Starting incubation of button quail 1/20

[robopetz]

There's something there. What are you hatching?

 

[robopetz]

Did some candling tonight and saw some moving things in there. OMG! So exciting!

 

[thomp119]

I'm hatching button quail. This last pic shows the saddle shaped air cell that I am worried about.

 

[robopetz]

Saddle shaped, what's that mean? Sorry beginner here with buttons.

 

[GrandmaBird]

Some people will argue the candling thing but I feel the same way about human baby ultra sounds...they are good if you are concerned but if everything is normal with the parents then why do these tests? do we "need" to know the sex of the unborn? If there is not the "development" showing in the egg should we toss them or give them a chance? I vote for just let them go and whatever happens, happens. Just my two cents.

 

[thomp119]

I agree with you GrandmaBird. I just hope a few hatch (fingers crossed)

 

[robopetz]

Same here so good luck to you!

Btw We went to get more chicken food and found out they just got a shipment of 2 day old silkies. Other half says you wanna get one? I'm thinking YES! But at the same time it's like no, that's twice the work, we'll need a bigger house for them blah blah. We only have Pheobie our indoor buff silkie pet. After looking into the brooder and seeing how cute they were I gave in and said ok. So here's our un named white 2 day old silkie. He has red on his head, they said that's how they separated the whites from the crowd.

 

[thomp119]

Congrats on the silkie. So adorable!

 

[robopetz]

Thank you! I forgot how noisy they can be lol I haven't introduced him/her to Pheobie yet.

 

[thomp119]

So I candled the white egg again this morning... Only to see bad news... I beleive it's a quitter