Ask Nabiki anything!

[Mill Chick]

How tall are you?

 

[Nabiki]

How tall are you?

Almost 5'2".

 

[Chicken poppy]

Do you prefer cats or dogs? (Or both?)

 

[Nabiki]

Do you prefer cats or dogs? (Or both?)

I'm definitely a cat person. I used to rather like dogs, but the awful dog owners in my new town have made me turn from being okay with them to downright disliking them.

 

[casportpony]

Okay, I'll join. I'm pretty boring, though!

Do you miss anything about being in California?

 

[Nabiki]

Do you miss anything about being in California?

Asian markets and ethnic foods! If I want good ethnic food up here I either have to find the right food truck or make it myself.

The closest Asian market is a good hour and a half drive away during good weather, and impossible to get to when the winter storms hit. They're also kind of small and expensive.

 

[RUNuts]

How did the chicken hatch turn out? Did you get one? Will the egg seller warranty the eggs?

 

[Nabiki]

How did the chicken hatch turn out? Did you get one? Will the egg seller warranty the eggs?

I didn't get even one. One zipped through a blood vessel and bled out. The other was really late, so I tried to assist, but like so many chicks that need assistance, it needed assistance for reasons and didn't make it.

I'm saving up to try once more next month, but that's the last try. I need to do an update on my MerriQuail channel.

 

[RUNuts]

I didn't get even one. One zipped through a blood vessel and bled out. The other was really late, so I tried to assist, but like so many chicks that need assistance, it needed assistance for reasons and didn't make it.

I'm saving up to try once more next month, but that's the last try. I need to do an update on my MerriQuail channel.

Sorry to hear that.
There is a little difference between hatching quail and chickens but it sounds like you had bad luck or lot of eggs. Maybe practice with some local eggs for meat birds? Will be cheaper if your chicken buddy gives you a dozen fertile ones. You are roosterless now, aren't you?

 

[Nabiki]

Sorry to hear that.
There is a little difference between hatching quail and chickens but it sounds like you had bad luck or lot of eggs. Maybe practice with some local eggs for meat birds? Will be cheaper if your chicken buddy gives you a dozen fertile ones. You are roosterless now, aren't you?

I don't have any roosters, so my girls aren't going to be laying fertile eggs. I did talk pretty closely with the person I got the eggs from, and the only difference between what she considered ideal hatching conditions for them and mine was .2 degrees F. The carriers up here are just hard on eggs, I think. The last order of quail eggs that I got (over a year ago), I saw the mail carrier walk up, bumping the eggs along in his sack and then casually toss the package onto my porch.

I have 121 eggs from my own quail in the incubator right now. I put them in this morning. I need to keep some for myself, but I have people who want birds.