➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

We had a naaasty winter. I was shoveling 18” of heavy wet snow to move my meatbird tractor on the 2-3rd day of spring. And yeah... really cold too. Weeks at a time I just kept the coop door closed. If it got above 0*, I opened it so they could see actual daylight. That’s an unusual situation here though. It’s not normally quite that bad.

 

[Kiki]

Looks like i will be hatching buttons in two more wks. 11 of the 13 i set are developing and 15 of the 21 cots too

I can't wait to see how tiny these are going to be at hatch.

 

[Kiki]

Also this happened today
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It is 18 gs!

What does that little fake one weigh?

 

[Kiki]

Guesssss

14

 

[muddy75]

14

i’m going to guess 6g on the fake egg

 

[RUNuts]

That's not a guess

@Thornflower_gal = Rose is 16.
I will guess el dorado is 16 & ties for youngest

 

[Kiki]

i’m going to guess 6g on the fake egg

I was guessing @el dorado quail's age.

 

[BantyChooks]

Banti, I know you’re extreme. You should surround them with blubber.
The people that only occasionally see -40 with windchill will likely be okay with a good wind block and bedding. That is my understanding anyway.

Brilliant plan!

Looks like i will be hatching buttons in two more wks. 11 of the 13 i set are developing and 15 of the 21 cots too

I'm setting buttons next week.

That’s doable. I run an outdoor cord to the coop for light. Not sure I’ll be ready to do quail before next “spring” in any case... plus I’ll have enough (huge) chickens in the freezer for one a week for a year and probably a meangirl heifer (small, but still it’s just DH & me and my mom). That’s not counting turkey toms and extra roosters, so I’m not gonna be hurting for protein. It’ll be freezer space I’m short of. I’m so into this, though. It’s so great knowing I don’t have to rely on CAFOs anymore.

Anyway, quail as soon as it turns warm next year for sure. Rabbits too, if I can find any meat breeds to buy around here. I can’t think of anything I’ve enjoyed more than what I’m doing now. Life is so good.

Sounds like a plan! Quail are a lot of work, but they are strangely appealing to me. I like them.

 

[Nabiki]

This brand is the only Earl Grey I like. I think its the bergamot that makes the difference.

Earl Grey with bergamot is the only way to have Earl Grey. The stuff with lavendar in it is nasty.

BTW, bergamot is a citrus-llike flavour.

 

[Nabiki]

#8 had a really hard time zipping like #3. After 12 hours of barely getting a quarter zipped (and with #9 already zipped and wandering around), I admit that I helped him out a bit. His toes are really curled and he's having a really hard time doing more than roll around, but I'll give him a full 24 hours to recover.

#10 is zipping now.
Edit: #10 is out. I think this one is the last of the batch, but as @Texas Kiki said, I'm keeping the incubator running until at least 24 hours after the last hatch. I will probably keep it running until Sunday night unless more hatch on Sunday.