They are loving the lamp but the skin is peeling all over there under their wings, neck and upper back. I don’t think they would have been burnt all over like that.
The brooder size is as per usual but I feel like you are definitely into something. I actually went through the shed and found a lamp with a snake on it so maybe that will work? Would you know what is cause if the eye issues?
Edit: I took a better look at the chicks and it almost seems like...
Sadly 2 more passed away. Fortunately the remaining 5 have survived a night without casualties and I think they are all good. Eating amazingly, drinking, bouncing around BUT I noticed something really strange. On the three oldest chicks their eyes are starting to close up and their skin seems to...
Thank you so much! I have raised quail once before and the food seems to be the one thing that I have messed up this time round. I’ll see if I can get some today
1. Yes this is the heat plate im using
2. Yes it’s the mat I mentioned
3. I have taken the tuna and eggs out
4. I haven’t hammered the food up but I will
5. The eggs hatched between days 16 and 19
6. I lined the incubator with a white liner (photo below)
Hi all, I have had a horrible hatching experience with Coturnix quail and I would like to know you opinions.
For context I hatched 24 chicks, about 9 or 10 hatched with splayed leg. They where culled immediately as I don’t want those genes in my covey. At this stage I was down to about 15 or...