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    Setting eggs

    If your incubator decent view windows, you might be able to get a cheap web cam and at least be able to check on the eggs while you're not there. With a large enough SD card, you could probably even record the hatch. It's not as good as seeing it live, but it's better than nothing.
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    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    I used the Wynola Ranch cages and ended up putting a small paver brick in each cage to give them something off wire. They couldn't move it around and I think it helped keep their talons and beaks better. Something like this...
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    quail chicks or chicks in general what to do if power outage

    The only real differences between a UPS and "solar generator" tend to be battery capacity, battery chemistry and the ability of the latter to charge directly from solar panels. Most UPS I've seen use Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) batteries which are less suited to full discharge (typically only good...
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    quail chicks or chicks in general what to do if power outage

    If you're running electricity to the shed and only need coverage for power outages, I'd suggest a small computer Uninteruptible Power Supply (UPS). A small 650 VA UPS should run a 150 watt heater for over two hours, maybe three. Those are relatively inexpensive, too.
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    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    If you end up having to use a different watering solution, I have the 250W and 500W versions of this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D73CSZBW I haven't tried either, yet, since I took a break from quail, but my plan was to have a thermostat to turn it on when necessary. Something like this could...
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    Help with Gambel, Bobwhite food

    I just looked at the labels on the Mazuri Gamebird feeds. Except for the price (on Chewy), the starter (over $1/pound) and breeder (83 cents/pound) both looked pretty good with 30% and 20% protein respectively. The breeder with 2.5 to 3.5% calcium sounds good for the hens, but I'd be concerned...
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    Quail Dust Bath Ideas

    If the plastic is too brittle to cut, you might be able to melt it with a cheap soldering iron. I wouldn't use a good iron on it, but there are plenty available for under $20.
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    I picked up quail from 8 weeks to 5 months. 2 eggs a day

    I'm not sure why you would have been told that they would die with a high protein feed. Quail need a high protein game bird feed. The 8 week old should probably still be on a 28%, or better, starter and transition to something a bit lower, 20 - 24%, at around 14 weeks, which is what they should...
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    Is this wry neck? PLEASE HELP!!!

    Sorry for the loss, but in that case, it was probably for the best. Good to focus on the 8 healthy ones. Are there more eggs in the incubator, or is that it?
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    Is this a quail egg?

    I assume the vendor will be sending the correct eggs at no additional cost to you? If you haven't started incubating the chicken eggs and aren't prepared to have chicken, have you considered eating them? If you want to incubate them, then list them on Craigslist, that would also be an option...
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    Is this a quail egg?

    I had the same thought when I saw the comparison. I'm surprised that goose eggs are the biggest of that group.
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    Is this a quail egg?

    It certainly looks like a chicken egg to me. It might even be a duck egg. I found this image on Reddit that compares from top to bottom Goose, peacock, turkey, duck, chicken, guinea, quail
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    Button quail ID

    It could help if you provided your approximate location in the world. People in the same vicinity might know a local feed that would be good. For example, I'm in Central Texas and found Golden Oak Milling to have some good feeds. Their gamebird starter is 28% and they also have a 24% gamebird...
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    Grain mites + diatomaceous earth + button quail

    Plus 1 on the freezing idea. I had a similar issue sometime ago. I bought a bag of feed and saw bugs in it when I first opened it a week or so later. I separated it out into vacuum sealed bags and froze them, then let them thaw for a couple of days and tossed them back in the freezer. That did...
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    Button quail brooder heating using ceramic heat emitter and no visible light at night

    I use 100W ceramic heaters similar to these https://www.amazon.com/LUCKY-HERP-100W-Ceramic-Emitter/dp/B096TS3YN3 with lamp holders similar to these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XD1PK37?th=1 I clamp the holder to the handle of a camera tripod and then zip tie it for safety. Since I don't have...
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