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    Male quail not mating

    I'll give it 2 more weeks time then test a few eggs in the incubator, hopefully they are fertile.
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    Male quail not mating

    I haven't been breeding quails for a while after I got my layers set. The youngest batch is about a year old where I kept only a few males. Now the hens are getting old and production dropped, I decide to hatch more eggs. I haven't seen any mating or foam for a long while. Anyone got any idea...
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    What is this?

    They won't stay still for me to take a pic up close but I did some searching on google image and figured that it would probably be a parrotlet. Likely a green rumped parrotlet. They are quite small.
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    What is this?

    It looks kinda like those but without the orange colors so I don't know how to sex them. I'll try to get some pics tomorrow, it's dark here already and I don't wanna make them run wild with lights on.
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    What is this?

    Bought these 2 birds from a rando and they said they was baby lovebirds. They were very scared after I put them in a temporary cage before making a bigger one for them. I searched online to figure out their age and type but nothing seems to he similar. The ones online are colorful but these 2...
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    Has anyone on here tried breeding Coturnix Quail for new egg colors?

    Collected eggs today amd saw many with a blue mark on different position. Its probably from the offspring so its inheritable. So do you think it's possible to get a bluer egg than celadon?
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    Has anyone on here tried breeding Coturnix Quail for new egg colors?

    Not sure if its consistent but every 3 weeks I incubate I see it.
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    Has anyone on here tried breeding Coturnix Quail for new egg colors?

    I've frequently noticed one of my eggs have a small blue line (not straight). Is it a celadon gene? It's looks different from the celadon color that I see online. If I didn't collect the eggs myself I would think someone wrote on it.
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    Incubator temperature gradient

    Thanks for the reply! I moved the controller probe to the center of the first row on the first rack in the front last night and now the temperature is more stabilized with a 0.3c variance. The temperature seems to just differs from front to back rather than from top to bot which seems weird...
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    Incubator temperature gradient

    Approximate incubator dimensions 30 inch tall , 24 inch wide and 18 inch deep, excluding top shelf and false back. I got fan blowing across a light bulb towards the front. The temperature on my first rack is 37.7c near the door and 37.4c at the center while the rack below is 36.8c at the...
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    Membrane covered chick pipped 14 hours ago with no progress

    Usually when I help a chick out, I pinch the air sac to check for blood vessels. You have to make sure they absorbed their blood from the veins before continuing. It is usually a broader vein with a bright red color when it's not ready. If the blood is absorbed, I would assume the yolk is...
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    Composting...

    The smell wasn't bad like when I waterlogged a batch last year but more of a high concentration of cold smelling gas. The compost was very hot though. I can only smell it if I turn over a lot of it, especially near the center. I'll add saw dust and dry leaves to see if it helps with the smell...
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    Composting...

    Hey, I started hot composting few days ago where my cn ratio is kinda random. Today I turned the pile and there was a high fresh minty smell that suffocates me. I only ripped up cardboard boxes for carbon. Does that smell means bad cn ratio? Do I need to add more carbon?
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    Quail leg problem

    Ok thanks I'll ask my dad to get some for me later
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    Quail leg problem

    Ok I'll try to trap some insects Okie thanks for the clarification. I don't know about chewy but Amazon and ebay doesn't ship to where I'm at. Never seen a pine tree around here but the nearby lumber place got wood shavings. Would those work too?
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