my first chick has hatched

hi everyone,
my first chick hatched this morning, CPQ and several more are pipping
i'll let you know later how many hatch, and hopefully get a piccy.
i'm really excited

keef

oh how exciting its amazing watching the chicks pop out of there tiny eggs. Looking forward to seeing the baby pics.

Congratulations & good luck with the rest.



Suz

oo well done! nothing quite like a hatch. so lovely to watch

hi everyone, here's an update:
my eggs started hatching yestaerday, and it was a very slow process, in all 8 hatched, i got up this morning, and oh my god there must be about 30 more, it's hard to count them all!!
one thing for sure, i'm gonna be really busy over the next few days
there are still a lot more pipping

keef

Haha. It really must be exciting to see them hatch one by one. Anyway, congrats!

Aw congrats. How many eggs in the incubator?

i had 58 eggs in there in total, i think i posted somewhere that i had 88, that was a mis type.
there are still more to come, .......... i hope not to many more lol

i'll try and get some pics once they are in the brooder.
i'm going to separate them, as this is my first experiance of hatching quail, so i hope i don't kill them or anything, by separating them, i feel i'll have more chance of a good rearing rate?
anyway, i'll probably be sat in the shed with them for a few hours..... days.. nights lol

keef

well, hatching over......
out of 58 eggs, i managed to hatch 45, so i think that's quite an acceptable hatch rate.

keef

Hi Keef,

A very good hatch you got there. (77.5%).
Are threse eggs from your own stocks or bought in?

Derek.

they are from my own stock Derek, most of the hens are only 10 weeks old, the cocks are a couple of weeks older, so all in all, i think a good rate, it can only improve.
i'm gonna put the next batch in, in about five weeks.
the eggs i had from you are going in this evening, i'm sterilising my inc at the moment.
i'll be over run with chicks come xmas lol.
at least it keeps me very busy.

keef

how do you work out the % rate... do you divide hatch x eggs?

hatch/eggs*100

Congrats Keef, do we get to see pics now?

Well done Keef - can't wait to see the pics!

aw congratulations yeas piccies :D

i don't know how to put pics on here....

keef

i use www.imageshack.us browse your computer for the image and click host it then highlight and copy the link under forum 1 and paste it in your reply

keelan

Hi,

The fertility of eggs is worked out by

Number of fertile eggs divided by the number of eggs set X 100 = % fertility.

The hatcherbility is worked out by

Number of chicks divided by the number of eggs set X 100 = % Hatcherbility.

Derek.

thanks guys

keef