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    Peepers!

    Great looking little guy, for a cage just remember they lay eggs everywhere, so you need to be able to reach all parts of the cage to collect them. 4' deep might be a bit of a stretch depending on how long your arms are and how many access doors you plan to have.
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    2 questions on incubating

    50% seems to be about accurate. I just had 10 out of 28 hatch but I had a little incubator problem. After doing an egg autopsy 7-8 of the unhatched had been developing so with better incubator conditions I would have been just over 50%. Also remember you may have terrible luck and get lots of...
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    Sponsored Post I'm incubating - what do I do if the power goes out?

    So this may be an odd question, but the human body is around 98.6*, so has anyone used their body heat to get eggs thru a power outage? I imagine using a blanket on your belly and laying on the couch you could keep them somewhat warm.
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    Brooding chicks on sand... will they eat too much grit?

    I started an experiment this week based on reading about the benefits of using sand. But instead of sand I bought a bag of 1/4" pea gravel. It's large enough that the chicks can't eat it, but small enough that it makes a nice level surface for them to walk on. It's also rounded so there's no...
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    My first quail hatch, egg autoposy questions.

    Thanks, all of the legs and feet of the ones that hatched are perfect. Toes straightned out on thier own within a couple hours. I never saw a temp above 100.0 and I don't think I had any spikes since it was indoors with a constant air temp outside the incubator of 70*. I was expecting around 50%...
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    My first quail hatch, egg autoposy questions.

    I just had my first quail hatch this weekend. For the most part it went well but I was using a homemade incubator and had some not develop completely. I was hoping someone could tell me what might have went wrong so I can fix it for next time. Half of the eggs that hatched were on day 17, the...
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    New to quails

    The schedule for heat is usually: Week 1 - 37* Week 2 - 35* Week 3 - 32* Week 4 - 29* Week 5 - 26* Week 6 - room temp or outside if it's not too cold. I converted to C for ya so they should be close enough. At 6 weeks they should be about full grown and can tolerate cold better, but I would...
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    Day 17 hatching jumbo coturnix quail need some advise.

    I'm pretty sure I remembered reading that Jumbo's usually take an extra day and hatch on day 18. Hopefully someone who's hatched them can confirm.
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    South Carolina

    My plan is to semi-free range them. I have about 1/3 acre fenced in back yard and I already read how to clip thier wings which should prevent them from flying over it. In addition I'll keep them spoiled with meal worms, table scraps and other treats to hopefully give them no reason to want to...
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    South Carolina

    Hey all, I'm looking to get a couple chickens and came across this site. I have a few questions about breeds and figured this would be the best place to ask since I live in SC (outside of greenville). What I'm looking for is a bantam breed for egg production. I understand they'll be smaller...
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