➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

23 OGs set now. I'll add one more egg if it gets laid soon.

 

[mixedUPturk]

23 OGs set now. I'll add one more egg if it gets laid soon.View attachment 1816591

Whatr all those markings?!

 

[Kiki]

Whatr all those markings?!

1A, 1B ,1C-F for eggs collected on day one which was June 14th.
The 2s are from June 15th.
3s = 16th
And 4s are today.

I am 80% sure not all 6 of my females get mated.

I am running an official experiment to see how many from each day are actual fertile.

 

[Kiki]

1A, 1B ,1C-F for eggs collected on day one which was June 14th.
The 2s are from June 15th.
3s = 16th
And 4s are today.

I am 80% sure not all 6 of my females get mated.

I am running an official experiment to see how many from each day are actual fertile.

My guess is that only four from each day will develop.

 

[Kiki]

Wait!! I just got another idea.
I will fill the empty slots with eggs pulled from my fridge.
Woot.
A double experiment.

 

[Kiki]

So fridge eggs will be unknown laid date but within 5-8 days old/in fridge for that long too.

 

[RUNuts]

1A, 1B ,1C-F for eggs collected on day one which was June 14th.
The 2s are from June 15th.
3s = 16th
And 4s are today.

I am 80% sure not all 6 of my females get mated.

I am running an official experiment to see how many from each day are actual fertile.

Meant to ask, I checked the egg laying quail and all 6 are going bald. I hear stories about roosters playing favorites for whatever reason, is this normal? He doesn't scream as much as the B#2 rooster did. Still screams, just not excessive.

6 hens with 1 rooster in a 2'x6' coop. 12 square feet and 1.7 square feet per bird. Sticks and dust boxes present.

Guess this next egg sit will tell me. If I don't drop them again.

 

[Kiki]

I think I remember mine going baldish at first...when the boy first figured out what to do. They are ok now.


Fridge Xs warming up on counter now.

 

[mixedUPturk]

So fridge eggs will be unknown laid date but within 5-8 days old/in fridge for that long too.

Very cool anxious to follow! Ill cast my vote at 25% hatchability for your fridge eggs

 

[muddy75]

Very cool anxious to follow! Ill cast my vote at 25% hatchability for your fridge eggs

i’ll go 40% barring any equipment malfunction