Crockpot Incubator Saga III: Shipped Quails Eggs...?!

[yakitori]

I hope that a lot hatch! How are your welsummer bantams and their mom doing?

They’re doing wonderful, I should update the other thread

 

[Little Baby Bean]

They’re doing wonderful, I should update the other thread

I'm glad! Yeah...

 

[CrazyCochin]

oh good, we’re in the same boat

Let's hope it doesn't capsize! :

 

[topochico225]

How are the quail doing?

 

[Mrs J]

Welcome back! You’re like my number one crockpot fan, hehe.

When I learned that quails require a lot less space and are quieter than chickens I figured it would be worth it to give it a go maybe it’s not for me, but I won’t know until I try!

The photo doesn’t do the eggs justice, but they’re this pretty baby blue. The females need 2 copies of the blue egg gene to lay blue eggs though, so I’ll also be getting regular speckled quail eggs!

Hopefully all goes well, if not, I have some local sources for regular coturnix eggs to fall back on...

Hey how do I follow this thread? I’ve followed the last 2 but only because I had stumbled on them, then read the thread the same day, sometimes pressing like so I can see my latest activity. Surely there is an easier way? Great articles by the way! I’m hooked!

 

[yakitori]

How are the quail doing?

I pulled 2 yolkers and one quitter from the 17 I hatched. There may be more quitters, but I can only see into about 4 of the eggs. Some of the eggs became less saddled so I got complacent and set them on their sides... only to have them become saddled again... whoops. Back upright they go!

It’s actually really hard to see into them barring a few with very thin shells. It makes me kind of worried that they wont be able to pip through the shells come hatch time. lol

Hey how do I follow this thread? I’ve followed the last 2 but only because I had stumbled on them, then read the thread the same day, sometimes pressing like so I can see my latest activity. Surely there is an easier way? Great articles by the way! I’m hooked!

There is a button somewhere at the top that should say “subscribe” or “watch” I think? Even then, I always seem to stop getting notifications after a while.

I’m secretly hoping to get a kitchen appliance incubation movement going so we can have a kitchen appliance hatch along

 

[yakitori]

I can’t get over how active quail embryos are, they’re practically bouncing off the walls...

 

[Little Baby Bean]

I can’t get over how active quail embryos are, they’re practically bouncing off the walls...

It's so cute and funny!

 

[CrazyCochin]

I can’t get over how active quail embryos are, they’re practically bouncing off the walls...

Oh my word! What energy!

 

[yakitori]

Day almost 9

One more quitter today...13/17 left

The seller said that hatch rate for her shipped eggs is usually around 50%, I would be very happy even with just 6!

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