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    incubator to brooder new coturnix chicks question - ASAP

    I will have my brinsea brooder back tomorrow (the one that has a warming stone on the roof) which I have used for most of my chickens. Thanks
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    incubator to brooder new coturnix chicks question - ASAP

    I am new to coturnix quail. I have new chicks (just hatched this AM) but also have four other eggs in the process of hatching. Do I wait and move all the chicks into the brooder at the same time or as they hatch? What I guess I am trying to find out, is what is the longest time newborn...
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    Day 19 Coturnix hatch

    So I started a post yesterday to ask about not hearing any pips or seen eggs move. Was somewhat concerned. But just before I hit 'post' by daughter screamed (yes she is a tad dramatic) that one of the eggs had a crack. Took egg out of the incubator and heard tapping. This morning coturnix...
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    New Coturnix chicks

    I am currently incubating 12 coturnix eggs. I am new to quail so I was wondering if a brensea brooder will work for these chicks? I had it for my chicken chicks and loved it. For safety reasons I don't want to have a heat lamp. Thanks
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    Help on hatching two eggs 3 days apart

    Today my hen won't leave the egg. Go figure.
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    Help on hatching two eggs 3 days apart

    The hen (and chick) are asleep on the egg tonight. Will recheck egg in the AM to see if I hear peeps. Thanks for all you help!
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    Help on hatching two eggs 3 days apart

    It is viable and should have hatched within a day of the other egg. I currently have the hen, chick and egg in a large dog crate with a nest box. She does return to the egg frequently with both the egg and chick underneath her. They are all inside the house too with regular temperature and...
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    Help on hatching two eggs 3 days apart

    I have a hen that has hatched one egg successfully and has one more to hatch (fertile). The chick is just over 24 hours old and I expect the other egg to hatch within 24-48 hours. Is that too long between hatchings for the hen and chicks to do well? Hen is not sitting on egg as much as she...
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    Unusual egg question

    Put it in three baggies and cracked it. Not horribly rotten yet (i could have gotten away with neighbor's garbage) but only a partially developed embryo. At least there are two more eggs under my hen.
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    Unusual egg question

    No air sac. Nothing, just a dense egg. I think you are right about a gut feeling. Guess it will go in a baggy then be cracked.
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    Unusual egg question

    Thanks. I tried to candle this egg, but no light goes through the egg. It is just a dark mass. Checked some non-fertile eggs and candling worked just fine. They have been under the hen for 14 days. One other broke so I really understand the smell thing (it was horrific).
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    Unusual egg question

    I have three eggs under my broody hen (not hers, from another chicken) and when i picked one of the eggs up it felt like something was moving inside (as I slowly turned the egg if felt like something moved from one side of the egg to the other). Has this happened to anyone before? I couldn't...
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    mealworm question

    I just got a bag of mealworms from the local pet store and was told by the cashier that mealworms if swallowed whole can eat there way out of a chicken. I have never heard of this and cannot see how this could even be possible. Has anyone ever heard of this?
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    http://www.chickencoopguides.com

    I actually got these plans. At the time there was a 2-for-1 deal that included playhouse and dog house plans. Plans are pretty straight forward and easy to read. I have done only one of the plans and ended up changing a few things to meet my needs and building ability. If I remember the cost...
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    Roo???

    I really hope not or else he will become dinner
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