➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[CindyinSD]

It has worked for me. There were mornings that I came out to find the plants encased in ice. I just hosed them down until the ice melted without getting any frost damage. The key is to make sure everything is well thawed before the sun hits them.

When I lived in central FL, fairly near Plant City (big strawberry-growing area there), they would spray (water) when a frost was predicted. There would be these perfect blossoms and leaves and little berries encased in a thin sheath of ice. I think it depends on the plant as to how the ice needs dealing with, but for the strawberries, they just allowed them to defrost naturally.

 

[ShrekDawg]

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This is my other favourite from the SSC hatch. One of my pens is SSC.
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So pretty!!! OMG!!! I think I need SSC now

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

We butchered Jumbos and Grau Fee this last week, and Jumbos are the way to go! More meat when butchering and friendly less flighty!

 

[ShrekDawg]

We butchered Jumbos and Grau Fee this last week, and Jumbos are the way to go! More meat when butchering and friendly less flighty!

I don’t think I could eat them if they were friendly

 

[007Sean]

I have a plain hardware store lamp thingy. It just doesn’t dim so I have to either change bulb wattage or adjust height to alter the temp.
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That's what I use but I put the dimmer switch on mine.

 

[FortCluck]

Let's wait until your current ones hatch and see if you do like quail...
I'll write your name on Kdog's eggs.

Those 3 I'm attached to that hatched. They're so funny. They are used to me now too. They sit there and watch me when I'm checking out the incubators. Honestly I like them better than ducklings already and meat chickens (that doesn't take much effort) the meat turkeys are killing me

 

[danalovesdogs]

ONLY 2 were clear!
No way!
Oh boy.
I think it's safe to say that I AM getting fertile eggs now.



@danalovesdogs You ready?

OH BOY OH BOY
I gotta kick these chickens out of my incubator first, but they should be fully cooked by Wed/Thur of next week and then I am open for business!
So excited!!!!

 

[FortCluck]

I don't know why but I wrote comment on the wrong thread to Kiki and Muddy

@Kiki I finally got a computer and it's coming today No more paper trails that I have to follow because I usually end up throwing them away. I am going to organize my life on a computer now that we are selling.

@muddy75 the quail that is supposed to be the snowy seems to have quite a tight pattern instead of a loose pattern like the snowy has. I don't even know if that makes sense, but I can take pictures for you. Most of the snowy I've seen it hasn't been a consistent pattern throughout the entire bird. Maybe the snowys that other people have are messed up or maybe mine is

 

[FortCluck]

These two I definitely am keeping if their gender is to my liking Kiki told me this thread would get me addicted to quail It did and I like them more than chickens and ducks already.

This one is a psycho. No matter how many times I handle it, it acts like a nutcase. But those colors

This one is mellow and loves to be held. I'm saying it's a she just because it wants me to keep it

Overall thought about the breeder... I will not buy again. Too many clears and not the colors they said they'd ship. Only the snowy is the correct color.

 

[Nabiki]

My hatch is done! Somehow I missed an early quitter, but here are my final numbers.
HG
Set: 32
Clear: 6
EQ: 2
Hatched: 24

K
Set: 41
Clear: 2
Hatched: 39

Total 63 healthy chicks. Tomorrow I move them to the brooder that's 4 times the size of this one. I hope they know how to find the warm spot by then.