➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[muddy75]

They’re very striking. He looks like a button with those weird legs

That’s what I was thinking.....hims got button legs

 

[Kiki]

The idea of that completely freaks me out. lol - I now have 3 that have pipped and all on the wrong end. Anyone have any idea why they pip the wrong end and what I might do in the future to avoid it.

What turner were you using?

 

[Kiki]

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Crowding the far side because the crazy chick-crushing lady is hovering with the phone.

Becareful with stuff up against the sides of the container. It is a good place for a dummy to get stuck.

I like to make sure there is walking room around the feed and waterers.

 

[Deegie]

What turner were you using?

This one... (see pic) the nuture right 360

 

[Deegie]

The four pipped eggs still have live babies inside. It will be 24 hours at noon. They are not getting very far but I am trying to to be patient.

 

[Nabiki]

Also, given their size versus that bin, how soon should I move them up to the big bin? I can’t believe how freakin tiny they are and yet I can see pin feathers on them already!

I would move them at 3 days. That's old enough to be able to find the warm spot. The first two days they sometimes wander away from the warm side and get lost.

 

[Deegie]

Well, I finally helped the wrong end chicks. I suspect it may have been a bit early. I just helped crack the shell for the zip. They are still alive and seem to be trying hard. One bled a little and scared me half to death so I decided to let them be for a while. This is not the exciting hatch I hoped for. I feel like I let them down with my ignorance so far. But I still have hope some may live. Today is day 18 and none of the others have pipped yet.
Meanwhile, the 5-week old birds are thriving in the outdoor pen.

 

[TeePants]

I would move them at 3 days. That's old enough to be able to find the warm spot. The first two days they sometimes wander away from the warm side and get lost.

Thanks. It was probably time based on the smell anyway, haha.

all 13 dummies are still doing good!

 

[TeePants]

Well, I finally helped the wrong end chicks. I suspect it may have been a bit early. I just helped crack the shell for the zip. They are still alive and seem to be trying hard. One bled a little and scared me half to death so I decided to let them be for a while. This is not the exciting hatch I hoped for. I feel like I let them down with my ignorance so far. But I still have hope some may live. Today is day 18 and none of the others have pipped yet.
Meanwhile, the 5-week old birds are thriving in the outdoor pen.

My guy bled a tiny bit, but it stopped as soon as I sopped it up with a paper towel. If the veins are contracted then it may just be a little leftover blood. It’s your discretion though, it was totally scary to do as it was my first time helping too.

 

[Deegie]

I have one hatched. Hoping for more. He was one that didn't bleed any.