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I've been raising bobwhites for a year and I've finally got a hen who's tending to her eggs. The first one hatched yesterday! Question - Should I leave the chicks with the mom or should I put them in a brooder? They're currently in a hen house that I can easily close off to keep the other...

Ok I changed to kiln dried pine shavings yesterday afternoon. I woke up this morning and found one dead chick. I was at Tractor Supply first thing this morning and got some Duramycin and promptly added a dose to their water. I've had a good day - no deaths so far so I'm encouraged. Wish us luck...

Thank you so much for your responses. I've lost 6 so far. Today I changed out their pine shavings for a brand that specifies kiln dried pine shavings. I'll go to Tractor Supply tomorrow and see what they have.

It's my first batch ever. I ordered the Hovabator from the manufacturer and it came with 30 bob white eggs. Where does one get antibiotics for quail? Pet store? I've moved them to a bigger brooder in a different location.

I turned the vent and also put up a piece of cardboard to block any air that might be blowing in - and woke up to find another dead chick. I'm going to relocate the cage to the sunroom today to see if that helps. I just don't know what else to try.

Thank you TwoCrows. I believe all of those conditions are being met. They're just over a week old. I double checked the temperature with a second thermometer and its at about 94 under the heat source. I crush their Gamebird Starter feed with a smoothie maker. There's a wire lid on the...

My bobwhites are just over a week old. All have seemed healthy but all of a sudden, I've had 2 deaths in the last 24 hours. My broader is a 20 gallon long aquarium and I've recently started using pine shavings that I bought at Tractor Supply. Do you think that the pine shavings can be the...

As of Thursday, I have 29 bouncing baby bobwhites. 3 eggs did not hatch so I left them in the incubator. It's now Monday evening - over 4 days past the others hatching and still none of the remaining have pipped. However when I listen closely, I can hear a peeping. 4 days late seems like a long...

Yea I've got them in an aquarium brooder now. I guess only the 3 are going to be early birds. No others hatched today. I had no idea these little guys were so sweet. They perk up whenever they see me walk by and when I put my hand in the brooder, they scramble to get in my hand and snuggle up...

Two more hatched during the night.

I received my bobwhite eggs on 8/7 and put the in the incubator. Today is day 20 so I went in to remove the eggs from the turner. That's when I saw her - my first chick had already hatched - 3 days early! This is my first hatch so I was quite surprised. Time to rush to get the final...

Who has a quail board on Pinterest? Here's mine: http://pinterest.com/gladespix/quail/

This is mine in progress. We sectioned off a portion of my orchid room for this project. They'll have a large ground area. I'd like to make it as natural as possible but knowing me, it'll have some artsy features as well. Still a lot to do but we're getting there. My eggs should be hatching in a...

Thanks for the photos and for the great link.

Does anyone have quail coop photos to share? I'm in the process of building mine now and I'm not real sure how to do the interior of their hutch. Do they like limbs or posts for roosting? I love some of the creative chicken coops that I've seen on this forum.