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I forgot to mention to cut the wings off before you dip them in the water. It is very important that the water is 160 degrees!!! Oh and one more thing you might want to try, take six of your cleaned birds and put them in a big zip lock bag and add 1 envelope of taco seasoning and shake it up.Put...

I cull my jumbo brown Roo's at 8 weeks when I have around 20 or so to do. The method I use to keep the skin on is scalding the bird in 160 degree water for 30 seconds and the feathers will rub right off. There is no plucking!!!!

Yes it seems to let them know who the boss is.I have done it with several birds Roo's and hens.

Try giving him a good spin a couple of times.In other words hold him in your hand firmly and act like your going to fast pitch a soft ball but don't pitch him!.It has worked for me with a couple of aggressive birds!!

Same here I just don't understand it.I also got the same amount of eggs from Vail's Quails with a little better hatch rate and their A&M's seem to be just as mellow as the jumbo browns and just as big at the same age. Is it just a genetic thing?

Hello all I purchased 100 eggs from JMF and had a 60 % hatch rate which is amazing in its self with shipped eggs!! I purchased the dual purpose jumbo browns and the Meat A&M's The Jumbo browns are doing great the A&M's are acting CRAZY!! Has anyone else had this problem?

They make pvc coated 1/2"x1/2" check out klubertanz.com

They will be just fine!!!!!!

The pail heater is 250 watts.

I don't know if you found your water heater yet but check out eBay under "pail heater"

20 watts

I ripped a 2x4 and then dadoded it a half inch deep and used 1/16" aluminum plate slid that in and put a piece of 11" flex watt taped to the inside of it using the metal tape found at Lowe's.Drilled one hole on each corner and put all thread with washers and nuts through the holes to adjust the...

I really like my premier also. I have it setup in an outdoor brooder and have raised three batches of quail with it.I was going to buy a second one but they were out of stock so I built my own.It works great also for half the cost of the premier!!

Where in Ohio? I'm in Columbus and might be able to help you out.

I'm fermenting the crumbles and then putting that in a piece of 3" PVC with caps on the end and a 1" wide slit the length of the pipe. Works great and there is no waste at all.