josie311angel
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- Jul 23, 2014
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Hi, I'm Josie,
I am very knew to Quaker breeding, but have owned my Quakers for many years now. I have 2 Quakers a girl named Missy and a boy named Gerrard, she is about 5 now and he is about 4. They laid their first clutch 3 years ago, she laid 3 eggs, unfortunately they didn't hatch when expected to and eventually she left them. After we removed the eggs we decided to take a look in one and found that the chick was at a very early stage of development and died early. The next year she laid four and the same thing happened, except for this time one of the chicks had attempted to hatch before dying, and all four were almost ready to hatch. This year she chose a different nesting place, where I can't see her or the eggs I am still not sure what is going on, but I feel that the same thing has happened again, as it is over the time again and there are no signs. It is really upsetting to see as for 3 years now she has tried so hard. She does everything she is expected to do, and nothing seems to be working out for her. They live in a aviary outside, and it has been hot at the times she has laid them, so I was thinking it might be the heat. I just need to find out if there is anything I could be doing wrong, anything I can change or do differently.
Please feel free to ask any questions, Advice would be greatly appreciated.
I am very knew to Quaker breeding, but have owned my Quakers for many years now. I have 2 Quakers a girl named Missy and a boy named Gerrard, she is about 5 now and he is about 4. They laid their first clutch 3 years ago, she laid 3 eggs, unfortunately they didn't hatch when expected to and eventually she left them. After we removed the eggs we decided to take a look in one and found that the chick was at a very early stage of development and died early. The next year she laid four and the same thing happened, except for this time one of the chicks had attempted to hatch before dying, and all four were almost ready to hatch. This year she chose a different nesting place, where I can't see her or the eggs I am still not sure what is going on, but I feel that the same thing has happened again, as it is over the time again and there are no signs. It is really upsetting to see as for 3 years now she has tried so hard. She does everything she is expected to do, and nothing seems to be working out for her. They live in a aviary outside, and it has been hot at the times she has laid them, so I was thinking it might be the heat. I just need to find out if there is anything I could be doing wrong, anything I can change or do differently.
Please feel free to ask any questions, Advice would be greatly appreciated.