July Hatch-a-Long (including 4th of July hatch-a-long)

[BullChick]

Apparently the older quail have been laying a few weeks, and I could have participated in the Fourth of July hatch if I’d seen the eggs. Alas, I am only now warming up the incubator. My quail hatch (14 eggs) is due on the eleventh. Two eggs from this week, and the rest fresh enough to pass a float test.

 

[Perris]

Have you room for another one on here?
I will be setting 3 Marans, 3 cream legbar, and 2 Welsummer Xs under a broody tomorrow, so should hatch 15 July. It'll be my first time with shipped eggs (for the Marans and the legbar; the Wellies are home grown).

 

[AgnesGray]

They eat infertile/duds.

I guess that's what they're doing??? They were all active at day 10.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Have you room for another one on here?
I will be setting 3 Marans, 3 cream legbar, and 2 Welsummer Xs under a broody tomorrow, so should hatch 15 July. It'll be my first time with shipped eggs (for the Marans and the legbar; the Wellies are home grown).

Welcome!
I just set my first ever batch of shipped eggs this morning!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Oh, yeah everyone...in my excitement early this morning I forgot to post that I set those wonky air celled Biele eggs from yesterday along with a few from my flock. The air cells on the shipped Bieles are quite a mess, but not too jiggly thankfully. I've got the worst one propped upright in a little cradle that is riding on top of the horizontal turner and the rest on their sides. And I also set one of my own eggs to counter balance the upright Biele and to act as a test egg for this upright idea.

 

[AgnesGray]

Oh, yeah everyone...in my excitement early this morning I forgot to post that I set those wonky air celled Biele eggs from yesterday along with a few from my flock. The air cells on the shipped Bieles are quite a mess, but not too jiggly thankfully. I've got the worst one propped upright in a little cradle that is riding on top of the horizontal turner and the rest on their sides. And I also set one of my own eggs to counter balance the upright Biele and to act as a test egg for this upright idea.

Nice! That sounds like a good setup!

 

[FortCluck]

Apparently the older quail have been laying a few weeks, and I could have participated in the Fourth of July hatch if I’d seen the eggs. Alas, I am only now warming up the incubator. My quail hatch (14 eggs) is due on the eleventh. Two eggs from this week, and the rest fresh enough to pass a float test.

Yes!!! You’re hatching quail with me! I have 50 eggs coming today of Rosetta and SSC

 

[BullChick]

The eggs were put in half an hour ago.
I’m actually having trouble getting the nerve up to cut off the cute little heads of the boys in the coop. They are just so adorable!

 

[chickiebaby1]

Got my Bielefelder eggs today! All look perfect from what I could see. Not a single break or crack and air cells look awesome.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

The eggs were put in half an hour ago.
I’m actually having trouble getting the nerve up to cut off the cute little heads of the boys in the coop. They are just so adorable!

That's my worry. If I raise quail I won't be able to butcher their cute little selves.