Oh my gosh those little quail babies are adorable! That cutie with the bit of white over it's eye is just the cutest! I just ordered my first batch of Guinea keets. I've raised chickens before but Guinea Hens are new to me. They will arrive in June and I can't wait to share the pictures.
Me too! And I am so surprised they righted themselves! Not like the other who ended up passing away. Not due to its leg problems, I don't think. But, still! I am so happy for it!
They look and sound so cute! I am so happy to hear that you helped them; look at them now...thriving. And so happy to hear that their feet corrected all by themselves. This is so eggciting!
I had a bad hatch this spring, just one chick. I used a lizard mat to keep it warm and it did just fine. Glad you had a good hatch, but if you ever do have a bad hatch, I highly recommend the lizard mats!
I was so worried I was going to have one chicken chick and one quail chick... Haha. I didn't know how that was going to work out! I know they prefer company. Did that chick end up super friendly because it was alone?
Sweet little fluff nuggets. Glad you kept an eye out for pasty butt. That can't be fun for anyone. I'm so glad the gimpy ones are coming out of it. That's wonderful!
Great update - though I always love ANYTHING featuring chicks. I know that people say not to intervene and let nature take it's course but if a chick is showing spunk, I help it. I have two of my favourite chickens that way. And, of course, I justify it by the fact that shoving a load of eggs into a human-made incubator isn't exactly natural either so I'll help if necessary. ;)
Yeah! It was that or let them starve and dehydrate to death in their eggs. It comes to a personal point of what one thinks is more humane. I helped them in preparation of knowing they might have to be immediately culled. Seemed more humane to me! Haha
Nice to hear they hatched! Even nicer to hear is that they feet straightened themselves out. Wonderful!
Is it actually true that if you help a chick remove its eggshells it won't develop its strength needed to survive? I can see how this is true, but may be a bit extreme...
I don’t know if that’s a for-sure true statement or not. I helped one last hatch and it had to be culled immediately.
Everyone hatched on Sunday and Monday and these guys were rocking around still on Wednesday. It was either let them starve and dehydrate to death in their egg or give them a chance. They can survive three days on the yolk they absorb before hatch, well that’s true for chickens, a little less time, I’ve read, for quail. Haha they’ve fixed their own feet so, they showed me a lot of promise.
They were showing so much vigor, I couldn’t let them just die in their eggs.
The quail are especially cute! If everyone makes it to 6 weeks, I will have a nice flock of 20 bobwhites! I just love how super tiny the quail are when they hatch, it's pretty miraculous that they can be so tiny on the floor of the wilds like that! Thanks for stopping by!! <3
They are pretty cute!! Will be my first black-black ones! Unless they lose their black color! I don't know how they'll look when they're grown since they're mixes! Very exciting, really! Haha, thanks for stopping by!
Hey! It's been a while haven't had the right timing to see your stuff but been thinking I need to check in on what you're up to! And wow! I remember when you first brought those quails home and almost lost them. Can't even belive you're hatching little chickies now!
I'm finally pretty settled back into the house and starting to come up with all the new projects. We used to do chickens and rabbits but I'm giving up on the rabbits. We've got the city limit for chickens so no new chickens for us but I'm thinking about either quail or pigeons. Do you know anything about raising pigeons? I just got a book about each bird to see what will work best for me. Excited to see how well you're doing ( :
Oh my gosh those little quail babies are adorable! That cutie with the bit of white over it's eye is just the cutest! I just ordered my first batch of Guinea keets. I've raised chickens before but Guinea Hens are new to me. They will arrive in June and I can't wait to share the pictures.
Awwww they are just too cute my friend. Thanks for the warm fuzzy this morning.
So glad you enjoyed!! <3
Yay! So glad you had such good outcomes, especially with the two initially gimpy ones.
Me too! And I am so surprised they righted themselves! Not like the other who ended up passing away. Not due to its leg problems, I don't think. But, still! I am so happy for it!
They look and sound so cute! I am so happy to hear that you helped them; look at them now...thriving. And so happy to hear that their feet corrected all by themselves. This is so eggciting!
Eggciting! EGGACTLY! Haha.
I am so happy that they righted themselves. It makes me feel good that I did the right thing, this time! Haha. <3
I had a bad hatch this spring, just one chick. I used a lizard mat to keep it warm and it did just fine. Glad you had a good hatch, but if you ever do have a bad hatch, I highly recommend the lizard mats!
I was so worried I was going to have one chicken chick and one quail chick... Haha. I didn't know how that was going to work out! I know they prefer company. Did that chick end up super friendly because it was alone?
He was at first, but he is a roo and now he is out chasing the ladies...
Isn’t it amazing how some people have super friendly roosters and other roosters just are horn dogs and kinda dicks?? Haha
I had one I named "Rothschild" he was such a tyrant... lol!
I had to google Rothschild. Haha. Rich snooties. Haha.
Sweet little fluff nuggets. Glad you kept an eye out for pasty butt. That can't be fun for anyone. I'm so glad the gimpy ones are coming out of it. That's wonderful!
Great update - though I always love ANYTHING featuring chicks. I know that people say not to intervene and let nature take it's course but if a chick is showing spunk, I help it. I have two of my favourite chickens that way. And, of course, I justify it by the fact that shoving a load of eggs into a human-made incubator isn't exactly natural either so I'll help if necessary. ;)
Yeah! It was that or let them starve and dehydrate to death in their eggs. It comes to a personal point of what one thinks is more humane. I helped them in preparation of knowing they might have to be immediately culled. Seemed more humane to me! Haha
Nice to hear they hatched! Even nicer to hear is that they feet straightened themselves out. Wonderful!
Is it actually true that if you help a chick remove its eggshells it won't develop its strength needed to survive? I can see how this is true, but may be a bit extreme...
I don’t know if that’s a for-sure true statement or not. I helped one last hatch and it had to be culled immediately.
Everyone hatched on Sunday and Monday and these guys were rocking around still on Wednesday. It was either let them starve and dehydrate to death in their egg or give them a chance. They can survive three days on the yolk they absorb before hatch, well that’s true for chickens, a little less time, I’ve read, for quail. Haha they’ve fixed their own feet so, they showed me a lot of promise.
They were showing so much vigor, I couldn’t let them just die in their eggs.
Cuteness overload! Very happy day for you!
The quail are especially cute! If everyone makes it to 6 weeks, I will have a nice flock of 20 bobwhites! I just love how super tiny the quail are when they hatch, it's pretty miraculous that they can be so tiny on the floor of the wilds like that! Thanks for stopping by!! <3
Wow ! love it . The Black Chicken is my Favorite
Mood 🤣😂 - Hunter becomes the hunted!
They are pretty cute!! Will be my first black-black ones! Unless they lose their black color! I don't know how they'll look when they're grown since they're mixes! Very exciting, really! Haha, thanks for stopping by!
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Thanks!! I appreciate it!
nice, kfc material :))
Hahaha maybe.
Good job @farmstead in helping the chicks have a chance.
Thank you! I couldn't hold back! they had so much vigor! They begged for a chance! :D Haha
Adrienne!!! Come back to me!!! I miss you =)
I missed this! (Until now) :)
Glad they all hatched!
I’m glad you saw it and stopped by! I’m glad they all hatched too! I was so worried.
Glad the chicks are hanging in there. Won't be long before you have eggs! Lol🐓🐓
Hopefully they’re all girls! Hahahaha I’ve no clue though! I have suspicions on two of the four of them...
C R O C K P O T! Just kidding! Hope you have a sense of humor. Lol. 🐓🐓
How daaaare you.
Think I don't have a sense of humor! ;) hahaha
I threaten it all the time!
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Hey! It's been a while haven't had the right timing to see your stuff but been thinking I need to check in on what you're up to! And wow! I remember when you first brought those quails home and almost lost them. Can't even belive you're hatching little chickies now!
I'm finally pretty settled back into the house and starting to come up with all the new projects. We used to do chickens and rabbits but I'm giving up on the rabbits. We've got the city limit for chickens so no new chickens for us but I'm thinking about either quail or pigeons. Do you know anything about raising pigeons? I just got a book about each bird to see what will work best for me. Excited to see how well you're doing ( :
Don’t you mean EGGciting?! Hehe