Ended 14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along—Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Incubator!

[casportpony]

Quail eggs are locked down. It's been 14 full days since they were started in the incubator. I've heard Quail can start hatching on day 16 so I didn't want to risk waiting. I candled and found one that hadn't developed at all so I disposed of it. Another I couldn't decide so I put a question mark on to mark it.

I read where shelf paper would be good to help with slipping but then I worried my shelf material had too large of holes and might snag tiny toenails I removed the shelf paper and just used the hatching mat that came with the Incubator.

I filled both water reservoirs to the top to increase humidity, turned the egg turned off and replaced the dome. I'm feeling as nervous and anxious as a first time mother.. Now just watching and waiting...

Can't wait to see the babies!

 

[HopKat]

Update..Success!!
Yesterday on day 18 the first quail hatched at 7:45 AM, a white one, followed by one at noon then periodically till #8 hatched at 8AM this morning, leaving 2 eggs which I couldn't see any pips and one I had marked as questionable. The babies were very active in the incubator and at 1PM I lifted the dome and scooted the 8 babies out and returned the incubator dome. 21 seconds. Hopefully if the other 2 eggs intend to hatch I didn't hurt them.

All little ones appear very healthy. The incubator worked well. The temperature was stable throughout the 18 days. I have no way of knowing the humidity levels in this model of the incubator and trusted that keeping the outside reservoir full would work and in this case it did. I like that I could see everything happening in the dome but feel it may be too small for 7 chickens. 8 quail was a full house.

Thanks to all involved for this opportunity!

eg

 

[TwoCrows]

Update..Success!!
Yesterday on day 18 the first quail hatched at 7:45 AM, a white one, followed by one at noon then periodically till #8 hatched at 8AM this morning, leaving 2 eggs which I couldn't see any pips and one I had marked as questionable. The babies were very active in the incubator and at 1PM I lifted the dome and scooted the 8 babies out and returned the incubator dome. 21 seconds. Hopefully if the other 2 eggs intend to hatch I didn't hurt them.

All little ones appear very healthy. The incubator worked well. The temperature was stable throughout the 18 days. I have no way of knowing the humidity levels in this model of the incubator and trusted that keeping the outside reservoir full would work and in this case it did. I like that I could see everything happening in the dome but feel it may be too small for 7 chickens. 8 quail was a full house.

Thanks to all involved for this opportunity!
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Aww....Adorable!! Congrats on the great hatch! And thanks for the update on the incubator, we've all been so curious as to how it turned out for you!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Update..Success!!
Yesterday on day 18 the first quail hatched at 7:45 AM, a white one, followed by one at noon then periodically till #8 hatched at 8AM this morning, leaving 2 eggs which I couldn't see any pips and one I had marked as questionable. The babies were very active in the incubator and at 1PM I lifted the dome and scooted the 8 babies out and returned the incubator dome. 21 seconds. Hopefully if the other 2 eggs intend to hatch I didn't hurt them.

All little ones appear very healthy. The incubator worked well. The temperature was stable throughout the 18 days. I have no way of knowing the humidity levels in this model of the incubator and trusted that keeping the outside reservoir full would work and in this case it did. I like that I could see everything happening in the dome but feel it may be too small for 7 chickens. 8 quail was a full house.

Thanks to all involved for this opportunity!
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Congratulations!

 

[casportpony]

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Hey everyone, come check out this year's calendar contest!
2024 BYC Calendar Photo Contest—We Need Your Pictures!

Landscape format (wider than tall) chicken chick pictures that were posted in this thread, but did not win, are eligible for entry in the calendar contest.

Come check it out!

Hope to see lots of your awesome pictures!

 

[casportpony]

Update..Success!!
Yesterday on day 18 the first quail hatched at 7:45 AM, a white one, followed by one at noon then periodically till #8 hatched at 8AM this morning, leaving 2 eggs which I couldn't see any pips and one I had marked as questionable. The babies were very active in the incubator and at 1PM I lifted the dome and scooted the 8 babies out and returned the incubator dome. 21 seconds. Hopefully if the other 2 eggs intend to hatch I didn't hurt them.

All little ones appear very healthy. The incubator worked well. The temperature was stable throughout the 18 days. I have no way of knowing the humidity levels in this model of the incubator and trusted that keeping the outside reservoir full would work and in this case it did. I like that I could see everything happening in the dome but feel it may be too small for 7 chickens. 8 quail was a full house.

Thanks to all involved for this opportunity!

eg

Love it! How are they doing?

 

[Oob Child]

If I knew this contest existed I would've entered these

 

[Oob Child]

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Philomena would also like to know if the Prize Patrol is here.

Enter her into the BYC Caption Contest Photo Competition! Now!!!

 

[notabitail]

Enter her into the BYC Caption Contest Photo Competition! Now!!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...oto-submission-thread-8.1582877/post-27061783
Done. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Chapmangc1]

Now, for the moment you've all been waiting for! The judges have finished judging, and we have our winners!
@HopKat, @JustBabyMargo, @Chapmangc1, @ShannonsChimkens & @DuckChick758
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First Place - @HopKat


Second Place - @JustBabyMargo


Third Place - @Chapmangc1


Fourth Place - @ShannonsChimkens


Fifth Place - @DuckChick758

@HopKat, @JustBabyMargo, @Chapmangc1, @ShannonsChimkens, & @DuckChick758, I will send you instructions on how to claim your prizes in a bit!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who participated, this wouldn't have been possible without all of your entries!!!!

Great job, everyone, this was so much fun!!

~ Shout out to all of the judges that took the time to judge all of the contests. I know they were incredibly difficult to judge, and I appreciate all of you! ~

And THANK YOU to our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them)​

Aww! Thank you so much!! Congrats to all the other winners! Your photos are adorable!!!