➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[muddy75]

I hate trying to take photos through plastic of the incubator but I know how much u it’s like photos....my 3 fakers plus the egg that looks to be trying!

 

[Pyxis]

That one has fee gene....either pearl or pansy fee???

Can't have - Fee is dominant, so one of the parents would be visibly Fee if they had the gene, and neither are. So, the little one is currently a mystery.

Mom.... but I gave her to a new home where she'd have a new drake all to herself. I'm glad I got a duckling out her though.

That's a sex-linked cross, then. By down color, your duckling is a drake.

Buff and white or fawn and white runner? Either way it's still sex-linked, I was just curious because I've never heard of or seen a buff and white runner (and I'd love to see pictures if he really is buff and white).

 

[Pennys Mama]

That's a sex-linked cross, then. By down color, your duckling is a drake.

Buff and white or fawn and white runner? Either way it's still sex-linked, I was just curious because I've never heard of or seen a buff and white runner (and I'd love to see pictures if he really is buff and white).

He's probably fawn&white, I prolly just misspoke by calling him buff&white.

Where can I find out more about sex-linked crosses? My drakes are a fawn&white runner and a Rouen and my ducks are a chocolate runner, a black runner and a Welsh Harlequin.

 

[Pyxis]

He's probably fawn&white, I prolly just misspoke by calling him buff&white.
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Where can I find out more about sex-linked crosses? My drakes are a fawn&white runner and a Rouen and my ducks are a chocolate runner, a black runner and a Welsh Harlequin.

This article I wrote:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/breeding-for-sex-linked-ducklings.74511/

 

[Alwaysfowlplay]

I woke up to an external pip! Ahhhh, I’m so excited! I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

 

[sarabeth485]

So the hatch continues. Mine always seem to take three days. I’m sure the incubator doesn’t heat evenly.

I’ve had two breech, one with some unabsorbed yolk, one with curled feet and one with a splay leg. Got boots on the curled feet and I think it might work. I tried a hobble on the splay leg and failed miserably. It is currently in a little cup back in the incubator and boy oh boy is he annoyed.

Any advice?

 

[RUNuts]

Curled feet may straighten in the first 48 hours. Had good luck waiting.

 

[BullChick]

So the hatch continues. Mine always seem to take three days. I’m sure the incubator doesn’t heat evenly.

I’ve had two breech, one with some unabsorbed yolk, one with curled feet and one with a splay leg. Got boots on the curled feet and I think it might work. I tried a hobble on the splay leg and failed miserably. It is currently in a little cup back in the incubator and boy oh boy is he annoyed.

Any advice?

If you want a more even hatch, move the eggs around every few days as you candle.

 

[BullChick]

I’m getting impatient for Wednesday, so the brooder is ready.

 

[sarabeth485]

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If you want a more even hatch, move the eggs around every few days as you candle.

I always think about this but don’t seem organized enough to make it happen. I also think I could do multiple thermometers on a dry run and map it out a bit. Ideas anyway...