EmmaRainboe's first hatch, quail hatch-a-long!

[ButtonHoarder]

yay! so egg-citing!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

One of them has been working like an ant on that shell. He's so cute. I don't know how I'm going to avoid getting attached.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

HOUSTON. WE HAVE BABIES!

 

[Kiki]

HOUSTON. WE HAVE BABIES!


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How many?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

How many?

3 out 1 hatching

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Three out, one externally pipped. There was one that was not making any more progress on the external pip far over 24 hours so I decided to assist. No blood or anything, but that one was not meant to live. I think there was something neurologically wrong with it as it kept spazzing out. It died a few minutes ago. Right in front of my eyes as I went to check on it. Ot's a bummer, I was hoping I'd have five. But it's looking like I'll jave 3-4. We'll see if this one makes it.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I found another one externally pipped and cheeping. Hopefully both these make it.

If they do that will be five total hatched, not including the dead one.

I don't know why they are hatching late. I did not see temperatur drops on either of my thermometers. It was a consistent 99.5 the entire time.

Could low humidity cause late hatch? The humidity was around 25-30 the entire time. But I figured it was much better than the 45-60 which was all I could get before.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

2 more hatched... one died. Four babies total. I think it's probably pretty safe to say that on day 19-20 any maybes will not hatch.

40 set. 6 hatched. 2 of 6 dead.

I'll probably try again with some local eggs here soon.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

I’m sorry not as many hatched as you wanted

 

[EmmaRainboe]