Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

17 have hatched and are out in the brooder! Thats more than half and I'm very happy with the results so far!

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...

I counted 14 out this morning!

Oh, I almost forgot that I took this pic of the turkeys all up on there roost yesterday.

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!

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.

31 quail eggs made it to lockdown. Fingers crossed they all make it. I saw a couple internally pipped.

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...

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.

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...