Posts by IcyOldHen

Quote: Originally Posted by quailtrail  Love it! How often does the dust bath get ch anged out? My pen is officially built and we are moving them in today   Thanks QT. I usually give them the dust bath about...

Quote: Originally Posted by professorpfunk  What did you put in there for them? Is that DE or Sand? Can you just use Play Sand?   I just have dirt from our yard in the dust bath for my quail. We live in a...

I bought a used Lyons Roll-X. I love it. In spite of the fact that I set the eggs incorrectly on the 1st hatch, and didn't tighten the set screw on the turner arm enough on my 2nd hatch... I still had good hatch rates! I paid $300 for...

Quote: Originally Posted by laseterlass  Your wild browns are probably descended from White Wing Pharoahs. J.M.F. sells them. Your whites are not A&M or English whites. But a more genetically dominant white as they...

Here is video of my coturnix quail dust bathing.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDvW7SfxZOQ   (I didn't video it sideways don't know why it got turned! Guess I'll have to remember this when taking videos with my cell...

Quote: Originally Posted by La Casa de Pollo  I went through my birds this morning, here is what I still have to bring to Chickenstock that is not spoken for... A few Turken chicks, mostly orange.... and some black...

I have hatched quail twice now. I am totally enjoying my quail.   My first quail hatched March 24th & 25th. I kept 8 hens & 1 cock. The first egg was laid from those hens today at only 5 weeks & 2 days old! I...

I weighed a few of my jumbo brown coturnix quail yesterday.   My largest mature hen weighed 13.4 oz, another hen 11.3 oz, the cock weighed 10.2 oz.   My 5 week olds were... hen 8.1 oz, cock 7.3 oz. The cock was...

Quote: Originally Posted by La Casa de Pollo  Oh ya! Don't forget I want some too (for sure!)   I haven't forgotten! 

Quote: Originally Posted by cmknight  Does anyone in SE Idaho have Jumbo Coturnix Quail eggs for sale?  I PM'ed IcyOldHen.  She messaged me back her price, but I have no idea where in SE Idaho she is and she...