➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Nabiki]

It's super exciting when it's your own flocks eggs, huh?

That's a good first batch, I'd say.


I'm totally in distress this evening, I just went out a couple of hours ago.
Now this is what I found!
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Even the tips of her wings are bloodied and featherless! What??? Why??? Is it because of my supplemental lighting, or is it just what 5 week old boys do to birds that don't crow in the pen?
Hormones?
How can I wait till they're older to process them when this is what they're doing?
At least there is still skin to cover her skull, as long as the wound closes & she doesn't lose that flesh, the skin slides down her neck and is loose above her eyes as well.
I'm seriously thinking about processing the whole lot of boys tomorrow (I have some sorted for breeding already)!
What'd y'all suggest?

Can you give them more space and more hiding places?

 

[Pennys Mama]

Can you give them more space and more hiding places?

The pen this happened in is probably 6-8 sq ft. There were 5 hatchmates in it, I hadn't confirmed anyone's sex in that pen yet bc they were ones I was interested in keeping but I had seen 2 crowing....not the attacker (tested positive for foam now). I don't really know how to make hides for them.

 

[Nabiki]

The pen this happened in is probably 6-8 sq ft. There were 5 hatchmates in it, I hadn't confirmed anyone's sex in that pen yet bc they were ones I was interested in keeping but I had seen 2 crowing....not the attacker (tested positive for foam now). I don't really know how to make hides for them.

I just use boxes. When they get dirty I throw them in the compost. Turn them upside down, cut a hole in two sides (so they don't get trapped).

 

[Matieus27]

It's super exciting when it's your own flocks eggs, huh?

That's a good first batch, I'd say.


I'm totally in distress this evening, I just went out a couple of hours ago.
Now this is what I found!
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Even the tips of her wings are bloodied and featherless! What??? Why??? Is it because of my supplemental lighting, or is it just what 5 week old boys do to birds that don't crow in the pen?
Hormones?
How can I wait till they're older to process them when this is what they're doing?
At least there is still skin to cover her skull, as long as the wound closes & she doesn't lose that flesh, the skin slides down her neck and is loose above her eyes as well.
I'm seriously thinking about processing the whole lot of boys tomorrow (I have some sorted for breeding already)!
What'd y'all suggest?

It is super exciting when it is from my own flock

 

[Pennys Mama]

I just use boxes. When they get dirty I throw them in the compost. Turn them upside down, cut a hole in two sides (so they don't get trapped).

Ah, I probably have a few I could use for that. I have a shoebox in one pen that one hen likes to lay her eggs in. Maybe something like that even? I have a couple of those guinea pig igloo hides, but there's only an entrance, I haven't put them into use yet.

 

[Matieus27]

So candled all of my quail eggs yesterday that I set and it looks like all but 2 or 3 are fertile there were 3 that were just a little to dark to really tell so I left them in there and I’ll wait till they progress a little further befor making my determination of fertility

 

[Kiki]

It's super exciting when it's your own flocks eggs, huh?

That's a good first batch, I'd say.


I'm totally in distress this evening, I just went out a couple of hours ago.
Now this is what I found!
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Even the tips of her wings are bloodied and featherless! What??? Why??? Is it because of my supplemental lighting, or is it just what 5 week old boys do to birds that don't crow in the pen?
Hormones?
How can I wait till they're older to process them when this is what they're doing?
At least there is still skin to cover her skull, as long as the wound closes & she doesn't lose that flesh, the skin slides down her neck and is loose above her eyes as well.
I'm seriously thinking about processing the whole lot of boys tomorrow (I have some sorted for breeding already)!
What'd y'all suggest?

This is one reason I off boys too quickly.
To avoid this mess.

 

[Kiki]

Ah, I probably have a few I could use for that. I have a shoebox in one pen that one hen likes to lay her eggs in. Maybe something like that even? I have a couple of those guinea pig igloo hides, but there's only an entrance, I haven't put them into use yet.

Dollar store baskets work too.
Little buckets that you can cut work too.
Here is a plastic basket I cut up:

 

[Pennys Mama]

Dollar store baskets work too.
Little buckets that you can cut work too.
Here is a plastic basket I cut up:View attachment 1988101

I was wondering where you got your basket'y things from.
So.......
Today is officially being renamed "Butchering Thursday"!!!
Guess who has tickets to "Freezer Camp"?

 

[BantyChooks]

I have a splay legged button quail. Generally I cull for this, but I figured I'd give it a try---what does one use to splint such a tiny bird?