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    Can Quail Handle Whole Black oil Sunflower Seeds (BOSS)?

    Jumbo coturnix.
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    Can Quail Handle Whole Black oil Sunflower Seeds (BOSS)?

    I've only fed shelled ones to adults as treats, which they love.
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    First time, long time...also Newbie Quail mom...worried!

    Congratulations! Definitely sounds like your incubator is running a bit cold; next time you hatch, you can nudge it up a degree and see if they pop out sooner. :)
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    What breed of quail should I get?

    Also recommend coturnix, they're the ones people are talking about when they say they're raising quail for eggs.
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    I use a heat plate, works fine! You just have to adjust it super low the first few days because those babies be TINY
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    First time, long time...also Newbie Quail mom...worried!

    Congrats! They always hatch when you're not watching, lol
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    PLEASE HELP URGENT SICK QUAIL

    Most hens appreciate a lack of roosters bothering them, honestly. Girls night every night!
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    First Celadon Eggs!

    You can easily keep a small flock in a rabbit hutch or guinea pig cage, yeah
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    New hatched chicks

    Sounds like the chicks have spoken, they like the new plate! Your set up sounds good now that the defective plate is out, so good luck to you and your chicks.
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    Balls of poop/ food/ bedding on tips of quail toes

    Just give them a for bath and use your nails to break it off in stages. Gross but effective. And then, of course, fix whatever in your cage is causing it!
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    New hatched chicks

    I'll weigh in as someone who does use heat plates and likes them: the exact temp under it doesn't matter as much (since they work differently than heat lights), the behavior of the chicks do. Chicks that are under and sleeping quietly are happy warm chicks; chicks that are peeping a lot are too...
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    Pips and chicks is a good site if you're looking for more genetics info: Link
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    NSFW. Please help

    If you have extra boys and don't need him, I'd cull. If you do want to keep him, I had success with a broken legged hen a few months back--I moved her to her own little enclosure (a spare Rubbermaid) and set up water, food, and calcium where she should reach all by just stretching out her neck...
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    Individual variation in sensitivity to light for seasonal laying?

    There is DEFINITELY variation, I'm also at 2/3rds the expected eggs, and mine stopped laying entirely when I tried to just use Christmas lights. Had to give them a big bright floor lamp before they got back in gear. Another thing to add to the breeding wish list!
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    Zombie clones or goldfish?

    I don't know about your kiddo, but mine got over it real quick once he tasted his first quail, lol. Now whenever new boys start crowing he asks for "quail eggs and quail legs" for dinner!
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