So, Are they Porcelain d'Uccles as stated in the auction or Buff Brahmas as noted in text and pix ? Inquiring minds and all that My 'bators are both full, but if I don't get a flock of pullets from this setting I DO want to try for some buff Brahmas.
I hatch out of cut down egg cartons to prevent egg carnage. Have never let the eggs just roll around. I cut down the sides about 1/6 and take the bottoms out of the cups and tops off of the divider peaks to enhance air circulation.
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Please DO! Needing recipes!
MADCAP ANY RECIPE YOU CAN FIND THAT CALLS FOR PHEASANT=== COTURNIX IS A WELL SUITED SUBSTITUTE... LIKE PHEASANT MARSALA STEW... OR PHEASANT MULLIGAN. ALSO THERE ARE MANY QUAIL RECIPES AVAILABLE ON LINE.... JUST DO A WEB SEARCH FOR QUAIL RECIPES OR...
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So, OK, more than a day late and a $ short, BUT................Have decided to go w/jumbo browns. Is it too late to join the coop? Be aware..................I am an absolute newbie to quail, interested in meat and eggs for family consumption. I live in TN.
Turning off the fan is as simple as un-plugging it, and I can add sponges and water them thru' tubing. Guess I will run out to the barn and un=earth the H-bator!! I like it for a hatcher for the classroom as it has the full-glass 'picture window' so the kids can see what is happening. I...
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OK, JJ. I have a still air Hovabator that I added acomputer fan to, so, I should turn OFF the fan when I use it as a hatcher? And 'do what I have to do' to get/keep humidity up?
...misplaced the handy dandy little cheat sheet that QuailLady sent with her eggs. I seem to remember that:
1] the humidity needs to be higher - 65* - 70* during incubation and 70* - 75* during hatch??
2] chicks should be removed to brooder [ 95* - 100*] with drown-proofed water & food as...