The Quail-venture....

[Sammi_0411]

Had 48 eggs 33 hatched hun xx great seller on ebay in in england xx

 

[Joylime322]

Quail-venture Day 4!
Hello lovely people!
The veins are here!

Here are two (of 30) little growing quailings! I checked some (but not all) of the eggs because the humidity went down by 10 when I opened it. So to be on the safe side, I only candled 4 (yes with the incubator closed while candling, don't worry ^^). I am so excited to share my adventure with you all! Everything has been going smoothly so far!
Although... I was offered 4 bantam chicken eggs yesterday and had to refuse. I have heard a lot about how chickens carry diseases that may harm the little quails. And ( as seen from the pictures of my last post) I have no space for them in the incubator anyway. How about you? Have you had any struggles with chicken sicknesses being passed to your quail?
Do you have any advice for a newbie like me?
Have a great day!! ~~ Joylime
Note: For those who have been around my account for a bit, I took the duck egg out. The male duck we have just seems to young to contribute to fertile eggs. And also, I was getting a lot of information about how it wouldn't be a good situation for the quails to be around a possible duckling. Thank you all for your support and advice!

 

[Joylime322]

Quail-venture Question....

Hello! I am trying to make a decision on what is best to buy for my current situation. In 12 days, I will have an 1-30 little quailings hatching from their eggs. It is the midwest and getting chillier. The first brooder will be inside until they are older. I am really uncertain about what to get as a heat source for these little guys. I have heard many things. "Lamp is best!" "Plate is better!" "MHP WINS!!" And so on and so forth. I know all of you probably have strong opinions, so please share so I can get as much information as possible so I can make a decision! Thank you!
~~ JoyLime

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What on earth is a bucket test?

 

[orloffer]

Quail-venture Day 4!
Hello lovely people!
The veins are here!
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Here are two (of 30) little growing quailings! I checked some (but not all) of the eggs because the humidity went down by 10 when I opened it. So to be on the safe side, I only candled 4 (yes with the incubator closed while candling, don't worry ^^). I am so excited to share my adventure with you all! Everything has been going smoothly so far!
Although... I was offered 4 bantam chicken eggs yesterday and had to refuse. I have heard a lot about how chickens carry diseases that may harm the little quails. And ( as seen from the pictures of my last post) I have no space for them in the incubator anyway. How about you? Have you had any struggles with chicken sicknesses being passed to your quail?
Do you have any advice for a newbie like me?
Have a great day!! ~~ Joylime
Note: For those who have been around my account for a bit, I took the duck egg out. The male duck we have just seems to young to contribute to fertile eggs. And also, I was getting a lot of information about how it wouldn't be a good situation for the quails to be around a possible duckling. Thank you all for your support and advice!

How exciting! Quail chicks are so fun!

 

[Joylime322]

What on earth is a bucket test?

The bucket test is when you have a container of warm water and you set the egg (can be quail, chicken, turkey, or whatever) inside (this is before lock down I believe). If there is a live chick inside then you can see the egg moving and bobbing in the water. I have actually never done this but I heard that sometimes people do this if they have a very dark egg that can't be candled. Hehe maybe it is called something other than "bucket test". "water test"? I am honestly not sure.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The bucket test is when you have a container of warm water and you set the egg (can be quail, chicken, turkey, or whatever) inside (this is before lock down I believe). If there is a live chick inside then you can see the egg moving and bobbing in the water. I have actually never done this but I heard that sometimes people do this if they have a very dark egg that can't be candled. Hehe maybe it is called something other than "bucket test". "water test"? I am honestly not sure.

NO!!!! don't do that! Eggs are porous and will drown in water. That's why you have to make sure your humidity doesn't get too high

 

[Joylime322]

NO!!!! don't do that! Eggs are porous and will drown in water. That's why you have to make sure your humidity doesn't get too high

I haven't watched this but I am thinking this is kind of what people are doing:

I understand though what you are saying! I won't be doing this (because of reasons you have stated!) but I have heard its common practice?? I am probably wrong though ahahha

 

[Joylime322]

I haven't watched this but I am thinking this is kind of what people are doing:

I understand though what you are saying! I won't be doing this (because of reasons you have stated!) but I have heard its common practice?? I am probably wrong though ahahha

Edit: FLOAT TEST. Not bucket test. My bad.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Edit: FLOAT TEST. Not bucket test. My bad.

It's really dangerous, and not worth the risk. Especially when people do it later when they didn't hatch on day 21. They may miss a tiny external pip and flood the egg.