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  1. Bonkerelli

    Wild Quail Eggs.. should I try to hatch?

    I recently moved to where the lawn was overgrown. While cleaning it up I found 14 quail eggs in a nest. They all look "fresh". All really clean and no cracks. I candled them and didn't see anything growing inside. I am kinda wanting to hatch them but a little hesitant. Any advice on Quail would...
    • Bonkerelli
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    • chicks eggs hatching quail wild
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  2. DovesFlock

    Egg hatching help needed!!

    So I have a bunch of eggs (25) that I’m trying to hatch. I have a few questions and concerns. Starting off last Wednesday (Aug 31) I tried to keep the eggs warm via candles until I could get back power. The ones I could transport I took to my aunts who has a generator. So they weren’t without...
    • DovesFlock
    • Thread
    • eggs hatching hatching 21 hatching eggs hatching eggs - emergency help incubating incubating and hatching
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. DovesFlock

    Newbie to egg hatching. Any tips?

    I’ve made two homage incubators (one is for lockdown one is for the first 16 days. Because I don’t want too much humidity) I started with 25 eggs in total. I had to discard about 7 yesterday due to being past due date (and DIS) I have one that’s supposed to hatch today but hasn’t made a sound...
  4. DovesFlock

    Day 22-23 with no air sac and weird smell

    So I can’t smell much as is but I noticed a smell in my incubator. i had a bunch of eggs that needed to hatch/were going to hatch/are going to hatch soon in here. This is my lockdown incubator. I already had 4 eggs that are going day 26 and two going on day 21 -23. I took the one that was on day...
  5. R

    Help please

    My Rouen duck just hatched a single duckling.It has been 2 weeks and the poor baby died today.Will she try to hatch more or will she give up and not try again this year.
  6. How to take care of coturnix quail egg-end of life.

    How to take care of coturnix quail egg-end of life.

    It all starts when you collect or buy your eggs, you decide to eat or incubate them. Eating them is good but incubating them into little fluff balls is even better. First things first you’re going to need an incubator that is reliable. If you don’t know about it yet always do a test run without...
    • Porchypatcher
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    • egg to endof life hatching incubation keeping quail quail raising quail
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Quail
  7. L

    Are These Quail Eggs Viable?

    This is my very first time hatching Cotournix Quail and Im worried these may have stopped developing. It's day 15 (lockdown day). I ended up with 4 that developed to this, the air cells seem worryingly large. And one egg that's too dark to see through. Will these likely not hatch? I have a gut...
  8. DovesFlock

    Day 21 no pipping, movement, sounds HELP PLEASE!!

    I have 4 eggs ready to hatch Aug 31st (today) however we lost power yesterday around 10 ish and I’ve been keeping them warm and as humid as possible with blankets (covering the bottom/my vents) and candles (for warmth and such) however they have made a sound or movement or single lip. This is my...
  9. D

    Day 26 of Incubation

    I had 5 viable eggs in my incubator going into lockdown—one hatched on day 21. It’s now day 26 and the other 4 have not hatched. 3 of them are still moving around a ton. Should I just keep waiting? Is this something anyone has dealt with before? Thank you!
  10. LDemps0504

    Broody hen having a hard time walking after laying on eggs in a split

    1st time with a broody hen. My broody hen has been sitting on a clutch of eggs - 2 babies have now hatched. We noticed she would lay on the eggs this whole time in a split, or with her legs splayed out. I thought maybe this is normal? She hasn't gotten up and I noticed she was pooping all over...
  11. M

    Baby chicks hatched- but coop isn’t really safe.

    Hi all! Mama hen hatched some eggs. They are all in a large dog crate with food and water inside the coop. Our coop is at least 4ft off the ground, so not safe to let the babies walk around the coop and no safe way to get outside (ramp is super long). Mama hen wants her chicks to follow her...
  12. Ashcole

    Help broody hen & hatching

    Can someone please help. I have a broody hen who was determined to sit so we let her. I tried to make sure all eggs were from the same day so they’d hatch at the same time I even marked them with an X. I go to check a few days later and found 6 extra eggs. My daughter apparently added a few...
  13. Frodo the Pekin

    Mite infestation on broody hen 1 day before hatch

    Hi! Here's yet another panicked post from my first hatch adventure. This one might be the most 'panicky' yet. There's mites all over my broody and her nest, about one day from her duck eggs hatching. Tonight I went to check on her 2 duck eggs, both of which have externally pipped last night. And...
  14. Eggsandbeyond

    First time egg layers and first time hatching!

    2 out of my 5 pullets are starting to lay finally! It's been about 2 weeks of laying every day to every other day. I was going to wait until next spring to incubate some, but I am just way too excited!! Is it too early to try hatching them? I want healthy chicks, of course. The rooster has...
    • Eggsandbeyond
    • Thread
    • chicks excited to learn first eggs first time chicken hatching hatching incubabtion incubating pullets pullets and cockerels
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  15. Backyardtut

    Broody egg hoarder hen! Let her hatch all of them of or downsize?

    My bantam hen has managed to collect 16 eggs. Only 4 are her own. I was going to allow her to hatch her own 4 and was reluctantly going to allow her to hatch another 4 that were in the same stages of development.. but in the passing week she has managed to take in more eggs from other layers—...
  16. IHeartChickens10

    Please Help With Incubation!!

    I'm incubating chicks for the first time, and I had two pip last night. One has hatched but the other one still has not zipped. There is a hole in the shell and her beak is moving around in there. She keeps chewing at the shell but she doesn't seem to do much more than that. She's been in there...
  17. M

    Welshie duckling- i need advice!

    Hi there, I have 1 lonely survivor welsh harlequin egg that is 27/28 days. It was rocking the egg around the incubator just fine yesterday and today- nothing. I did candle it very briefly and it has a good sized air sac but the duckling was not moving. Nothing changed with the incubator- temp is...
  18. klyduck

    48 hours no internal pip!!! Call ducks.

    Hi! I want to start by saying I poked a safety hole in two eggs, I couldn’t tell if they had pipped or not. The hole is small and humidity is high but now I’m questioning if that was ok… The rest of the 10 are showing no movement but have clear healthy veins . It’s been 48 hours and nothing...
    • klyduck
    • Thread
    • callduck callduck hatching duckhatching hatching
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. U

    Help!!! Not sure of shrinkage

    Visiting my mother who hatches silkies. Her turken hatched 4 chicks on her and left 3 eggs wouldn’t sit on them at all unless we made her. So I was going toss the eggs like my mother asked of me but heard chirping coming from both eggs. One did get stepped on my either the turken or another...
  20. Micoylf

    Chick has pipped but not zipped

    Hiya! First time hatching, i’m a day past their planned hatch date and have 3 chicks that pipped and zipped no problem, but the last one is having trouble. It had pipped in the early morning yesterday but made no progress since then, its beak just sticking out of the airhole gasping. I waited...
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