➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

So I’m up to 10 chicks (4 yellers). Still 8 eggs in the incubator. Thinking 2-4 may still hatch.

Awesome!
Come on last eggs....hatch!

 

[muddy75]

So I’m up to 10 chicks (4 yellers). Still 8 eggs in the incubator. Thinking 2-4 may still hatch.

i’m at 3/3 yellers with more pips and day 18 starting in about an hour!!

 

[sarabeth485]

Any thoughts on assisting a breech? I helped one last batch and it ended poorly. Is it even worth a try?

 

[Kiki]

Any thoughts on assisting a breech? I helped one last batch and it ended poorly. Is it even worth a try?

I say no but I'm not sure I'd say no if it were right in front of me.

 

[007Sean]

Any thoughts on assisting a breech? I helped one last batch and it ended poorly. Is it even worth a try?

Nope, not worth the heart ache!

 

[sarabeth485]

Nope, not worth the heart ache!

Yeah. Logically this makes sense but I’m such a sucker

Do they ever make it out on their own?

 

[BullChick]

Yeah. Logically this makes sense but I’m such a sucker

Do they ever make it out on their own?

Yes

 

[007Sean]

Yeah. Logically this makes sense but I’m such a sucker

Do they ever make it out on their own?

I've never witnessed one making it out on it's own but anything is possible.

 

[el dorado quail]

Pitchfork is the tool you need. Even if you end up with a shovel, a pitchfork works best for to loosen up the mass. I find I can also move much of it with the fork if the ick is a little bit damp. A shovel (if your bedding is like mine) is way more work than anybody ought to do.

Or a digging fork if its real dense. That's what I use for compost turning!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Or a digging fork if its real dense. That's what I use for compost turning!

That sounds like a good idea!! I am not sure what the one I have is. I think I got it at TSC. I don’t think it was with the manure forks though. I think it was in the garden section? So maybe it is a compost fork or digging fork? Idk. I will try to get a pic of it sometime lol