17 have hatched and are out in the brooder! Thats more than half and I'm very happy with the results so far!
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- Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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- Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:46 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
I would just move the eggs and don't bother with the dog crate. I might put broody hens with chicks in a dog crate right after they hatch and only for a few days. The chicks can get out anyway and need there mom. I then take everything out but leave the feeder filled with chick starter so that the c...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
I counted 14 out this morning!
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:54 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
Oh, I almost forgot that I took this pic of the turkeys all up on there roost yesterday.
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:51 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
So this afternoon we had about 8 pipped quail, went to one of my daughters graduations and came home to 1 freshly hatched quail! And many more pipped n zipping! Our first quail in a very long time, I almost forgot how tiny they are!
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:33 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
I found 1 pipped quail last night. It seems to be zipping a bit right now but last I looked, it was the only one. Tommorow is the expected day of hatch. Its not a very good pic but ah well. Lol.
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
31 quail eggs made it to lockdown. Fingers crossed they all make it. I saw a couple internally pipped.
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:38 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
Well its been 2 weeks since we picked up the royal palm turkey poults, I think its time for an update! Lol They have been out in the big brooder for 5 days now and I swear they have grown 3X the size since we got them, they are doing excellent. The pattern is starting to show up nicely in there feat...
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: Incubating and Hatching
- Topic: Making Babies
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Re: Making Babies
Well give her some eggs (if you want) and find out. Breaking a broody chicken can be done but some people might not like or agree with the practice. However it can be humanely done.
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:28 pm
- Forum: Around the Waterer
- Topic: Early Birds
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Re: Early Birds
I agree with KB but at some point the chicks will have absorbed all the yolk they have inside them. I don't know when I would remove them, maybe 36 hours but have a plan to immediately raise the humidity because it will fall. I have a spray bottle that I put warm water in and spray the eggs before I...