MamaBirds_Quail
Chirping
- Aug 25, 2022
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Just to put you at ease, I assisted two of my eggs my first go around— one I full on had to take the shell off because they shrink-wrapped (pipped in the middle, older chickies damaged the egg, I had to remove them, it was a whole thing) and they are now a completely healthy 7 weeks old.Yes, so thankful! 3 healthy in the brooder, 1 assisted hatch still in incubator (probably did the wrong thing there but that's another story.) Another 1 hatched in incubator and 8 more have pipped! Nervously watching 2 more who have pipped at the wrong end but will not assist them after the first ones same issue...
I only had 10 pip out of 24, so I wasn’t about to “wait and see”, nor did I want to risk the first wave of hatchers being in the incubator so long they got weak; to each their own!
Here’s my favorite lil roo Pinguino right after his assisted hatch, and now
Good luck with your babies!