➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[kurby22]

Sooo, I have 12 eggs incubating at day 14 and I discovered that the power went out for some reason in the bedroom. :-( I don’t think it was for much more than an hour and temps dropped to about 84…will they be okay?? UGH!

 

[Nabiki]

You have time to advertise a presale. May even be profitable before you receive the eggs.

Do you have space available? Or is it time to expand before the move?

I might try to do some presales. The builder has cashed the check for the plans, but it might be a bit before the rental property sells. I expect to break ground next spring, and I'm not sure how long the house will take to build. It's a big, fancy house.

I'll probably downsize my coveys before I move. I can always hatch more. I'll keep my celadon lines and my pansy fee lines, but the mixed pen will probably go. I'll build back up once I have that huge greenhouse and space for 8 or 9 pens.

 

[kurby22]

I might try to do some presales. The builder has cashed the check for the plans, but it might be a bit before the rental property sells. I expect to break ground next spring, and I'm not sure how long the house will take to build. It's a big, fancy house.

I'll probably downsize my coveys before I move. I can always hatch more. I'll keep my celadon lines and my pansy fee lines, but the mixed pen will probably go. I'll build back up once I have that huge greenhouse and space for 8 or 9 pens.

Oooo, we will have to chat if you have any fun color hens you will be scaling back on when you get closer to moving! I'd love to add a few more rare colors to my hens in the future

 

[vall]

I see pips!

I expect to break ground next spring, and I'm not sure how long the house will take to build.

I may have to chat with you sometime about building a house. I'm in escrow on a 5 acre parcel. Crossing fingers the soil boring test goes well, and the lot is buildable - it's in Florida. No more dry weather for me!

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

I see pips!


I may have to chat with you sometime about building a house. I'm in escrow on a 5 acre parcel. Crossing fingers the soil boring test goes well, and the lot is buildable - it's in Florida. No more dry weather for me!

Are you sure you like humidity? That, along with salt water in the air -- say goodbye to anything metal, including stainless steel. Everything we shipped from No Cal to Hawaii when we moved rusted.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

The plan was for me to hatch 15 or so babies and sell up to 10. Only eight hatched and they're sold.

Good news is that the eight are healthy beauties.



Two of them appear to show some sliver. Three eggs came from the silver, so that's a good sign. It sure is going to be hard to say goodbye to these chicks. They're the first ones I'm selling.

 

[vall]

Are you sure you like humidity? That, along with salt water in the air -- say goodbye to anything metal, including stainless steel. Everything we shipped from No Cal to Hawaii when we moved rusted.

Yes! I love humidity. Strange I know. I think I will actually be further from the ocean as the crow flies than I am now. It'll be 18 minutes to the beach instead of 8. Yeah, everything rusts here too.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

The plan was for me to hatch 15 or so babies and sell up to 10. Only eight hatched and they're sold.

Good news is that the eight are healthy beauties.

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Two of them appear to show some sliver. Three eggs came from the silver, so that's a good sign. It sure is going to be hard to say goodbye to these chicks. They're the first ones I'm selling.

Less than half from the silver hatched

 

[muddy75]

Less than half from the silver hatched

Silvers tend to have a lower hatch and survival rate IME

 

[kurby22]

Silvers tend to have a lower hatch and survival rate IME

Yes, I had only one of my silvers survive the hatch. We lost three just hours after they hatched and several never hatched. I think the silvers have more issues sadly!