➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Pandaisy]

It's an invasive surgery. The bird is awake while you insert the tool and cut the testes. It's super dangerous and mostly is only used in huge corporations overseas like in France. It produces a more tender, more docile male to butcher

Thank you, it sounds gruesome. I am definitely not going to google it.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's really not pleasant although unfortunately it seems to be peaking the interest of some people who want to keep a rooster as a pet in town

 

[R2elk]

It's an invasive surgery. The bird is awake while you insert the tool and cut the testes. It's super dangerous and mostly is only used in huge corporations overseas like in France. It produces a more tender, more docile male to butcher

Properly done by an experienced person, it is not dangerous.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Properly done by an experienced person, it is not dangerous.

That is true. I just know that a lot of people lose lots if birds when they're first learning, especially if they don't have someone to show them

 

[JacinLarkwell]

A week old today for most!!

 

[R2elk]

That is true. I just know that a lot of people lose lots if birds when they're first learning, especially if they don't have someone to show them

This is why they tell people to practice on dead chickens.

 

[tacothechicken]

Quilliam is a grown boy now and has officially gone into the Aviary today! Also followed kikis advice based on Quilliams clutch and successfully got 4 tuxedo babies as of last night/this morning. There was a 5th that was preparing to unzip but I suspect it either wasn't strong enough or maybe it's lungs were underdeveloped because it died in the process of preparing to unzip although it has made it to pipping also is it common for quail eggs to quit toward the end of incubating? Chickens tend to quit early on although sometimes they'll give up a few days before but 8 eggs made it to lockdown only for 3 to quit either directly before or during and the 4th began hatching this morning only to pass around 30 minutes ago as it was unzipping. The successful 4 all appear healthy though and are already eating and drinking within 12 hrs of hatch. So do quail often quit close to hatch or could my incubator be getting old? And do they have a limited time post lip to hatch? I noticed that all the 4 others were super fast, like as soon as they pipped they'd give it 2-3 hrs and then unzip whithin ~30minutes is there something that requires them to hatch fast? Or is it just strong versus weak?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

This is why they tell people to practice on dead chickens.

That's actually brilliant. I've never heard of that, but it makes perfect sense.

 

[Pandaisy]

This is why they tell people to practice on dead chickens.

But is it really necessary to neuter a rooster because you want a fancy pet?

Edit: I meant people, not you of course.

 

[tacothechicken]

3 of the 4 babies and a Quilliam!