IM CRYING!!!

[ButtonquailGirl14]

today is day 28 no hatch from my button quail hen she is such a devoted mother, she is on them all the time exepet for 1 time a day she get off the nest to eat and drink for abought 2 minutes. most the eggs I have cracked open have been fertile, she is only sitting on 4. and I see her turn them 3 times a day! what went wrong??? any suggestions so this does not happen again???

I am BROKEN HEARTED!!! I have to take her eggs Away, and I don't want her to see me as the mean creature who took her eggs away

I LOVE them so Much, but I can't let her waist her life on dead eggs

I am soo sad one of the other pairs I gave to my neighbor hatched out 8 with ease and then tried to kill them all. I feel like it is sooo unfair that bad mother can hatch but not my devoted little Hen

if you have any suggestions they would be appreciated

 

[Junochick]

I just want to say I am sorry your eggs didn't hatch.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I just want to say I am sorry your eggs didn't hatch.

Thanks!

 

[FirstTimeClucky]

Leave her with her eggs until she gives up on them by herself. That's what they do in the wild when they lay duds. The eggs won't rot or stink before she abandons them. They know instinctively when it's time to give up. You don't want to do anything to discourage her from trying again.

None of my girls ever incubated her eggs, so you're lucky you have one who will. She'll incubate the next batch again. Also, quail eggs are notorious for having a low hatch rate compared to chickens.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Thanks!

 

[Birdsong 82]

I'm so sorry for your no hatch

 

[GinaNew York]

We never know timing in nature, i agree give it time, mom isnt a machine with controlled temps

Ill be praying for some babies

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

We never know timing in nature, i agree give it time, mom isnt a machine with controlled temps

Ill be praying for some babies

Me Too!!!! Thanks!

 

[MageofMist]

Buttons are meant to hatch on day 18... But I have had one egg hatch as late as day 24 at one point! And that was in an incubator with no cold spots as I have tested for that. 28 seems a stretch though... Even if this batch of eggs doesn't hatch, after roughly 4-5 weeks after snapping out of being broody, she'll probably go broody again.

I have to fight with my button hens as they wanna hatch their eggs, which I would let them do if I had the room for more babies, mine are so persistent that even if you poke them out of the nest, they will fluff up, hiss at you and try and get back into the nest to continue sitting.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Buttons are meant to hatch on day 18... But I have had one egg hatch as late as day 24 at one point! And that was in an incubator with no cold spots as I have tested for that. 28 seems a stretch though... Even if this batch of eggs doesn't hatch, after roughly 4-5 weeks after snapping out of being broody, she'll probably go broody again.

I have to fight with my button hens as they wanna hatch their eggs, which I would let them do if I had the room for more babies, mine are so persistent that even if you poke them out of the nest, they will fluff up, hiss at you and try and get back into the nest to continue sitting.

yes. I would let them hatch the out and sell them! on amazon. a brand new ten gal fish tank is 20$ and at Walmart 14$ and they would fit in there until you sold them. also you can use a Rubbermaid tub