My first Quail. A mini blog.

[Finchbreeder]

Caged birds or quail, if more than 1 start hatching round the same time, and then one of them is behind. It needs help. Just gently crack the shell with a fingernail, along a line. Then the bird can finish pushing out. Sure it may not make it, but without the help, it is less likely to do so.

 

[pac]

Finally. My Ebay eggs are ready to ship.

I ordered 48 (24 bird increments) on account of the low hatch rate experienced with a lot of shipped eggs... and certainly my last two attempts. But the incubator only holds 44 if I remember. So some are going to be fried.

He wanted to put it off yet another day on account of being four eggs short, but we communicated (excellent in that regard) and I'll be getting 24 browns and 24 pearls. I did not want just four Pearls on account of the ratio being off should something bizarre happen and all four happen to hatch.

When I see the numbers I'll decide if I need another smaller pen to keep the Pearls separate or if they can take over the lower section of my hutch and the browns be on top. Even though the ages will be mixed. I imagine there isn't any real need to have everybody all the same age. Though that is what my mind initially wanted.

I cannot wait until I don't have to rely on shipped eggs to incubate a new crop of birds.