➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[sarabeth485]

None of my quail have started to lay, yet! Pheasants on the other hand are on a roll!
Set 8 Elliot, 6 Peach Golden, 4 Yellow Golden, 5 Silver Golden, 6 Red Golden, 8 Amherst, 4 Zarudni, 3 Siamese Fireback, 3 White Crested Kailj checking fertility.

What do you do with the “fertility checks” on all those beautiful birds? Sell, keep, eat? Aren’t they too pretty to eat any of them?

 

[R2elk]

What do you do with the “fertility checks” on all those beautiful birds? Sell, keep, eat? Aren’t they too pretty to eat any of them?

But they taste so good! Just kidding. They are too expensive to eat.

 

[RUNuts]

But they taste so good! Just kidding. They are too expensive to eat.

I disagree. But I'm not eating them either.

 

[007Sean]

What do you do with the “fertility checks” on all those beautiful birds? Sell, keep, eat? Aren’t they too pretty to eat any of them?

Of course I go ahead and raise them, usually the first week they start laying, they are not fertile...but some of them may be fertile, that's why I'm checking. If by some chance they are all fertile, I'll just have to figure what to do with them later. I don't have any problems selling these, only the common Chinese ring necked, ones.

ETA - If you do a quick search on eBay, you'll see hatching eggs are going for ridiculous prices for only as few as 6 eggs....normally these prices would apply to rarer birds, not the ones they are auctioning.

 

[007Sean]

But they taste so good! Just kidding. They are too expensive to eat.

Some of mine are expensive birds others not so much!

 

[Pyxis]

I've got lots of pips, but no zips or chicks yet. That's fine, they're not really due until tomorrow.

 

[muddy75]

just completed day 10 candling....tossed 3 button eggs and removed 4 clears myshire (1 celadon, 1 mix, 1 jumbo, 1 egyptian).....still 17 button eggs in there (on day 4-6) and 28 myshire

 

[sarabeth485]

Couldn’t help myself and did a day seven candling tonight. Pulled four clears and one early quitter. Down to 24 in the incubator.

 

[mdees88]

Hey @Kiki. I hatched some quail last week, not sure if you still wanted to add them to your 2020 list.

I ordered 100 jumbo wilds from Myshire. Received 119. Set 118. Had 90 at lockdown. Hatched out 84 quail. 4 were fully formed but didn't hatch, 2 early quitters. Here's an easier breakdown for your sheet.

Set on 3/4 Due 3/21

Set 118
Clears 28
Lockdown 90
Early quitters 2
Quit at hatch 4
Hatched 84

Here's a few of them.....

 

[Pyxis]

I've got my first chick! Another is zipping.

The egg I set from my hen may have quit. It doesn't have any action.