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    bobwhites losing feathers

    thanks for the help i will make room for them
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    bobwhites losing feathers

    i have 40 northern bobwhites almost 4 weeks old in a gqf brooder, i noticed this evening about half of them have lost feathers on their backs. is this normal or is something i should be concerned about? thanks for your help.
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    grinding feed

    on northern bobwhites at what age should i stop grinding their feed. lm using a coffee grinder its not hard and i dont mind doing it l have about 40 1 wk old now in a gqf brooder. thanks for your help.
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    spradle leg quail

    i have just passed the end of 24 days on my bobwhite hatch. out of 52 eggs about 36 look like a good healty hatch,but i do have what looks like to me a spradle leg cant stand or run just flutters around legs outreached to the side. this is my first hatch so all i know is what ive read. what is...
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    cocci meds or not

    thanks for your reply two crows, i have a gqf brooder with paper in the floor till they are big enough to walk on the wire.my feed has, is it bmd or something like that for something i got it from the tn montgomrys farmers co-op #194
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    cocci meds or not

    my northern bobwhites are due to hatch (52 eggs) in 2 days. should i give some sort of cocci meds or anything else at the beginning? also does anybody use the dacb paper from gqf? my brooder came with 1 sheet . thanks for your comments.
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    gqf brooder help

    im needing help from byc people on mygqf brooder , where should i measure the temp to get my 100 degrees. i used a digital temp gauge against the one that came with the unit that sticks thru the back wall. big difference in temps i fist measured just a head of the heaters about 102 verse the...
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    Candle at day 7 question

    thanks for your info,i was worried about a bad egg ruining the hatch, i fell better knowing that happens rarely.
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    Candle at day 7 question

    hey fat daddy, i am also on my first setting of bobwhites today is 14 days ,i just candled found 4 clears took them out , but i do have some that looks like an air sack on both ends an a few that shows a clear looking like n air sack on the polnted end,
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    turning quail eggs

    good point i think sometimes we over think these options
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    turning quail eggs

    thanks for the help two crows,i just love this forum so much info and a big help for us newbies
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    turning quail eggs

    hello all i just started my first batch of northern bobwhite eggs(55). i have read some people says not to turn the first three days,some dont mention this what is your oplnion? thanks for our help.
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