Recent content by mcw1906

Hello all. I have one of those square styrofoam hovabators....1602 I believe is the model nbr. Didn't have time to get heating element replaced because my eggs needed to be set asap. I used two (2) nightlights and the temp was between 99 and 101. Made an adjustment with ventilation and got it...

That is more space than what I have seen when I have gone to buy quail. It looks comfortable. Valley Quail needs more space ideally. With my quail, i have dirt as a foundation so that grass can grow. I rotate them between two cages. When they eat the grass in one, I move them to the other. They...

I go to bed around 11 and one night in stayed up and saw a Possom and racoon on my deck. Bought trap and caught a different animal each night. Had no idea there were so many animal here. Anyways, i caught a racoon and it was miserable. I went to NYC for a week but forgot to deal with it before I...

Do you not have to turn the quail eggs? I have 30 California valley quail in the incubator that I obtained from strombergs. So far 16 have hatched over the course of 4 days. I just looked and two more were tiring to come out. I hat them in the turner at 99 degrees and 65 percent H. I'm actually...

Where did you find niacin? After one experience with poor leg development, I'm going to give it to all of mh hatchlings for the first week; however, j cannot find it any where other than tablets for humans at Walmart. Thx

I had wrapped it because it was so bad that I was worried about it slamming it against various things. Then I unwrapped it after reading here to keep it uncovered . It has neosporin. It is in a "jail" cell now so that it can be in the brooder near the others and the heat lamp, but it is...

I hatched 12 welsh harlequins in an incubator, but one came out of the shell with a bloody lump on top of its head. We are going on day 3. Not sure if this is relevant, but it was larger than the others. I runs and falls. It's legs are spread apart facing outward often. I have never seen it try...