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

[sdm111]

Those trees!!! I love them.

ETA: Will you be touring the haunted one near All Hallow's Eve???

it'll be within the next few weeks.

 

[Sara L]

AAARRGHH!!!! I am so annoyed right now.

So the button quail eggs have been in the incubator for over a week now, and I finally got a decent light to candle with. Last night around midnight I candled the eggs and removed 12 clears from the shipped and 1 clear from my buttons. The other 5 eggs from my buttons looked really dark compared to the shipped eggs and there was an oddness to the air cell zone, but since I haven't candled a ton I was just looking for clears to remove and ignored what the dark shapes looked like.

I go to check on them this morning and there are five babies running around the incubator... apparently the button quail hen I thought was ignoring her eggs was actually sitting on them. I have been turning these eggs at least twice a day and didn't add ANY humidity and the little suckers hatch just fine. But when I fuss over them and try to do everything "right" I lose a bunch of them DIS. I am annoyed that I feel annoyed that they hatched perfectly.

I got a brooder set up and moved the babies, all of them seem to be doing well, no leg issues and they immediately knew how to eat and drink. There are two yellow/gray ones which should feather out silver, one stripey one, and two that have dark backs and lighter heads.

Two of the babies were just sitting in the egg cups. They didn't start in this row, so not sure how they moved from two rows over to the top row.

There are three babies in this picture, one under the second row on the floor.

Stripey chick. This little one immediately went to the water and got a drink. Smart baby.

Chick with darker back and light head.

The two dark back/light head chicks and one of the yellow/silver chicks.

Right before I took this picture the stripey chick had its wing laying over on the other chick.

Both yellow/silver chicks and one of the dark back/light head chicks. One of the yellow/silver chicks is lighter than the other. Not sure if that means it will be a lighter silver when it feathers out, or if it will be white with some black feathers. I did have one of those before but I can't remember the cross that made it.

 

[sdm111]

Off topic

 

[Conan]

Off topic

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Gorgeous. I love the trees... and that last pic is fantastic. Beautiful lighting.

 

[Conan]

AAARRGHH!!!! I am so annoyed right now.

So the button quail eggs have been in the incubator for over a week now, and I finally got a decent light to candle with. Last night around midnight I candled the eggs and removed 12 clears from the shipped and 1 clear from my buttons. The other 5 eggs from my buttons looked really dark compared to the shipped eggs and there was an oddness to the air cell zone, but since I haven't candled a ton I was just looking for clears to remove and ignored what the dark shapes looked like.

I go to check on them this morning and there are five babies running around the incubator... apparently the button quail hen I thought was ignoring her eggs was actually sitting on them. I have been turning these eggs at least twice a day and didn't add ANY humidity and the little suckers hatch just fine. But when I fuss over them and try to do everything "right" I lose a bunch of them DIS. I am annoyed that I feel annoyed that they hatched perfectly.

I got a brooder set up and moved the babies, all of them seem to be doing well, no leg issues and they immediately knew how to eat and drink. There are two yellow/gray ones which should feather out silver, one stripey one, and two that have dark backs and lighter heads.

Two of the babies were just sitting in the egg cups. They didn't start in this row, so not sure how they moved from two rows over to the top row.
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There are three babies in this picture, one under the second row on the floor. View attachment 1529719

Stripey chick. This little one immediately went to the water and got a drink. Smart baby. View attachment 1529720

Chick with darker back and light head. View attachment 1529721

The two dark back/light head chicks and one of the yellow/silver chicks.
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Right before I took this picture the stripey chick had its wing laying over on the other chick. View attachment 1529723

Both yellow/silver chicks and one of the dark back/light head chicks. One of the yellow/silver chicks is lighter than the other. Not sure if that means it will be a lighter silver when it feathers out, or if it will be white with some black feathers. I did have one of those before but I can't remember the cross that made it. View attachment 1529725

I must see your hand in there for size reference. MUST.

 

[Kiki]

AAARRGHH!!!! I am so annoyed right now.

So the button quail eggs have been in the incubator for over a week now, and I finally got a decent light to candle with. Last night around midnight I candled the eggs and removed 12 clears from the shipped and 1 clear from my buttons. The other 5 eggs from my buttons looked really dark compared to the shipped eggs and there was an oddness to the air cell zone, but since I haven't candled a ton I was just looking for clears to remove and ignored what the dark shapes looked like.

I go to check on them this morning and there are five babies running around the incubator... apparently the button quail hen I thought was ignoring her eggs was actually sitting on them. I have been turning these eggs at least twice a day and didn't add ANY humidity and the little suckers hatch just fine. But when I fuss over them and try to do everything "right" I lose a bunch of them DIS. I am annoyed that I feel annoyed that they hatched perfectly.

I got a brooder set up and moved the babies, all of them seem to be doing well, no leg issues and they immediately knew how to eat and drink. There are two yellow/gray ones which should feather out silver, one stripey one, and two that have dark backs and lighter heads.

Two of the babies were just sitting in the egg cups. They didn't start in this row, so not sure how they moved from two rows over to the top row.
View attachment 1529718

There are three babies in this picture, one under the second row on the floor. View attachment 1529719

Stripey chick. This little one immediately went to the water and got a drink. Smart baby. View attachment 1529720

Chick with darker back and light head. View attachment 1529721

The two dark back/light head chicks and one of the yellow/silver chicks.
View attachment 1529722

Right before I took this picture the stripey chick had its wing laying over on the other chick. View attachment 1529723

Both yellow/silver chicks and one of the dark back/light head chicks. One of the yellow/silver chicks is lighter than the other. Not sure if that means it will be a lighter silver when it feathers out, or if it will be white with some black feathers. I did have one of those before but I can't remember the cross that made it. View attachment 1529725

YOU MISSED THEM HATCHING OUT!?!? How dare you!

They are precious! Congrats!
I am extremely excited that you didn't up the humidity/add water.
I bet they would have died if you did!

Can you put a quarter on the floor next to one the next time you take a picture.
I'm trying to grasp just how little they are.

 

[sdm111]

Gorgeous. I love the trees... and that last pic is fantastic. Beautiful lighting.

Thanks

Mine

Not mine

But where I live

 

[Kiki]

AAARRGHH!!!! I am so annoyed right now.

So the button quail eggs have been in the incubator for over a week now, and I finally got a decent light to candle with. Last night around midnight I candled the eggs and removed 12 clears from the shipped and 1 clear from my buttons. The other 5 eggs from my buttons looked really dark compared to the shipped eggs and there was an oddness to the air cell zone, but since I haven't candled a ton I was just looking for clears to remove and ignored what the dark shapes looked like.

I go to check on them this morning and there are five babies running around the incubator... apparently the button quail hen I thought was ignoring her eggs was actually sitting on them. I have been turning these eggs at least twice a day and didn't add ANY humidity and the little suckers hatch just fine. But when I fuss over them and try to do everything "right" I lose a bunch of them DIS. I am annoyed that I feel annoyed that they hatched perfectly.

I got a brooder set up and moved the babies, all of them seem to be doing well, no leg issues and they immediately knew how to eat and drink. There are two yellow/gray ones which should feather out silver, one stripey one, and two that have dark backs and lighter heads.

Two of the babies were just sitting in the egg cups. They didn't start in this row, so not sure how they moved from two rows over to the top row.
View attachment 1529718

There are three babies in this picture, one under the second row on the floor. View attachment 1529719

Stripey chick. This little one immediately went to the water and got a drink. Smart baby. View attachment 1529720

Chick with darker back and light head. View attachment 1529721

The two dark back/light head chicks and one of the yellow/silver chicks.
View attachment 1529722

Right before I took this picture the stripey chick had its wing laying over on the other chick. View attachment 1529723

Both yellow/silver chicks and one of the dark back/light head chicks. One of the yellow/silver chicks is lighter than the other. Not sure if that means it will be a lighter silver when it feathers out, or if it will be white with some black feathers. I did have one of those before but I can't remember the cross that made it. View attachment 1529725

Also...me thinks you might want to start candling a little more often.
Just hold the eggs steady and don't spin them around when you take them out to candle.

 

[Cyprus]

Is a bath towel an acceptable bedding material for a newly hatched chick to help them stand right?
I cannot tell if my new chick is not standing like it should.

 

[Kiki]

Is a bath towel an acceptable bedding material for a newly hatched chick to help them stand right?
I cannot tell if my new chick is not standing like it should.

How about a paper towel or two.
The flatter the better.