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    quail sizes

    No not Tommy and am a James my family has a small port town named after it on the Costal Bend. snake173 P.S. Opinions are like the part that goes over the fence last everyone has one some people tell you what they have learned some just come to make fooles of those who come here for fun...
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    Who On Here Has The REAL "Jumbo" Coturnix? I need eggs

    I breed the A&M White and have breed for size and color and would love to come out with a statment that I have some 16ozer's but I average 12 to 14oz and the 12 and 13 are the majority. When I started I hatched only the largest eggs thinking that they will make a bigger bird, if you feed them...
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    Do Quails Need Sandbath Boxes?

    No you can use what is at hand but if you use much dirt it gets messy I suggest you take some local sand and dirt with some scratch food not much put in bowl and watch then read and use what the old hands say some is a bit of added price but DE is worth it weight in gold and kills bed bugs it...
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    Cold Weather got me

    24 degrees 12 miles from Mexico Darn it those are not my words but will not discrase my self here lost a lot last night will be eating about 200 eggs want to come for a cook off. NEVER UNDERESTAMATE MA NATURE SHE WILL GET HER'S DARN IT.
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    My first hatch, one different looking quail.

    I have a bunch with the same dot on the top of it's head wonder if they are cousins if they start like that it will be almost all white and if those egg are yours your going to get a bunch more of the white ones. Careful this is more habit forming than dope. Watch the chicks the one that stands...
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    Does seperating male and female coturnix impact start laying?

    A&M were very inbreed to gain the all white color and the smooth texture of there meat. 7 to 9 weeks is not uncommon if is a big hen takes a little longer than the smaller ones. There breeds have a problem with uncompleted shells and some of my biggest hens lay big eggs for quail they also...
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    Do Quails Need Sandbath Boxes?

    If they are in the cold yes you should dust them it helps with removing feathers and keeping the ones closest to their skin in top shape as is the first line of defence against the cold. If the live in a coop that dosen't have direct cold or wind blowing thru then no but you will have happier...
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    quail sizes

    What color meat do you want? should be part of the decision, most are dark meat not sure how many are white but I raise the Texas A&M and they have many names but are basicly white on the outside and inside I like them and sell to several restraunts. They say the are the ones that sell best I...
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    One lonley chick

    Keep them warm careful. Some like raw white sugar I will not let my grandkids touch it. Use Honey or real sugar crystials and very little what you think is a little to something your hold in your hand and be sure the mixture is warm. If your going to order eggs and am sure many will not agree...
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    Hygrometers... do any of them work? haha

    All of this tecno and special stuff to hatch an egg. That has not changed for longer than I been here. A Bird with a brain the size of a red bean gets all this right and you have almost as much as the T.I. caculator that took us to space. . I would just like to no are we that smart or what...
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    One lonley chick

    :/Have never postd before, but must say for those of you doing quail if you don't use a mirror or your hand the chick must have an answer to the cheeps is calling for mother or bro's or sisters if it dosen't here a response and you don't talk to it . It will just go to sleep and not wake up is...
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    Hello From Texas

    I would like to thank the folks who started this is a wonderful place if your willing to Read read read and read more anyone can make it work most posts here are very will done I will not be one of those I spell badly and grammer is worse. Have a 10 egg hatch of which lost one egg early to the...
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    I Will Never Use An Egg Carton To Hatch In Again

    This is to thank all the people who post here this is my first post but read and read and read some more Started with 10 - 8 hatched one is still a possible one didn't keep going after about day 10 took him to a place that a chicken would like and put it there. The incubator was built from a...
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