Recent content by Bumperchicken

Neat crafty solution!

Just chiming in for interest's sake to follow this post - as a long-time insect rearer for reptile and chicken feeders, I am certainly considering supplementing upcoming quail chicks with home-grown insects as you are considering. Soldier flies are a neat composting powerhouse and definitely on...

I am new to quail, (but definitely not new to breeding and genetics!), and I would highly suggest keeping an eye on health factors while going for this larger version of the morph. Mostly, taking the time to get animals that really thrive while moving towards the visible traits you want -...

Just a small update -- the chick did REALLY well right up until the day of hatch. Looking through as much info as I can, I THINK the humidity was too high and she might have drowned right at hatch time although it's hard for me to say for sure since I'm inexperienced with bird eggs. I found...

If you're concerned about the temperatures fluctuating and getting too high, I would HIGHLY recommend a relatively cheap thermostat, like an Inkbird -- you plug one end into your heat lamp, and securely fasten the temperature probe under the lamp. If it gets too hot (you set the range you...

Thanks for posting this -- I am having the same issue. It's been nearly 24 hours for my quail egg with an external pip but the internal membrane intact, and I'm doing my best to just leave it alone. We have a pretty makeshift incubator right now since I sold all of my incubation equipment a...

Just a small update -- our quail pipped late last night! Taking it easy over the evening. We're not getting our hopes up too high or anything but we're thinking he may come out today sometime if all goes well.

I, too, am in BC -- the South Okanagan for me-- very hot and sunny, great farming, but OH SO EXPENSIVE! I have lived in Northern BC, though (Tumbler Ridge area) and honestly the housing up there is reasonably affordable. You do have to contend with bears and winter and things! I don't think...

This is fantastic! It looks extremely professional.

Wow, it's been a long time since I've been in a community that is this lively - thank you for the welcomes!

You bet! We actually looked long and hard for the right reccomended game bird starter but I've had no luck so far, but our local store carries turkey starter which I've heard can work, and that brand has 24% protein. I figured if we supplement with live gutloaded bugs that might work decently...

Hey friends! I'm new to posting here, but not new to browsing around on occasion as farming/permaculture and rearing animals has been my long-time passion. We have a tiny farm-yard currently, and are just saving up to build our actual farm on land we bought a while ago in Nova Scotia, Canada...