Posts by katagra

I've had painted quail for about a year now, no white or pied. I've probably had 10 generations hatch since, most looked just like the parents. About 2 months ago I had 2 hatch that were blackfaced, pale colour and speckled. That...

Okay, I had a bantam golden sebright/ameraucana hatch today, right on time, so the standard and digital thermometers must be closer than the built in thermometer. I've got it running at 98.7f, the others shows the temp runs between...

I used 2 thermometers, one analog, one digital, they both match at egg height. I turned down the bator to 98, and that's been keeping the temp between 99.7 and 100.2. I wondered if it's adjusted to estimate the temp in the bottom...

I tried to look through the other posts, but all I could find was about the one with switches. My pre-set temp was like 100, the read out shows bouncing between 99.7 and 100.2, so I was pretty thrilled. I put my turner in, put in...

It's pretty easy to deter snakes, since they're very sensitive to sulphur. Just liberally sprinkle some  around your pen and when he tastes the air with his tongue, he'll attempt to go around it. Just don't trap him inside....

Bad news; I candled my pheasant eggs since they were a bit late hatching, saw nothing dark in the eggs. My other eggs did hatch, just not any pheasant. I guess I'm going to try to find somewhere to buy chicks instead.

I thought I had a couple of these last year, but didn't get pictures then. Once he was dry, he was easy to pick out in a crowd.           I love these quail, they surprise me all the...

Hmm, I used to crush them  by hand and whirl them in the blender, but powdered or small bits didn't seem to matter when it was mixed in feed. I put them in a small butter bowl, use another butter bowl on top, then push down by...

But they did hatch even while being turned? This wont be easy, but might be possible at least.   Got another loop thrown at me; they sent en extra egg, but it's a reeves pheasant. If I'm not mistaken that'll need to be...

I had some guinea eggs hatch 4 or 5 days early once, so I hadn't yet stopped the egg turner, but they hatched anyway. I just ordered some red golden pheasant eggs, they're going to take about five days longer than my coturnix...