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My Quails just hatched - First timer - Some advice required
Quote: one thing, when you pull the babies out to put in the brooder you'll have to bring the humidity of the incubator back up, best this for this is to put about... 1/4cup HOT water in the wells to bring it back up quick. Many thanks for your advice. Now I have some peace of mind knowing... -
My Quails just hatched - First timer - Some advice required
Hello Everyone Some of my quails just hatched hatched today. This is my firest attempt and advice on the below would be much appericated - I have 39 egss in there and only three have hatched. Most have pipped and they are hatching very far apart. is this normal - The quails look very weak... -
Beginner at quail.... advice/tips would be much appreciated
Hello Just reading through your post and noticed you are new to quail like me. I have had 8 quails for about three weeks now and they are I belive about 7-8 weeks old. I had the following problems which I have overcome by 1 - Feeders - I just had a 1kg plastic chicken feeders which I paid... -
New To Quail - Advise required
Quote: VERY nice coop! As far as the ramp going up, if they get to where they won't use the ramp, you can use bricks and make "steps" for them. I had similar trouble with getting my quail to go into their coop using a ramp. So I did away with the ramp and stacked bricks up to the "pop hole"... -
New To Quail - Advise required
Hello Everyone Thanks for the replies. As mentioned earlier I am just going to change their feed to a higher protein one. I will keep you guys updated when they do start laying eggs or they are going to be my supper soon. Here is a picture of my coop. They run on a hay bedding which lay on... -
New To Quail - Advise required
Quote: Hello Thank you very much for your reply. It has been very informative and makes a lot of sense. I will make one last chage for them which is a higher protein feed. Unfortunatly as you have mentioned in your post in regards to UK quail feed, the protien I could find max is 20% which... -
New To Quail - Advise required
Hello Everyone Thank you for reading my post. I am very new to quails and have 8 ( 6 females + 2 males ) in my backyard. They are kept in a coop which is cleaned weekly and is quite large so the quails have plenty of space to run around. It has hay bedding and plenty of hiding places but I...