➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[muddy75]

just went out and collected chicken eggs....5 so far today! quailies all doing well! littles still begging to free range bit neck injury looking good.....decided to cuddle on couch in fuzzy chicken pjs/costume my 23 yo baby boy got me for christmas!!

 

[Kullas]

At what point do y'all go from 1/4" wire to 1/2" wire on the floors? I'm thinking these are graduating today.

Between 3 and 4 weeks. If cold out by the time they go outside they are well large enough.

 

[Kiki]

IKR! i’m excited and semi-prepared but tooo fast haha!! the possibility of 40+ chicks when 18 is the max Ive had before is kinda flipping me out too. just went out to check on everyone.....i put heater in with 4 week olds (because of temp swing and windchill) and while feeding them today, 2 flew the coop while my back was turned!! first one was easy to find....other 1 had squeezed in behind the hutch and had a minor neck injury as result.....i opened up the stairs because after a bit of freedom the others were trying to escape! hopefully everyone will be ok! my next round of eggs has been delayed which is fine. (will give these time to hatch! myshire actually sold out max capacity from memphis to texas! he offered to ship next week but i told him i’d be willing to wait...im monitoring the auctions and maybe get a little better deal on what i want! i’m really tempted to try out sex-linked batch even though i want more snowy/pearl!

Crap I meant to call them today to see how long it takes to fill an order.
I totally forgot.

 

[Kiki]

I need to clean my drawers and the dirt before I show Kiki. She is very poop shy.

I think it was an old ice tray drawer from the funny way it is shaped. The handle is lowered so I turned it upside down and the quail squeeze in. Now they are getting bigger, not sure how much longer this one will work. Bigger and fluffier.

At what point do y'all go from 1/4" wire to 1/2" wire on the floors? I'm thinking these are graduating today.

The 19ers...half went to 1/4 inch floor and half went straight to 1/2.
I am glad I didn't use the 1/4 inch on all three cages.
I think they were 10 days old when I moved them out.

 

[Kiki]

My 19ers will be 3 weeks old on Sunday.
It's 40 freezing degrees here today.
Zero heat source.

They are doing just fine.

 

[muddy75]

Crap I meant to call them today to see how long it takes to fill an order.
I totally forgot.

call or place order next week if you want to set around 12th or later......they should be back to business as usual by monday or tuesday! as zach said he would be happy to ship this week.....u need to join fb groups lol

 

[muddy75]

i have some “dumb” birds! i sent hubs out tonight and chicks still not imprint on coop (had to put all 7 in) and quail not wanting to go upstairs to food, water, and heat!!! (had to move 9/10) we’ve completely given up on the chickens that roost on top of the coop and free range quail (unless windchills are 30 below zero)

 

[Crazydoglady99]

11 hatched so far!! Looks like I have some tuxedos in there

But.. 3 of them are doing the splits.. they look like they are trying to swim

 

[CayugaJana]

call or place order next week if you want to set around 12th or later......they should be back to business as usual by monday or tuesday! as zach said he would be happy to ship this week.....u need to join fb groups lol

Can you send tell me what FB pages they are on? I’d like to join. Send me a private message if you like.

11 hatched so far!! Looks like I have some tuxedos in there

But.. 3 of them are doing the splits.. they look like they are trying to swim

Have you had any luck fixing splayed leg? I tried fixing 4 in my last hatch and they got better for a time, but all ended up dying.

 

[Crazydoglady99]

Yeah we had one splay leg last hatch, did some physio and it was perfect. (I cant tell which one it is)

I don't know when these guys hatched, was out all day shoveling gravel. They are nice and fluffy, so could be held in cosy hand for physio. Might have to open the bator

Only the tuxedo legs are splayed

In other news.. I think we're up to 16 hatched now