Valley quail hatching!

[pocketsierra]

This is quite an exciting event given how poorly the last hatch went.

Yesterday, several eggs had pipped. I kept the humidity at 75-80% and hoped for the best. This morning, I found 15 hatchlings at large in the incubator.

 :)

13 are now dry and downstairs in the homemade brooder. They are an active and quite jumpy bunch.  

The incubator has five more chicks and a few more eggs in progress.

I'll be taking extra good care of them after my last hatch didn't last long. They are sure small and cute. They have a little spikey fuzz on their heads that will one day be their topknot.  

Nathan

[quailman]

Chicks are the most fun animals to watch.  All that crazy running around and jumping they do makes me laugh every time.  If someone saw this big old farmer laughing his butt off like I do they would think I was crazy.  Congrats on the hatch.