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    How many BYC'ers hatch eggs?

    Hi all, I was just scrolling through the Incubating & Hatching Eggs section, and saw that there are a multitude of threads and posts. Knowing only a portion of the people post about hatching eggs, I began wondering how many people, are there in total, that hatch and incubate there own...
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    Needs of mearns quail

    I have been thinking about getting Mearns quail, and I was reading up on them and one source said the breeders (which I would be doing) need four sq. ft. per bird. Usually, I hear two or three square feet per bird so which is the correct size? I have read that they are extremely hard to raise...
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    Birds condition for NPIP

    Hi all, I have been wanting to get my quail NPIP tested, but some of my males are sometimes mean to my females and pick feathers out of there back. So on occasion my birds are missing a large portion of feathers on there back, and I am worried that if that is what happens just before the tester...
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    NPIP Certification

    Hi, I have been thinking for some time now about becoming NPIP certified, but I have found very little information outside of BYC. The documents that I have found say that the area the hatcher and incubator is in has to be clean and everything around the flock has to be clean. When reading that...
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    What does it take for quail to lay in winter

    I wouldn't keep an adult bird in .25 sq feet that would be very dangerous for the birds and I wouldn't want to risk that. Right now I have them at .75 sq. feet per bird and I'm planning on increasing it to 2 sq. feet per bird soon. From my experience albeit limited, there recommendations have...
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    What does it take for quail to lay in winter

    I found this online and this is what I was mainly basing my space requirements on so I was putting it on here to get some more opinions on it. Have a link to the page below. Space requirements of bobwhite quail The amount of floor space required to produce quality birds depends on many factors...
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    Ratio for male to female bobwhites

    I have six males and 14 females in one coop and I have heard it should be one male to two or three females. So that's what I have but my females are getting hurt and a large amount of feathers plucked out so I am not sure what to do.
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    What does it take for quail to lay in winter

    I hatched some bobwhite quail about 17 weeks ago and I have them in a coop and I thought they were ready to start laying. Since it was in the 20's- 50's I put a heat lamp in there. I originally had red bulbs in there and then changed it to white bulbs and gave them the recommended light but they...
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    Ended 12 Million Posts Contest - Guess the DAY & HOUR & Win!!!

    12/13/2013 1:00 pm
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    disabled feet?

    It is best if he young because the bones can be re-aligned easier.
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    disabled feet?

    You can take a little band-aid and fold it to make a little platform like thing then straighten and tape the feet to them. You can also take little pipe cleaners and tape them to each toe to straighten the toes
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    Brocken neck?

    I just hatched some bobwhites and one of them can't pick up his head so I don't know if it is a broken neck or if his neck got stuck like that before he hatched so I didn't know if I should try to make some type of neck brace or just try to keep water and food in him and hope he becomes stronger...
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    How long does it take for bobwhites to hatch

    Well I'm posting an update and all the worry and wondering was for nothing I haven't looked for very long but I saw that two of my eggs have pipped and I was lucky to see them since the spots seemed almost microscopic.
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest Photo Submission Thread #1

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    How long does it take for bobwhites to hatch

    I am incubating bobwhites I bought and had shipped to me and I have heard it takes 22-23 days for them to hatch and it is day 23. I checked one of the eggs which I know isn't recommended but when I checked it hadn't pipped into its air cell yet so I didn't know if it was common for eggs to...
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