First official pip! Here we go! 😍

[MamaBirds_Quail]

I’ve actually counted 11 (of 26! 84% of the eggs incubated were still ticking along at the start of lockdown! ) hairline cracks… of COURSE the first obvious pip is at the wrong end though

Quail chicks: always working hard to die under even the most ideal circumstances!

I’ll keep y’all updated but tomorrow is only day 17 so I imagine they won’t be super speedy to zip just yet.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[WIchickMama]

 

[Lolaish]

Keep us updated!

 

[JetsChickens]

Quail chicks: always working hard to die under even the most ideal circumstances!

LOL! Yeah chicks are crazy. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[MamaBirds_Quail]

I can see at least an X crack on all but two of them! Bless these babies for working at the same speed, it’s like they know I have the patience and the chill of a toddler

Does anyone else cheerlead their eggs?

 

[MamaBirds_Quail]

Who else does this? Just me?

 

[Chicks in VA]

Who else does this? Just me?

ei do that too ( i geuss i just cheep at them)i dont coo but samish thing

Quail chicks: always working hard to die under even the most ideal circumstances!

yes they do trust me we have about 20 ranging in age and the week old when they get out they take 24 hours to catch
and the 4-5 week olds are just to fast

 

[ButtonNomies]

Countless times I sit n stare thinking "am I just watching eggs rot?" They take soooooo long sometimes n some pip n zip in seconds

I'm waiting for the last egg to hatch .... I so wanna just peel back tht lil pip I have to sit on my hands

 

[MamaBirds_Quail]

1 impatient like bubba out, 4 more with beaks out working on yolks, 1 halfway unzipped. Come on y’all, you can do it!