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    Quail AI

    Sorry, this is not a post about a robotic brain for our little feathered friends though that might be nice, nor is it about some bird name Al, instead let’s talk quail artificial insemination, back in the day an AI technician wasn’t a computer guy! Has anybody tried it? Success? It doesn’t...
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    50+ eggs incubator

    If you raised quail you can fit 30+ into most incubators (but you’ll have to hand turn), accidentally figured that out when I ordered eggs and they sent extra! At least you are doing your homework before delving into something novel!
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    HomeMade Incubator Youtuber / 3D Printing

    It isn’t a machine that creates life but one that allows life to flourish, that’s like saying my microwave creates popcorn instead of just popping it! Very cool!
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    Matching chicks to shells, ideas for quail?

    So apparently I didn’t need to worry about separating the eggs, but at least I know for sure (and apparently my old incubator still works too!). Got two little yellow chicks that look just like mom, the others all came out black. The weird thing is this color is sex linked recessive, I didn’t...
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    What a hatch!

    I hatched 7 coturnix this morning, boy has it been weird! I’m culling an older hen but don’t want to lose the color (ginger?) so I put her in a pen and got a couple eggs, marked them and then put them into lockdown in a separate incubator. Meanwhile the other eggs were hatching and all coming...
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    It's thriving now

    I’m a quail person, my chicks are fully fledged at four weeks so take this with a shaker of salt, I guess I’m not sure what your actual question is. Is it the red skin or the darker colored down/feathers coming in that has you concerned? Dark feathers would be exactly that. Red skin (if it...
  7. Managing Unabsorbed Yolk Sac or Umbilical Hernia in Term, Neonatal Chicks: A Case Study

    Managing Unabsorbed Yolk Sac or Umbilical Hernia in Term, Neonatal Chicks: A Case Study

    Just this morning I had a coturnix quail chick fully zip, but was having trouble getting out of the shell after several hours, as he was backwards I figured he might need a little help, so simply split the egg completely and let him push his way out. Everything was dry, umbilical cord was just a...
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    Purchasing quail

    Do your homework first, decide on species, what you want them for (meat, egg, pet, bird dog training…), how and where you plan to house them, what you will feed them, if your state or city has special permit or license requirements, then when you know what you want you can start looking for it...
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    Bald rumps?

    My older bird’s desperately need a molt but it seems odd they are only molting their tail feathers and not growing them back.
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    Egg Diagnosis

    I fed purina gamebird feed with my first birds, I got 30% weird eggs the first month (switched to layer feed for maintenance) of laying, totally normal, please don’t worry about kidneys, etc! It takes a few weeks to work the kinks out of the system, especially with a 28% protein feed that kicks...
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    Twin Quail Egg!

    I love the cool picture, white eggs are so nice. I have coturnix, I have one celadon hen that lays beautifully photogenic eggs, everybody else is a challenge! Will be interesting to watch development!
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    Does this egg look dead or alive to you guys

    Egg should be almost dark that far into incubation, infertile or dead, candle the other eggs too!
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    Matching chicks to shells, ideas for quail?

    Eggs are pipping now, my dinky little incubator and my popcorn babies make several options difficult but I do have a spare incubator that I’m not sure maintains temp, but I ran it for twenty four hours and did fine. I put my special eggs in there and it is holding steady, so win, win, I get to...
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    Matching chicks to shells, ideas for quail?

    Anybody know how to keep track of which chick came out of which egg? I have 9 quail eggs that just went into lockdown, 2 from an old hen I’m going to cull but if I can get a male out of her he’ll carry the sex linked recessive color gene I’m trying to keep in my flock. I’ve labeled the eggs...
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    Can Roosters Eat Layer feed?

    He obviously can and will eat the feed, the better question is should he? An all flock type feed with calcium/oyster shells on the side might be a workable solution, but what you need to decide is what works logistically for you and your flock. Over time a high calcium diet can cause kidney...
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