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Originally Posted by Gypsy & Me  Ohh can't wait to see new pics of them. Are you going to keep us dated right up till they leave? I'm really excited about the idea of watching them grow up.
What does the scope do and what does candled mean? Sorry, I'm just really interested in this.  |
Yeah! If people are interested, I'll update as they grow! The scope attaches to the incubator, with chicken/duck eggs you can actually see the chick developing inside the egg! But it did'nt work when I tried it with the quail eggs! Candling is basically holdind a torch (you can buy special candler torches) up against the egg so you can see whats happening inside. After so long (a weekish) if the egg is fertile you should be able to make out the shadow of an embryo!
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Originally Posted by GurleyGirl Very interesting video.... what do they eat?  |
I have made a mixture of ground chick crumbs,ground dried ferret food(high protein) and finch seed. In a week or so thye can have finely chopped fresh greens too and as they grow small mealworms and other tiny feeder insects. I won't need to ground the food as they get bigger and at 5-6 weeks they move onto layers pellets for game birds aswell as greens/insects/finch seed and millet! I have to fill the water bowl with marbles too as for a week or so after hatching they have the urge to get into water
and would either end up drowning or get so wet they would develop pneumonia and die. While the marbles are there they can drink from the tiny gaps without being able to submerge themseleves!