Hi, not sure what to name this post, but wondered if anyone else has hatched baby birds?
We got some quail eggs from someone and borrowed an incubator from a friend. Put in 9 eggs, got 4 babies. We are planning to train our dog with them. (Please, only to point them , NO eating!!!)
Well, the guy who gave us the first batch gave me about 20 more. So I put them in the incubator and Sunday, some started to hatch out, 3 of them. Then a few more started to pip,but even after 24 hours did not get out. I did some reading and found that because of the opening of the incubator probably threw off the humidity, and the eggs started to dry up. I helped two that were in real trouble, and now they are just not OK. They are laying on their back and can't seem to get up. My son and I broke open the rest and I almost wish we didn't. It is like some bizarre freaky movie. All these baby quail flailing and peeping, I can't stand it. They definitely would not have hatched, the egg membrane was like a thick film.
I even see a couple from the first of this particular group falling over and just not right.
Anyone ever had this trouble? It's almost like it's neurological?Very very sad..They probably won't make it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/NadineNat/Quail#5464956635557039970
http://picasaweb.google.com/NadineNat/Quail#5464956643602601218
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We got some quail eggs from someone and borrowed an incubator from a friend. Put in 9 eggs, got 4 babies. We are planning to train our dog with them. (Please, only to point them , NO eating!!!)
Well, the guy who gave us the first batch gave me about 20 more. So I put them in the incubator and Sunday, some started to hatch out, 3 of them. Then a few more started to pip,but even after 24 hours did not get out. I did some reading and found that because of the opening of the incubator probably threw off the humidity, and the eggs started to dry up. I helped two that were in real trouble, and now they are just not OK. They are laying on their back and can't seem to get up. My son and I broke open the rest and I almost wish we didn't. It is like some bizarre freaky movie. All these baby quail flailing and peeping, I can't stand it. They definitely would not have hatched, the egg membrane was like a thick film.
I even see a couple from the first of this particular group falling over and just not right.
Anyone ever had this trouble? It's almost like it's neurological?Very very sad..They probably won't make it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/NadineNat/Quail#5464956635557039970
http://picasaweb.google.com/NadineNat/Quail#5464956643602601218
Na
Thanks