➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[CoturnixComplex]

Terrible pics, but this is the bird in question.
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German pastel red. No idea exact genetics behind them either. Gorgeous bird!

 

[BantyChooks]

German pastel red. No idea exact genetics behind them either. Gorgeous bird!

 

[muddy75]

well it looks like i may have had first “predator” attack on my aviary! As i was doing my egg hunt today, I found a dead quail behind hutch. when I moved and inspected further, there was a 2x2” square hole in netting that is over hardware cloth. my guess is a rat?? not exactly sure where it came from to get in that way without alerting dogs to its presence. Whatever it was ate the head and stripped feathers off without entering or pulling the quail through the hole. planning to put a rat bait box under deck in case it comes back.

 

[Kiki]

well it looks like i may have had first “predator” attack on my aviary! As i was doing my egg hunt today, I found a dead quail behind hutch. when I moved and inspected further, there was a 2x2” square hole in netting that is over hardware cloth. my guess is a rat?? not exactly sure where it came from to get in that way without alerting dogs to its presence. Whatever it was ate the head and stripped feathers off without entering or pulling the quail through the hole. planning to put a rat bait box under deck in case it comes back.

Shoot.

 

[el dorado quail]

well it looks like i may have had first “predator” attack on my aviary! As i was doing my egg hunt today, I found a dead quail behind hutch. when I moved and inspected further, there was a 2x2” square hole in netting that is over hardware cloth. my guess is a rat?? not exactly sure where it came from to get in that way without alerting dogs to its presence. Whatever it was ate the head and stripped feathers off without entering or pulling the quail through the hole. planning to put a rat bait box under deck in case it comes back.

Rats are a problem in a community garden I'm part of. We made a poultry netting enclosure over a straw bale garden, similar pvc setup to yours, and it only lasted a month or so before rats made several holes and ate everything inside...

 

[Kiki]

Day 3
3 eggs. Can you tell which one is not fertile?

 

[Ebony Rose]

#2 looks like a dud, the one that appears green, no veining and can't see even a shadow of the yolk. I'm very new to quail eggs, so tryin' to learn

 

[Kiki]

#2 looks like a dud, the one that appears green, no veining and can't see even a shadow of the yolk. I'm very new to quail eggs, so tryin' to learn

Correct. The second egg pictured is not fertile.

It better not magically become fertile in the next few days and make me a liar.

 

[Kiki]

#2 looks like a dud, the one that appears green, no veining and can't see even a shadow of the yolk. I'm very new to quail eggs, so tryin' to learn

The 3rd one pictured...I can see the veins in person but it's hard to pick up on the camera.

 

[Kiki]

I'm pretty sure this one quit.
I came home to the bator at 105 on Saturday. I was hoping it didn't kill everything but I think it might have killed a few.