➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

They're coming, hold on! Fingers crossed for a quick and healthy hatch.

I opened up my last egg—it was dead, as expected. Looks to have quit about a day before the others hatched. Was surrounded by unabsorbed yolk and quite a bit of congealed blood.

Spoiler: Warning: Dead Chick

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RIP little chick.

Great picture! I haven't see that much unabsorbed yet.

 

[Kiki]

View attachment 1794566 The dog has become very interested in the chicks tonight. He just stands there staring at them.

Watch him close.

 

[le_bwah]

View attachment 1794566 The dog has become very interested in the chicks tonight. He just stands there staring at them.

I would be so nervous! My Labrador looks sweetly at the babies, but I know he'd eat them up in a second.

 

[sarabeth485]

Great picture! I haven't see that much unabsorbed yet.

I opened up a few of my earlier quitters but after a few goopy ones decided I shouldn’t do anymore if I want to be able to eat quail eggs at all. The association was just too much. When I hatched duck eggs years ago I actually quit eating eggs almost entirely for a while.

 

[Thornflower_gal]

Go ahead and set...I'll catch up.

Alright then, keep me updated. I have 61 eggs in the incubator from my own little group of quails. I gathered over 11 days instead of 7 to get more eggs since I'm new to hatching quail, so hopefully that doesn't affect my hatch rate too much.

 

[Kiki]

I opened up a few of my earlier quitters but after a few goopy ones decided I shouldn’t do anymore if I want to be able to eat quail eggs at all. The association was just too much. When I hatched duck eggs years ago I actually quit eating eggs almost entirely for a while.

I was disgusted the first time I opened a quitter.
I thought I'd never be able to eat an egg again too.

It gets easier.

 

[Kiki]

Alright then, keep me updated. I have 61 eggs in the incubator from my own little group of quails. I gathered over 11 days instead of 7 to get more eggs since I'm new to hatching quail, so hopefully that doesn't affect my hatch rate too much.

Woot! Good luck.

My eggs may not arrive until this weekend. Post office problem people putt putting around.

 

[sarabeth485]

I would be so nervous! My Labrador looks sweetly at the babies, but I know he'd eat them up in a second.

I finally got an elastic mesh cover sewn for the brooder tonight so I can start covering them. I don’t know that the dog would even know what to do if he got a hold of one. Though he is pretty vicious to his squeaky toys

 

[Kiki]

I finally got an elastic mesh cover sewn for the brooder tonight so I can start covering them. I don’t know that the dog would even know what to do if he got a hold of one. Though he is pretty vicious to his squeaky toys

I never thought my well behaved dogs would hurt my babies either...the third time I realized I was so wrong.

 

[muddy75]

we had a rough day today....some really bad storms came through today while we were at work. about half my littles decided to pile up in a muddy corner under a bush vs going into any of the variety of shelters i’ve provided!! when we got home, 4 of them were gone and we managed to get to 8 in time to set up an “ICU”. they each got a warm bath, hairdryer and nutridrench before going back to brooder under both a red and white heat lamp. As of dark they all seemed to be doing well....eating, drinking, and moving around.

candled incubator eggs tonight....tossed 14 clear, held 9 suspicious, 58 good.