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    Quail egg hatching percentages

    Thanks that's good to know. Is there any suggestions to do better? Also a lot of people talk about problems with pecking, is that with particular quail breeds or certain ages?
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    Rescued Quail chick - severly malnourished

    Good on you for caring it's rare these days to find people like you. I have found quails are pretty strong little guys just keep doing what you're doing and I find boiled egg just the yolk mixed with hot water til light and fluffy sometimes they like their feed mixed with hot water too each bird...
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    Is this button quail a male or a female?

    I would guess male too
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    Quail Advice

    With my button quails I give them dry starter mix and boiled egg mixed with hot water and make it really fluffy and they eat mainly egg to start with and switch over as they want to and they are very healthy. They look forward to egg time they really love it.
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    Quail egg hatching percentages

    I have read on this site most quails with a 60 % hatch rate and thought if the eggs are al fertilised and you do everything right why is it so low and I have found if you leave them in the turner it's more like a 90% hatch rate well it was for me anyway has anyone else found any other ways to...
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    all who are hatching quail

    Sorry to hear that have you considered the incubator because I've never done anything like this before first hatching no losses all healthy pet shop quails and I was told from the beginning spend money on the incubator and brooder it's an investment and you'll do well and they were right. Good...
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    Using an incubator question

    That's great also Titan brooder heater is great it sits above the chicks is adjustable for height and no lights. I put sterilised feathers heaps of them and toilet roll things in with them it stops them pecking and hold and pay them heaps in first week also new borns put boiled egg yolk with a...
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    all who are hatching quail

    I have 1 female and 1 male silver button quails have 4 chicks so far from an incubator have done everything suggested and told not to do and all is well. 3 week old chicks with new born and no pecking from any have put in feathers pine shavings and toilet roll things feed them egg and adult...
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    Using an incubator question

    you can get one on gumtree. if you live in australia. or on ebay. ours is a janoel which we got for 180 as new but i have seen some cheaper. ours is a fan forced with automatic egg turner and would incubate at least 100 quails at a time and has a space down the bottom to put the eggs when they...
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    Using an incubator question

    Hi, I am new to this site and keep quails too. I have only had quails for a few weeks, have an incubator and brooding box and hatched my first babies yesterday. The main trouble I had was getting the right food for the babies and getting them to eat. One of them particularly is really stubborn...
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