➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Sara L]

The babies are out! Now just need them to dry off so they can go to the brooder. I think this was the best incubation yet.
Set 54 eggs:
Group A, jumbos, 8/11 fertile, 8/11 hatched
Group B, jumbos, 4/5 fertile, 4/5 hatched
Group C, jumbos, 7/8 fertile, 7/8 hatched
Group D, mixed colors, 0/8 fertile/non-start. I think I screwed these ones up because they were dirty and I washed them, I really wanted to see the colors I would get but I shouldn't have set them.
Group R, red females x red pharoah male, 1/1 fertile, died a few days into incubation. I think this pen has an egg eater, there were almost no eggs to try to hatch.
Group S, silvers, 1/4 fertile, 1/4 hatched. Two of the eggs had no outer layer, I only set them to see if I could get cool pictures of the embryo growing.
Group W, red pharoah male x red pharoah females, 13/13 fertile, 12/13 hatched. The one that didn't hatch died a few days into incubation.

All eggs were candled prior to setting and had no cracks or damage. All eggs were 12 grams or more, except the two that didn't have the outer layers. Some of the jumbo eggs were 15 and 16 grams.

 

[007Sean]

@Sara L , if you want to get dirt, poop off the eggs, brush them gently with a soft bristle tooth brush....works for me!

 

[Crazydoglady99]

Wowsers Sara!! You did good!! Really good!!!!

Goooooo Kiki!!!!!!!

I am trying to stay as far away from the darn incubator as possible. I do more damage touching so sitting on hands. Still another week till lockdown

 

[H@tcher]

You buy a bator for me.
Test it out and make sure it works good then I'll buy it from you.

 

[Kiki]

I don't think I'm going to have quailies tomorrow. I think they are going to wait til Monday.



I've only went to look through the bator window ten times this last hour.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I don't think I'm going to have quailies tomorrow. I think they are going to wait til Monday.



I've only went to look through the bator window ten times this last hour.

Nothing when candled?

 

[Kiki]

Nothing when candled?

This morning I see at least two eggs doing the draw down thing!

 

[H@tcher]

This morning I see at least two eggs doing the draw down thing!

The draw down thing?

What day are you on? I want to see some babies.

 

[WVduckchick]

The babies are out! Now just need them to dry off so they can go to the brooder. I think this was the best incubation yet.
Set 54 eggs:
Group A, jumbos, 8/11 fertile, 8/11 hatched
Group B, jumbos, 4/5 fertile, 4/5 hatched
Group C, jumbos, 7/8 fertile, 7/8 hatched
Group D, mixed colors, 0/8 fertile/non-start. I think I screwed these ones up because they were dirty and I washed them, I really wanted to see the colors I would get but I shouldn't have set them.
Group R, red females x red pharoah male, 1/1 fertile, died a few days into incubation. I think this pen has an egg eater, there were almost no eggs to try to hatch.
Group S, silvers, 1/4 fertile, 1/4 hatched. Two of the eggs had no outer layer, I only set them to see if I could get cool pictures of the embryo growing.
Group W, red pharoah male x red pharoah females, 13/13 fertile, 12/13 hatched. The one that didn't hatch died a few days into incubation.

All eggs were candled prior to setting and had no cracks or damage. All eggs were 12 grams or more, except the two that didn't have the outer layers. Some of the jumbo eggs were 15 and 16 grams.
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Wow! Great hatch!

 

[WVduckchick]

This morning I see at least two eggs doing the draw down thing!