It's Friday, the 13th... and setting eggs

[Nigellas]

I just gave my broody Java 12 fertile Faverolle eggs.

 

[Neheigh]

join away!!!

...wow quail eggs, they're tiny, right? can i ask, what do you do with quails, let them go?

I didn't realize the date either, until i got my calendar out.
melinda

hehe yay a group to join
im so excited and yeah there tiny especially the ones im hatching as there button quail eggs, so there really really small


theres a picture of some of the eggs with a 1p and a 2p

I'm hoping to be keeping the quails as pets, and if my hatch is successful i also have 2 freinds who would like to keep quail so if i manage to hatch my quail, i will be getting some further eggs to hatch for them both

im also gonna be trying to document each stage with the quail and putting it on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/NeheighsQuailtime?feature=mhee

if your intrested take a look

 

[BBK]

Yes, I did the salt calibration. I have been reading this forum trying to determine what I was doing wrong. I'm in VA & it got down to 28 one night this week. My house temp has been up & down. I think my temps varied inside the incubator during the last 2 hatches. That's why I have a thermometer in every corner, and an aquarium therm in the middle this time. I'm trying my best to walk away from the incubator, and let it stabilize, but I find myself looking at it every few minutes. It's going to be a long 3 weeks!

I'm glad you found that calibration info...b/c I don't think i could.... I'm having a heck of a time going through everything here... It'll take time... I hope you figure it out... Since I put the eggs in this am...my temp has risen up a degree.... not good...gotta get er down... lol.
I always thought Styrofoam would hold it's temp...idk

 

[BBK]

hehe yay a group to join
im so excited and yeah there tiny especially the ones im hatching as there button quail eggs, so there really really small


theres a picture of some of the eggs with a 1p and a 2p

I'm hoping to be keeping the quails as pets, and if my hatch is successful i also have 2 freinds who would like to keep quail so if i manage to hatch my quail, i will be getting some further eggs to hatch for them both

im also gonna be trying to document each stage with the quail and putting it on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/NeheighsQuailtime?feature=mhee

if your intrested take a look

wow...look how tiny they are... I'd be afraid of dropping them.... you must have steady hands. Thanks for the pic.

 

[BBK]

I just gave my broody Java 12 fertile Faverolle eggs.

I'm afraid to give eggs to my girls... they really have never gone into broody mode... They've gone into moulting, but that's about it... and they're old enough. i think they around 3 yrs old. Well 6 of them are. The others are just a yr.

 

[Nigellas]

I think it's the breed. My Javas are broody all summer long. The rest of my flock, not so much. My Orpington thought about it for a week then change her mind, but the Javas sit forever, adopt chicks that they didn't hatch and are great moms. Awesome mama birds. This will be Mama's first time with fertile eggs though, since I don't have a rooster I usually just give her day old babies after enough time has past.

 

[HopperVal]

I'd like to join if it's alright with y'all

Our only Cochin Zoey is sitting on a single egg... we're hoping for more though

Hopefully everything goes as planned and we'll have some Cochin X RIR X BR babies running around soon! We're probably going to switch her to the brooding coop today or tomorrow and hopefully I can get some pictures soon

 

[BBK]

I'd like to join if it's alright with y'all

Our only Cochin Zoey is sitting on a single egg... we're hoping for more though

Hopefully everything goes as planned and we'll have some Cochin X RIR X BR babies running around soon! We're probably going to switch her to the brooding coop today or tomorrow and hopefully I can get some pictures soon

I hope she has more than one egg too... i've read that one chick rarely makes it.... good luck...

 

[killingthyme]

Good morning all. Hope things are going well at your end. I seem to be having temp issues - was up at 100 degrees, then fell yesterday to 98 and stayed there. So I am nudging the thermostat, waiting a couple of hours, nudging it again. Still at 98 this morning. Now I've put one plug in (both plugs were out) and put a blankie over half the incubator while trying not to block any vent holes.

I should also note that, with shipped eggs inside, I decided to leave the turner off for at least three days, maybe four. What I've read suggests 7 days without turning, but I couldn't figure a way to turn only the non-shipped eggs with the automatic turner in the incubator. So 3 days is a sort of compromise. I'm hoping that won't affect the non-shipped eggs too badly. Any thoughts?

 

[trunkman]

I set 42 eggs last night also, I don't know what will come of it as far as breed goes because I have a mixed flock. I have a rir and an ee roo, the hens are rir, new hampshire red, br, ee, white rock, so who knows how colorful they will be! , good luck all!