Quail eggs are driving me mad!!

[chika10]

i'm on day 16 of incubation for my button quail eggs nothin yet i expect them to be late ,but i can't keep my eyes off them.

 

[mozza82]

Hi I tried button Quail eggs a few weeks ago and non of them hatched but it was my first time incubating eggs and my first incubator was not as god as the second one I built I was that told they can take up2 21 days by more experienced peeps on here my coturnix eggs should be piping between late thursday early saturday with any luck.

 

[yo burrill]

I decided not to try button quail I did more reading and they can be very aggressive with each other. Dont want to deal with it... My one lonely pheasant eggs is still growing. I used to have more animals but I lost several of them this year.

Im going to have to get rid of some chickens before winter too. With our feed prices going up I dont want to feed 30 chickens.

 

[mozza82]

oh I hope you wasn't attached to all of them bless ya. COME ON LONELY EGG YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

 

[chika10]

i woke up this morning and i had a chick hatch and some wiggled. this was my first ever hatch and it was in my homemade incubator. i was suprised b/c i had so many temp fluctuations. anyway good luck!

 

[mozza82]

Well done you woo hoo!!

my last home made kept on tripping so my button quail eggs didn't stand a chance really I'm so pleased for you enjoy your little chicks

 

[yo burrill]

Always get attatched to them. It was just a bad year. I dont usually name the chickens unless they manage to make it through a few fox attacks. If they can do that then they may get a name. I have Roo and Sissy, Black Broody , Henny Penny and No Name right now for adults. All the others are this years babies and teenagers. Too hard to keep track of who is who for names while they are going through their feathering and first Moult the colors change so much.

 

[mozza82]

lol I hope you dont eat them as well because dinner time wouldn't be nice tonight we are having broody for dinner that would be horrible.

 

[mozza82]

I'm on day 17 nothings happening yet there got to hatch this time I've had a constant heat temp of 99.5 humid was 60 now its 75% I turned them 4 times a day so I cant see any thing from my side gone wrong SOOOOOOOOO COME ON!!!

 

[yo burrill]

Naa dont eat the chickens. Ive never had any gain enough weight to make it worth the plucking cause I free range my birds and I have banties right now. I do raise a beef critter for the freezer every couple years. I grew up on a farm so have always been around "pets" that we ate. It is a fact of life that I am glad I had to learn while growing up. My younger son is learning to deer hunt now. So should have a full freezer for winter. Saves alot on the grocery bill not having to buy meat at $5 per lb for beef.