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Expert: Abi - 5/31/2009


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I have been incubating button quail eggs,and today is day 13.  I have now stopped turning them and I hear faint tapping noises from inside the eggs.  Does this mean they are getting ready to hatch, and if so do you have any idea in approximate how long it will be.  I dont want to miss this!! Ive worked harder than I had to with these eggs because I am so excited about this experience.  Thanks

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Hello Danielle,

Yes this does mean they are getting ready to hatch- I always wait 24 hours- sometimes they are a bit longer, sometimes a bt shorter. Giving them that amount of time is important though, before you start helping etc.

Thanks for your question.

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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.

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I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!

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