➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[HuffleClaw]

You guys make me jealous

 

[H@tcher]

I had 40 eggs ready to go in. I now have 50+ but I'm limiting myself to only two turner rails which holds 40 eggs.

This will be my second fertility check run. I AM setting them some time today.

It doesn't take long for them to add up when the hens are laying good. I have enough to make a gallon jar of pickled eggs, 6 pints and a quart pickled in the fridge now and I gave the lady down the street 125 hatching eggs for Christmas.

 

[Kiki]

It doesn't take long for them to add up when the hens are laying good. I have enough to make a gallon jar of pickled eggs, 6 pints and a quart pickled in the fridge now and I gave the lady down the street 125 hatching eggs for Christmas.

If I didn't refrigerate my eggs I could fill these rails easily but I couldn't house that many.
I might go ahead and add a third rail though.
Might.
I'm getting things ready now. Just testing to see what they look like....some are too big for this rail.

 

[Kiki]

Shoot I don't even have a cage ready for these pepper ones yet.


I'm not in trouble yet but I might be soon.

 

[H@tcher]

If I didn't refrigerate my eggs I could fill these rails easily but I couldn't house that many.
I might go ahead and add a third rail though.
Might.
I'm getting things ready now. Just testing to see what they look like....some are too big for this rail.View attachment 1631042 View attachment 1631043

Yes, add the third rail.

Those are some big quail eggs. Or the rails are small.

 

[H@tcher]

Shoot I don't even have a cage ready for these pepper ones yet.


I'm not in trouble yet but I might be soon.

They'll be fine in the tote/brooder for a week or two.

 

[Kiki]

I should have dated each damn egg so I can see how many from each day are fertile this time.

I kinda have an idea on some that I labeled 2...I just collected now.
The ones were collected yesterday and the day before.
The 3 Was are ones I washed.
The rest were collected a few days ago.

I'm going to start dating all eggs from now on until I know for sure how many hens are getting mated.

 

[Kiki]

They'll be fine in the tote/brooder for a week or two.

They poop.
I'm not cleaning paper towels for two weeks. No way.

 

[H@tcher]

They poop.
I'm not cleaning paper towels for two weeks. No way.

 

[Kiki]

This dummy!