their broader. Unfortunately, they have to...

Here are the pictures I was promising. Meet Elvis. (male) Here is Elvis with his half sister Presley and the two quail chicks. (They still need names)

Upside down air cell malposition duckling hatched!! It was an assisted hatch, but she is out and doing well!! (Yes, I sex my ducklings. 1 male and 1 female so far for this set.) The last quail egg is silent and motionless. I am not sure how much longer I will give it to try and hatch, but I...

I am not finding anything in a google search about why you ended up with a white chick. May be a genetic abnormality, or possibly a different breed entirely. Are these your eggs out of your barred rock hens by your barred rock rooster, or did you buy them from another person? It could be...

YAY!!! Woke up with 2 quail chicks already hatched! They must be males, they both have been incessantly peeping all morning. And just now I witnessed the first duckling kick its way out of the shell! WooHoo!! So, far a great morning. The last quail chick (for this set) can be heard tapping...

Just had a "Yay! Sob! Yay!" day. The second set of duck eggs and first set of quail eggs went in the hatcher for lock-down on Sunday. There was confirmed movement in all the ducks eggs (quail eggs are to small to see anything by this point). Woke up Monday to the first pipped duck egg. Yay...

I had to say goodbye, this morning, to the three chicks from last weeks hatch and all five little ducklings. :hit They went to their new home. It is hard to say goodbye, but I know that it is the right thing to do. If I kept everything I hatch DH would probably have me commited :hide and the...

WooHoo!! The last two ducklings hatched! The first three are already fluffed out and in the brooder. The last two are still in the hatcher drying. Due to the late hour here I may let them remain in the hatcher until morning. At that time they will join their mates in the brooder. Yay!! 5/5...

The third duckling just popped out while the family was eating dinner! We all missed the hatching! Three out and two more working on "breaking out."

:celebrate Yay!! Number 2 is here!! :celebrate