I'm going to try Quails

[bfrancis]

it looks a little cold..

I agree! Get that puppy up to 99.5, or even 100 degrees if still air incubator. your humidity is low too, get that up in the 65% range. you chicks can still hatch, but they literally might be a couple days late...don't pitch anything until day 21.

keep us posted!

 

[major]

It runs @ 99.5 and the humidity is 58% I'd just topped up the water so it cooled down a tad

 

[bfrancis]

Makes sense...looking forward to seeing your new fuzzy bottoms when they hatch.

 

[yinepu]

I use the little hand pruners that you would use on a rose bush to trim it back (mine are fiskars bypass pruners).. lop off their heads.. hold them for a minute til the twitching slows down.. snip off the wings and then skin and gut.. there are a few threads around concerning butchering.. .. I'll see if I can find one that I had bookmarked a while ago

 

[yinepu]

found the butchering thread I mentioned

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/147712/how-i-process-quail-my-6yr-old-helped-warning-graphic-pics

 

[major]

OK so last night I was thinking I was going mad! after thinking I see an egg wobble I spent over an hours watching my eggs with no movement but then my madness when up a level when I thought I heard 2 little chirps,
It turns out i was not going mad as this morning there is 3 little Quail

 

[iluvsedward]

wow, they must come out fast! I don't want to miss mine

 

[major]

wow, they must come out fast! I don't want to miss mine

they did im up to 6 now 7&8 piping right now.!

 

[discoveregg]

They are such tiny little chicks

. How long are they left in the bator before you move them to the brooder?

 

[major]

Number 9 just should up, im very very happy with my first hatch 9 out of 12 so far and it's only just got to day 18......