➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[muddy75]

I just took a couple pictures for him to post ..... not as good as @Kiki photos but crazy difficult to get good pictures at this age

 

[muddy75]

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I just took a couple pictures for him to post ..... not as good as @Kiki photos but crazy difficult to get good pictures at this age

Not sure why but it uploaded 1 pictures 6 times

 

[muddy75]

I was tempted to go ahead and refill the incubator today, but when I checked the dates, hatch would be just before we leave for next long weekend. Soooo I decided to wait and set when pheasant eggs go into lockdown so will hatch around may 7.

 

[007Sean]

Well not that great of a hatch with my Butler Bob's. 14 were fertile, 4 have hatched. 1 hatched 2days before due date, 1, one day before due date and 2 on due date. Several have pipped but no further progress. Don't know what's going on ....temps and humidity have been steady throughout the incubation period.
The eggs were shipped from a 'new' breeder, had great looking breeder stock.
30 eggs, 16 infertile, 14 fertile, 4 hatched so far!

One of my worse hatches ever!

ETA - 1st one had leg issues, put in a shot glass for 1 day and gave Nutri-Drench with a syringe, drop-wise every 2 hours for a day. It's now walking and running, like normal.

 

[muddy75]

Well not that great of a hatch with my Butler Bob's. 14 were fertile, 4 have hatched. 1 hatched 2days before due date, 1, one day before due date and 2 on due date. Several have pipped but no further progress. Don't know what's going on ....temps and humidity have been steady throughout the incubation period.
The eggs were shipped from a 'new' breeder, had great looking breeder stock.
30 eggs, 16 infertile, 14 fertile, 4 hatched so far!
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One of my worse hatches ever!

Too early in breeding season collection may account for low fertility.....the crazy spread on hatch times are frustrating I’m sure.....I’ve experienced that occasionally but it was because of cheap incubators I was using not having consistent temps throughout the incubator.

 

[muddy75]

Check out this pretty little homegrown!!!

 

[007Sean]

Too early in breeding season collection may account for low fertility.....the crazy spread on hatch times are frustrating I’m sure.....I’ve experienced that occasionally but it was because of cheap incubators I was using not having consistent temps throughout the incubator.

Yep, this is frustrating, it's not like this is my 'first rodeo'! GQF bator that has hatched thousands of eggs.
It's one of those?????? things

The breed stock was kept indoors, so that accounts for the early egg laying. They were laying for a month before I bought them?
Just one of those unanswerable questions!

 

[muddy75]

Check out this pretty little homegrown!!!
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I may have lied!!!! I may end up keeping the homegrowns

 

[muddy75]

Yep, this is frustrating, it's not like this is my 'first rodeo'! GQF bator that has hatched thousands of eggs.
It's one of those?????? things

Those are times that make you wish you had run some homegrown eggs at same time as control group

 

[007Sean]

Those are times that make you wish you had run some homegrown eggs as control group

Mine aren't laying yet...my pheasants, just started laying last week...and not many of them are laying yet. My quail won't start laying for another 2 months.