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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Any ideas to save on feeding four big dogs. We started with one dog but over the last 10 years have acquired four more that stayed. We go through 50 pds of dog food a week. I usually buy the store brand but it is still $20-25 a bag. I feed leftovers (we seldom have any) and anything that is over...
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    Grammas 1970s rain lamp..

    I saw one of those at a thrift store yesterday. It hung on a chain. Strange to see two in two days after never seeing one before.
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    First Coturnix hatching

    Finished hatching today. 38 chicks out of 62 eggs. I floated my 33 nonhatchers yesterday morning and had 9 that moved. They are probably the nine the kids kept putting in when they gathered the eggs those first three days after I started incubating.( We have three hens and two roos. Thought i...
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    First Coturnix hatching

    15 in the brooder. 9 drying in the incubator. All nine of them popped out together in about 30 minutes. The kids were taking bets on which would be free first. All seems quiet in there now. 38 eggs left, three are cracked and a few others are wobbling.
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    First Coturnix hatching

    I now have a dozen with 50 eggs left. Poor things look so worn out, but I am assuming that is normal. Nine are out in the brooder but I think I will leave the other 3 in the incubator til mornin. They dont look quite dry. I see cracks in two more eggs. Maybe the rest are waiting til they were...
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    First Coturnix hatching

    I have two now. The second one just got free and is sitting on top of his egg shell.
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    First Coturnix hatching

    Turned off the auto turner just after 10 last night. This morning there is a little quail walking around under the turner. I see cracks in at least 4 other eggs. Saturday was my hatch date. It wont be easy to just open up and take out the baby since he is underneath. Is it safe to open or should...
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    Baby Quail Care????s

    Thanks. I will for sure quit grinding as I am feeding game bird crumbles. Had read in several places to grind it so thought i needed to. What about keeping them on a wire floor from hatch. Will the air circulating under them prevent them from staying warm enough under the heat lamp?
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    Baby Quail Care????s

    So I picked up 20 Ga Giant Bobwhites last Friday and they are about a week and a half old. Then I have 60+ Coturnix eggs due to hatch Saturday not really expecting a great hatch due to some of my eggs being too old(2.5 weeks cause I only have 4 birds laying) and this being my first attempt at...
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    Humidity?

    So if I on my first ever attempt at incubation have had a really hard time regulating humidity(anywhere between 30 and 70% the first few days) but now have it mostly staying between 40-50% with eggs due to hatch next saturday can i expect eggs to hatch? Am not sure how important consistent...
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    do bobwhite quails go broody

    I have a coturnix that made a nest and started sitting on it Sunday. If she gives it up can i move the eggs to an incubator and finish them there? How quickly would they need to go into the incubator? I had just convinced my husband to build me one when she decided to sit. Also, she is on at...
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