Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

Never hatched nor owned quail but yes once dry get them out to a brooder maybe leave last one to encourage more ?

 

[mixedbreeds]

I’m cute
I put a warm wet sponge in the incubator before I took the quail chicks out, the humidity didn’t go below 52 as I was taking them out. I can only see maybe one more that might hatch but you never know.

 

[Llamacorn]

Oh now think about you replaced mine when a hatch went south



How many other birds do you have out there I guess I thought you where medicating your entire coop ?

I am. K only have 3 left...we only had a flock of 4. I brought them all inside to medicate so i could clean the coop and run. We did some repairs to some things out there too. But we are ready to kick them out if they are going strong this weekend.

 

[Llamacorn]

View attachment 1607789 I’m cute
I put a warm wet sponge in the incubator before I took the quail chicks out, the humidity didn’t go below 52 as I was taking them out. I can only see maybe one more that might hatch but you never know.

Omg they are soooooo cute! Congrats!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am. K only have 3 left...we only had a flock of 4. I brought them all inside to medicate so i could clean the coop and run. We did some repairs to some things out there too. But we are ready to kick them out if they are going strong this weekend.

I believe your safe to send them out be prepared to medicate water out there for all not eating the eggs for maybe 3 days but don't eat them for 5 more

 

[Llamacorn]

I believe your safe to send them out be prepared to medicate water out there for all not eating the eggs for maybe 3 days but don't eat them for 5 more

I have a unheated room in my house I think I'm going to send them to for a day or so to get them used to the cold and then I'm going to kick them out. I think they will appreciate the coop updates. Tossed a tarp over part of the run to block some wind and give them a place to hang out that's dry outside. Also tossed more sand into their run.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I use shavings but my coop floor is dirt so 2 or 4 inches of shavings

 

[Llamacorn]

Its 1 PM and there is still first in the ground. The girls were crazy antsy though so I let them out to scratch around and stretch. I'm haloy to report they all have nice colored combs, healthy poops, and are all very active

 

[pennyJo1960]

so happy they are enjoying themselves like us if we are sick hard to function same for them

 

[Hinotori]

Do not put cattle panels on grass and leave them for 6 months. Removing them is a pain. If I didn't know how many were there, I'd never have found them all. Buildup of dead grass had made them almost one with the ground.

After unburying those, I dug out the bottom 8 inches of fence around the silkie pen that had been buried over the last 4 years of built up soil. Pried up those back to ground level and infilled.

Tomorrow I can put up the last roof. Yay! No worries when it snows then.