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    Quail eggs came in update and a little rant

    Thats the good thing about working with numbers. Outside of a catastrophic failure if you get a few duds your still in the game. But a lose when working with species that lay at best two eggs a season will really put holes in your bucket. Quitters never win. You'll do well.
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    Quail hatching in 24 hours question

    A friend in Gulf Port will get a few eggs from his early hatches at five months or so but mine never lay until the following Spring.
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    Have you seen the price

    Nice pen/coop! It is good you have the mesh overlapped over the hex wire on the sides. Mesh doesn't stretch. You must be putting in a French drain?? Pop was from Franklin...the soil was never near so loamy there.
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    My rooster wants to fight me!

    Some breeds/species of aves are more aggressive than others. After switching focus to a gentler line it is a pleasure to enter a pen without the need of a garbage can lid.
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    Please Help Me with thermometers! Second guessing my incubators temp :(

    I like the digital with remote probes for the same reason (easy to read). The wire in the leads are tiny, won't endure much bending or rough handling. The temp/humidity combo type was a bust. The humidity part of the probes failed consistently @ >68-75% .
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    Please Help Me with thermometers! Second guessing my incubators temp :(

    I'd still trust the aquarium thermometer as it is spirit filled over the electronic or mechanical types
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    Please Help Me with thermometers! Second guessing my incubators temp :(

    The aquarium thermometer. I would say the brinsea but moisture will zap one in a jiffy.
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    59 eggs on day 15

    With shipped eggs sometimes you can get a mixture of causes for hatch failure with the only obvious one that comes to mind being clear eggs. X-ray, older stock, bacterial infection can render similar results e.g. weak and or deformed chicks. It would be to hard differentiate without some...
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    Have you seen the price

    Oh Mr. NoShoulders, know him well...You'll need to go higher than 2 ft to keep the snakes out. Keep the grass short, leaves, brush/ornamentals, compost piles as far away from your runs as possible. Too, Timber and Copperheads both have a camouflage that blend in very well with these things too...
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    Plexiglass for winter covering

    I tried plexiglass over the window opening of a brood house sometime ago. They get brittle with age. Guys in receiving save up bubble wrap for me. I just pull it tight along the edges as I staple it in place.
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    Have you seen the price

    "....we are getting old and don't want to have to re-do it in a few years." LOL...I turned 61 last month and a T8 paraplegic at that. If these pens (and myself) last another 32 years I probably won't be too concerned about rebuilding them.
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    Have you seen the price

    CapricornFarm, I'm aware that it is the same material and no doubt something can tear into it. I can only attest to my own experiences. The runs are empty at night.
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    Have you seen the price

    Just rebuilt a few 32 year old runs, and decided to use 1" x 1" hex for sides and tops instead of 2" hex this time merely to keep the wild birds out. Same as last time after it has weathered several months I'll use roller to apply exterior latex paint to extend the lifespan. With ground...
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    Quail eggs came in update and a little rant

    For such a short duration don't stress over it. Incubating so few eggs this past summer I decided to try out Hovabator Genesis. It worked flawlessly on several hatches of chicken eggs (BCM using dry hatch method) but lo and behold, second night after starting up the 50 quail eggs the temperature...
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    Quail eggs came in need advise

    Oxygen supply tubing run through the side of the incubator with outside end(s) plug into a large syringe and your good to go. The foam type incubators I run a line to each reservoir. Works using a wet bulb too with a bit more modification.
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