Recent content by MontiSage

I have found that many breeders advocating for a "dry hatch" don't mention their ambient, natural relative humidity. That leads to confusion and lower hatch rates because "normal" humidity for one person may be completely different for another person. One of my hatching egg sources reminded me...

Wow! 428g! That's awesome. Thx!

I never saw the age of the birds mentioned. I have coturnix producing foam at 5wo. I mispoke regarding kidnies being the source of the foam. It's the proctodeal gland. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4087722

Quail chicks require about 95° the first week. Their gamebird starter needs to be ground up for the first 3-4 days. And thier water should be 95°F when it's put in the brooder for the first week. I grind my feed for three days. I warm filtered water to 95°F when I change water. And I use an...

It seems your birds are outside on the ground? And you're providing some fresh food, not just a commercial feed? They'll need a source of grit to process fresh foods.

Coturnix males produce foamy poops. The foam is a secretion from their kidnies.

If you think the 💩is bad, wait 'til it warms up and the flies move in.😉😁 Cold spring weather is the time to make sure there's a fly control plan. Sprays, sticky traps, water traps, fly predators? You'll need them all for ducks. If you fall behind you'll never catch up.

If this hasn't been said already, rinsing eggs in cold water has the potential of introducing bacteria into the egg, thereby reducing it's shelf life or hatchability. This is discussed in Dave Holderread's book, "Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks". The reason given is that eggs are porous, as...

Black oil sunflower seeds... See #3 in Pros, and #2 in Cons... https://www.profitableventure.com/feed-chickens-black-oil-sunflower-seeds/

What's your best average high weight for jumbo coturnix roosters? And hens?

I know this is an old thread, I'm new, and I didn't go thru all 18 pages of replies, but... Roosters are specifically raised by some people for the fly tying industry. The neck feathers can be desirable for fly tying. The most desirable are the long neck feathers with uniform width from top to...

The foamy poop comes from a rooster.