➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

Here are some tips from experience...I hatched 150 baby quail over the time I had my Coturnix.
Your brooder needs a cover. Even taking them out of the hatcher, those bit ties are fast.
Pay attention to the water container. Most of the quail babies I lost were from getting wet and then chilled. They begin running and bouncing around very quickly. They would bounce into the little water trough around the chick waterer. I solved most of the problem by filling the trough with clean pea gravel (fish tank gravel).
Quail skin is very fragile, tears easily so no wire screen.
A couple of feather dusters tied together and hing into the brooder make a good substitute for a mom.

View media item 7891965I was thinking about running to get another one if these things this morning but I changed my mind. I still have time...I think.

 

[Kiki]

I see light shining through the pip!

I keep putting the eggs to my ear so I can hear the woodpeckering.
It is so darn cute.
And...the feeling of them moving in the shell while you are holding it. Unreal.

 

[NanaKat]

I never would have thought of feather dusters. Neat. Only thing is, they're all synthetic and bright colours these days. Does that matter?

Synthetic can not be close to the heat lamp...could burn or melt. You can make one from cotton fleece....cut 3 inch long cuts in a 4 X 18 inch piece of fleece. Roll it up and tie the one inch top to secure. This make a poof the chicks will hide under.

 

[ShrekDawg]

That is one ridiculously priced couch!! I would never pay that much. It looks super comfy though so seems like you lucked out lol but I don't get how people can not only pay that much but also not test it out before paying that much? Did they order it online? Sometimes I think the whole online shopping thing goes a bit far. There are some things you just HAVE to test out in person first. Like furniture and clothes. I would never spend that much to begin with but if I was going to, I would want to go to a store and sit on a bunch of couches first and see if they were comfy, high, low, hideous, etc. Didn't they do that? Or at least read the dimensions and height online?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Operation make the chickens broody is a go.

 

[007Sean]

They can't possibly take too long now can they?

This morning's pippers should be almost ready to come out now....right?

Not necessarily, sometimes they'll rest for 16 to 18 hours before zipping. When they do, it will seem like they all decided to zip at the same time...they will all be very close when they begin to pop!

 

[Kiki]

Not necessarily, sometimes they'll rest for 16 to 18 hours before zipping. When they do, it will seem like they all decided to zip at the same time...they will all be very close when they begin to pop!

Slow pokes.

 

[Morrigan]

They are waiting until this evening so my vote in the poll will be right.

Good little quailies.

 

[Kiki]

They are waiting until this evening so my vote in the poll will be right.

Good little quailies.

That is my vote too.

 

[Kiki]

Operation make the chickens broody is a go.

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I can't wait to see if this works for you. I don't think I have ever seen someone egg a broody on like this.