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    Homemade Brooder Capacity - how many is 'crowded'?

    Thanks for the replies. My little black and orange quails (how fitting is that for halloween?! I didn't even plan it. lol) are going to be separated today into 2 tanks I think. They're starting to get their feathers on their wings, so that seems fitting. Again, thanks for the input!
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    Homemade Brooder Capacity - how many is 'crowded'?

    No one knows? Hmmm...
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    Homemade Brooder Capacity - how many is 'crowded'?

    This is my first button quail brood, so I'm all about the newbie questions! Thanks for bearing with me. If you only know the following answer for chickens, I can try to judge from your knowledge there on what is right. I'd like any input at this point. There are so many pictures on the net of...
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    Button Quail Babies picking on toes

    Thanks for the reply. I think it's more the survival of the fittest because they aren't pecking eachother... just him. the brooder temp is between 92 and 95 on the warmer side (it fluctuates between these temps now and then) with one side cooler than the other. They are all eating heartily and...
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    Button Quail Babies picking on toes

    Anyone?
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    Button Quail Babies picking on toes

    Hi all, My 13 chicks are 4 days old. I know its supposed to be common for them to experiment with pecking things, especially their worm-resembling toes. But they are all picking on just one handicapped chick (his toes don't move)and now its bleeding. I can't seem to get the bleeding to stop...
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    Button Quail Hatching Help - Thanks everyone!

    Hey all, I had asked a while back about 'turning the quail eggs'; being a newbie with my first gang of eggs. Well, despite my homemade styrofoam cooler incubator and the occasional dangerous temperature fluctuations, I'm now the proud 'mom' of 10 button quail babies. I had put 25 eggs in, so...
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    Newbie/Homespun Questions :)

    Oh yeah, I used the search function a few times, but my keywords must be lacking. I tried Turning Eggs and even the simple turn.... Is there a better term for this process? Maybe that's why I'm not googling anything good on it? I'm pencil-ing my x's and o's now that I know a little more...
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    Newbie/Homespun Questions :)

    Awesome. Thanks! Wow, I didn't realize it was as simple as elevating the carton one one side and switching it. Should I remove the eggs from this carton a few days before they should hatch? I would think the bits of carton in between each egg would hinder the chick. Or do you think it will be fine?
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    Newbie/Homespun Questions :)

    Anyone? Or at least point me in the direction of a decent site that answers these questions?
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    Newbie/Homespun Questions :)

    Hi All, I'm very new to the poultry rearing field... I've only ever bred parrots before - and then the hen did most of the work. But as a home project (just my equally clueless father and I) are attempting to hatch buttons. We made an incubator out of a cooler that we saw on cyberquail.com...
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