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    Hatching chicken eggs again!

    It's been a couple of years so I wanted to check and see if I remember correctly. At 18 days you remove the eggs from the turner and lock them in. And I'm unsure of the humidity level required. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
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    Anyone with Blue Slate turkeys tell me about their color?

    Thanks for the replies been working long hours just took a few minutes to read your replies and I will try and post some pictures and let you see them and then decide there is no blue or grayish blue to them just black with some white mostly on the wings and one with a lot of brown. Thanks again.
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    Anyone with Blue Slate turkeys tell me about their color?

    I bought some Blue Slate turkey eggs and there was some confusion in the e-mail messsage that I got when the eggs were shipped. Now they are 15 days old and 2 are black and one is brown and I am thinking that they aren't Blue Slate but not sure as I have never had Blue Slate's. Can anyone tell...
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    Had a Corturnix Quail die any sugguestions?

    Thanks I was hoping it was something that they just go through and that makes a lot of sence now that they are getting there feathers and there wings filled out first. I'm glad for this site it's really nice to have a place to go and get help and read others questions and learn I have not seen...
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    Had a Corturnix Quail die any sugguestions?

    Had one quail that was a runt didn't think alot about it but then I noticed he walked around looking like he was struting but actually his wings were always spread down at his sides. Well today he died and I notice that I have other ones that are walking around with there wings this way. Is...
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    Quail wings hanging down?

    Okay had one quail that was a runt didn't think alot about it but then I noticed he walked around looking like he was struting but actually his wings were always spread down at his sides. Well today he died and I notice that I have other ones that are walking around with there wings this way...
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    Can I put my 4 and 6 day old quail on shredded paper?

    I have had them on paper towels and it is getting to messy to quick with 27 of them in there was wanting to know if it would be okay to put them on shredded paper if it won't hurt them.
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    Whelps having hard time hatching any advise?

    Put 12 eggs into lock down on evening of the 9th Sunday, Monday at noon 6 piped that evening 2 out of egg 2 with beak stuck through shell watch for a while no movement. So I pulled plastic lid from top and took out these 2 egg, open up and sure enough dead. The other 2 I broke away the top of...
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    Early hatching..help?

    Quote: Okay I'm a newbie if you do a float check I assume you are seeing which ones float and which one sinks. Now the real question which is good and which is bad?
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    Turkey can't stand any help?

    Update on the welp, it's walking around just fine with the rubber band and tape and setting normal, took a while but finally got the hang of it. I also took a couple of old hand towels and put them in the temporary box I have them in seems to help all three of them walk better instead of the...
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    Turkey can't stand any help?

    Quote: I will try and have my daughter take pictures and I will post them on here tomorrow.
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    Turkey can't stand any help?

    Thank you, that was something that I had not thought of, I wasn't finding any string so I took a small rubber band and taped between his legs and he is now setting up and learning to walk with this, thank you so much for the help. I am now going to see if I can do the same for one of my Quail...
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    Turkey can't stand any help?

    I taped his leggs together since they were sticking staight out to the sides and he was having trouble walking. But know he just lays there with his leggs out to the side, will he learn to walk or is there something else that I need to do? Will this take very long to correct, he is just 1 day...
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    First timer with Pharoah Quail question on water?

    I have been putting a little vinegar in my water for the chicks do you do the same with quail? What do you use for a waterier when they first hatch mine have just started hatching and don't want them to drown, I don't know if there like chicks this way or not. Any advise will be greatly...
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    Can I mix chicks from different hatchs?

    Well my Marans are only five days younger then the RIR and NH so I will put them together when my turkeys start hatching on Friday thanks to all of you for responding. God Bless
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