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    Little Giant Incubator Not Working.

    My incubator is the 9300 model. I do not check the hygrometer and thermometer, but I did put in a separate thermometer/hygrometer in there to monitor the temp and humidity. Although at one point I read on the independent thermometer inside the incubator 106 'F, but I excused this because it...
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    Little Giant Incubator Not Working.

    Hello everyone. I have a (actually 2) Little Giant still air incubators that I got for around $45 a piece. My first batch was fairly successful with 26 eggs hatching out of 36. My second batch was also successful, with 18 eggs hatching (or something; I can't remember) out of 24. But as I did...
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    New to Raising Quail

    Hi AilBird13 and welcome to BYC. I'm new myself. I'm no expert; I've only been raising quail for half a year, but I try to give you some info that I've learned through trial-and-error. Oh and of course reading a little. 1. You can use the same incubator that you use for chickens. The only...
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    Quail not laying eggs.

    Okay. That makes sense. But I'm curious why 14 hours is better than 24 hours a day. I have 20 some other quail hens that are laying with light 24/7 without any problems. Although, they are in a heated greenhouse, but besides that, they have the same conditions as my other quail. I guess you are...
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    Quail not laying eggs.

    I didn't specify the age. These quail are a couple months old. But I think it might worth noting that before I added them in the 8'x7' cage, they were in a cage outside in the cold weather. Which varied from 20' F to 60' F and there wasn't any light in that cage. I did add 3 laying "hens" in...
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    Quail not laying eggs.

    I have about 45 Coturnix quail (both male and female) in a 8'x7' cage and none of them are laying (yet). I feed them a layer crumble and give them adequate nutrition. But what puzzles me is that I also give them light 24/7 and they still aren't laying. Is this normal and if it is, what can I...
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