EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BantyChooks]

I AM SO HAPPY for you sweets!!!! so cute!!

I got a lovely range of colours. I'm quite excited to see how they turn out.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

So far kidding = three buck and a doeling...
they are just too dang cute hopping around!!!

 

[kwhites634]

So far kidding = three buck and a doeling...
they are just too dang cute hopping around!!!
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DW told me you got triplets? All healthy?

 

[Uff Da]

So far kidding = three buck and a doeling...
they are just too dang cute hopping around!!!

They are the dearest little things!

Snowflake quail! Bobwhites, correct? I'm so jealous. Those are neat. No, they can't free range, but I have kept them in with chickens before.

It's not too bad. Starting with pairs or trios is pretty common.

I am pretty sure they are bobwhites. Your enthusiasm encourages me! They are beautiful. I did some reading and it seems like they should be low maintenance. I wonder if my kids can take them on as 4-H projects. Do they go broody or will I be incubating?

 

[BantyChooks]

They are the dearest little things!



I am pretty sure they are bobwhites. Your enthusiasm encourages me! They are beautiful. I did some reading and it seems like they should be low maintenance. I wonder if my kids can take them on as 4-H projects. Do they go broody or will I be incubating?

I'm a bit of a quail nerd, lol! I really enjoy them. They're entertaining.
Quail don't generally go broody, no. I haven't had bobwhites, but my Japanese quail haven't and my Chinese painted quail didn't stay broody long enough to hatch anything out.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Hello and shalom I think you will enjoy this one:

 

[Uff Da]

I had a near miss yesterday. Three stray dogs showed up while my chickens were free ranging. Someone was looking out for me because I happened to be outside when they arrived, and somehow managed to get everyone into the coop with only a bit of slobber (from the dogs) and screaming (from me). I managed to track down the owners. They live a couple miles away and have a habit of escaping their kennel. This isn't the first time they've shown up, but it better be the last now that I have my chickens.

 

[Akrnaf2]

I had a near miss yesterday. Three stray dogs showed up while my chickens were free ranging. Someone was looking out for me because I happened to be outside when they arrived, and somehow managed to get everyone into the coop with only a bit of slobber (from the dogs) and screaming (from me). I managed to track down the owners. They live a couple miles away and have a habit of escaping their kennel. This isn't the first time they've shown up, but it better be the last now that I have my chickens.

Do you have the legal right to shoot them in a case like this?

 

[mlm Mike]

Do you have the legal right to shoot them in a case like this?

Where I live, Ohio, we do, I'm certain Montana would have that last, too. Generally here the neighbor gets a warning to control their dogs, they were bothering my livestock/poultry then they can be shot next time.

 

[mlm Mike]

it appears my fox neighbors are gone. I've enjoyed watched them do their pounce thing when hunting rodents. I haven't seen them in the last few days. They never went for more chickens, rabbit season ended today. They must have moved back to their place away from humans.