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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Female quail crowing?.If they are getting along does it matter? Obviously you won’t have eggs but if they aren’t fighting or over breeding the hen(s) I... -
Susan Skylark replied to the thread Only two hatchlings.I’d look into possible causes for incubation failure besides blaming the humidity, mine is wonky and random but it still hatches fine if...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Hmmmm.That isn’t a saddled air cell, my last two shipped batches were saddled, they are very obviously air cells: light clear bubbly things...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Hmmmm.Some sort of dirt in the egg? I’ll occasionally have an eating quail egg with some random dirt in it which I’m pretty sure isn’t from...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Is it safe to let a hen with suspected Mareks raise chicks?.Assuming mareks is in your birds and their environment is a good idea, to paraphrase the Merck vet manual, “if you have poultry you have...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Hatch along with me 4 dozen coturnix.I tried jury rigging the nr360, didn’t work! Good idea to get a quail tray! Do you know how long it took me to figure out to write on...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Blue veins, call ducks.As long as they continue to fill and darken just keep an eye on it, I was going to say those don’t look good for day 18 eggs but they...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Chick movement inside egg.Going into lockdown a day or two early won’t hurt anything.
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Egg with a hole?.It has obviously been dropped/bumped/pecked/whacked. The shell may be extra brittle or maybe not, but those ragged, cracked edges with...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Quail bachelor flocks?.Ok, update on my quail bachelor flock theory, my cull pen currently has 3 five week old male chicks, one infertile and lame 3 month old...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Bleeding out on hatching.Occasionally calves are born with their guts hanging out the navel/umbilicus or even a water belly, chicks can also have an umbilical...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread McDonalds Law, alive and well!.27 quail chicks, happily 12 found a quick home, I can manage 15!
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread First time hatcher - day 23 survival?.Are you using an external thermometer? A cold incubator can add a couple days to a hatch. I was hatching quail on day 20 my first...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Best aviary no waste feeder?.I hadn’t changed bedding in my quail pen for six months, we’d occasionally throw in some or remove wet spots but I just did a thorough...
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Susan Skylark replied to the thread Possibly Mushy Chick? Or something else?.Mushy chick disease is a completely different animal, you’ve got an umbilical hernia plus or minus some other developmental issues...