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    Egg trays?

    These silicon ice cube trays fit quail eggs perfectly! I am thinking about serving deviled eggs and raw egg cocktails in them. Now, if I could think of what to use as a lid, they will work for transporting eggs too. Another tray? They are $5/pair, I cannot afford to give them away, and most...
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    22 gram egg!

    One of my new layers (jumbo brown coturnix) just produced a 22 gram egg! It's almost like a small chicken egg. Is this normal?
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    Eggbound coturnix

    The poor girl died last night. I guess she got too weak from almost not eating, and just collapsed. Warm baths and calcium globuonade syrup didn't help at all! Probably I noticed the problem and started treating her too late. Thanks for your responses anyway! I had to try to save her.
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    Eggbound coturnix

    One of my coturnix hens has been eggbound for several days. I keep her indoors, and give her calcium shots and warm bath twice a day, it doesn't help. She just sits there, fluffed up in a ball, like a kiwi. Drinks very little, barely eats, unless I give her mealworms - then she comes back to...
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    are quail cold hardy??

    I am from Russia, I read Russian quail forums. People keep quails there in winter, in un-heated barns, just protected from the snow and wind. It looks likes the little birds don't mind the temperature (-35F is rare, but it happens), as long as they stay dry.
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    I just killed a quail

    Yes, it does. You get down the technical details. You'll still fill sorry for every one of them though (especially the females that you have to cull because they have problems; males were born to be eaten)
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    Help me determine how much food is enough for Quail

    This sounds like a right amount. My 20 adult coturnix quails go through a 50 lb. bag in a little over a month. They scatter a lot of feed, but since they sit on aspen wood shavings, they also peck some feed from the bottom of the pens.
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    Help me chose a male for breeding (coturnix)

    I have two coturnix males, and I can only keep one. #1, "Godfather": large, brown, very good looking bright colors, aggressive, does not perform his duties very well (he would peck the female on the head, take a few feathers, and then just fall off, never finishing the business - I saw this...
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    Giving yogurt to quails

    Thank you! I'll get it.
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    Giving yogurt to quails

    I'll just let them dry, them add fresh sand to their sand box, and let them clean themselves. Washing quails is too traumatic for them, and too labor-intensive for me. But they do look horrible right now! Next time I'll add yogurt to one of the waterers, plain water in another one, and see...
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    Giving yogurt to quails

    i decided to give my quails yogurt, for health benefits. To make it easier to eat, I mixed it with some crushed grains (millet, corn, soy, sunflower seed), and gave it to them in a 2-cup glass ramekin. They take turns bathing in it! The male got in first, and got himself thoroughly covered in...
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    Coturnix eggs, day 22

    I guess my roosters were too young, and not performing well. I'll give them another chance, and collect a few days worth of eggs for the incubator. Too bad,because I cannot wait to grill one of them: he is very good-looking, but has a terrible character, fights with almost anyone. I spent weeks...
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    Coturnix eggs, day 22

    I actually took them from the compost pile and broke them open. They were all liquid, a couple foul-smelling. None of them ever started to develop. Why did they float low, like good eggs, both on day 14 and day 22?
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    Coturnix eggs, day 22

    To the compost they go; I'll try again.
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    Coturnix eggs, day 22

    Two healthy, good looking chicks hatched on day 18. The rest of the eggs don't show any signs of life, but they float correctly. Should I toss them anyway, or give them another day? Still air incubator, hand turning, 100F while turning, 99-99.5F after the lock-down. If this matters, they are...
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