The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[MACCanadianCoop]

No, she is a mystery. Whatever she is, she either is grossly not up to standard, or not a breed I ordered. She's cute though. The feathered foot one next to her is a sexlink I hatched I haven't mentioned yet tho

Oh, it's the same chick! Now I'm with you

 

[muddy75]

My breeding pen gets bigger and bigger

Chicken math

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It was chilly today. He didn't want to come out at first.

 

[muddy75]

@The Moonshiner how’s the quail????

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Had to do a life check on this one. First day with just the plate and no light and he was sound asleep when I came to check on them.

He's fine, but I have to nudge/poke him a few times before he woke up and panicked because everyone else had left while he slept

 

[The Moonshiner]

Every time you post, you seem to have new chicks. I can't keep up

 

[WallyG74]

Get used to it

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Get used to it

 

[The Moonshiner]

@The Moonshiner how’s the quail????

Looking like real quail now. Still mini sized though.
I wasn't too impressed with the whole deal but I've got enough to work with so it's all good.
I recieved 60 eggs. I didn't candle until lock down.
31 were clear. Out of the other 29 I hatched 21 or 22 can't remember cause I lost one before it even dried.
Lost a few more over the next several days. Got down to 13. They've been all fine for a while now.
So basically I'm at about 25% of the amount of eggs ordered.

 

[WallyG74]

Looking like real quail now. Still mini sized though.
I wasn't too impressed with the whole deal but I've got enough to work with so it's all good.
I recieved 60 eggs. I didn't candle until lock down.
31 were clear. Out of the other 29 I hatched 21 or 22 can't remember cause I lost one before it even dried.
Lost a few more over the next several days. Got down to 13. They've been all fine for a while now.
So basically I'm at about 25% of the amount of eggs ordered.

I understand loss due to shipping scramble but 31 clear is a bit steep.