OK. I'm not looking to risk it with hoping the female is broody. I have an incubator but will need an egg turner for them. Any suggestions of what kind and from where. I would prefer not to have to wait on one coming from china and it not being here till september.:rant
Nope just .... adopt them all. Everything from lab mixes to a schnorkie and a Daschund Shephard mix... yes that is a funny one. There are even nights that my husband has had to sleep in his recliner cause the dogs were taking over the bed. LOL. Though technically 5 of them are my roomies dogs.
OK how hard is it to hatch quail in an incubator? I was thinking of leaving the eggs with the female and seeing if she can manage to hatch them the natural way. I just don't know if doing that will stop egg production or if she will keep laying or how any of it works. I know my Guinea hens laid...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My family and I are very new to raising all kinds of fowl. We started with 15 mixed flock and a duck early this spring. We now have around fifty chickens of different varieties, 14 ducks, 2 Brown Chinese Geese, 6 Turkies, and quite...