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  1. Tex452

    Egg Help

    We had a power outage for over two hours while I had quail and chicken eggs in the incubators, I had 76 out of 90 quail eggs hatch and 21 out of 30 chicken eggs hatch, I was worried also, but it came out okay.
  2. Tex452

    Did I shrink wrap my quail?!

    Great, I was going to say just let them be and it will happen, I watch mine and think they are struggling, then there’s popcorn balls everywhere. It’s a process hatching chicks go through, they pip, they rest, all the while absorbing the yolk sack, I learned the hard way not to help unless way...
  3. Tex452

    Processing Cornish X at 6 weeks?

    When I butcher I like to pack mine in ice for a couple of days, I have stored them in the fridge for a couple of days when I don’t have a bunch, but we do have 3 refrigerators, so I can put about 10 in one of them.
  4. Tex452

    Egg song

    My quail hens sound more like a little a little whistle followed by 3 or 4 consecutive cherps, if i hear that I know I have an egg.
  5. Tex452

    What about butchering extra roosters for others?

    People butchering broilers for other people after the county fair is a common practice in our area, a lot of times they just want the ones that they sold and give the rest of the broilers to whoever does the butchering.
  6. Tex452

    Meyer Hatchery - great hatch from shipped eggs!

    That’s nice to hear. I never ordered eggs from them, but I did order chicks. I ordered speckled Sussex and they arrived fast and healthy, I lost one a few days later but overall I was pleased.
  7. Tex452

    Unfertilized egg? Guinea Fowl Day 12

    I got 22 Guinea eggs from my cousins neighbor, he also got a batch of 22, we both have NR360 incubators, it was the middle of summer and the eggs didn’t hatch well, most looked to be not fertile, I hatched out 7 he hatched out 3. I wonder if time of year might have something to do with Guinea...
  8. Tex452

    What Knife do younuse to slaughter the birds?

    I use a medium size filet knife, I keep a sharpener with me and will have to hit it every now and then. Works good.
  9. Tex452

    hatching eggs and rehoming roosters?

    I hatch eggs for a hobby, I give the pullets to whoever keeps me supplied with hatching eggs. My sister is wanting chickens so I have 10 pullets and 2 New Hampshire red roosters for her, I want dual purpose so I can butcher the cockerels, the other reason I started this hobby is because I’m...
  10. Tex452

    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    In the spring I was hatching at a 95% success rate with most eggs being fertile. Ever since it turned hot, about half of the chicken eggs have been fertile, but nearly all of my quail eggs are fertile?
  11. Tex452

    Sloane Chicken hatching season ❤️

    I love the color of those eggs, I have a few cuckoo maran eggs set now.
  12. Tex452

    Sloane Chicken hatching season ❤️

    I hatch whatever eggs I can get from family and friends, RIR, leghorn cross, black australorps crosses, I. The future I will be hatching pure, Wyandotte, speckled Sussex NH red plus more crosses. I give the pullets to those that keep me supplied with eggs and butcher most of the cockerels...
  13. Tex452

    To dry hatch or to not?

    Ours will get up to 100%
  14. Tex452

    Dry Hatch

    I tried my first batch of quail eggs using the dry hatch method, it worked great, I have 90 more eggs set now.
  15. Tex452

    To dry hatch or to not?

    I wouldn’t dream of doing it any other way, it works great for me, the chicks hatch easy ,fast and are very healthy, I’m in the Bryan area, our humidity stays high most of the time. My main concern is temperature, I check the temperature every time I set a new batch of eggs, sometimes I have to...
  16. Tex452

    To dry hatch or to not?

    I dry hatch chickens guineas and quail, the humidity jumps way up when they start hatching, they hatch fast and easy, and are very healthy, I’ve even dry hatched bantams. I’ve had so much luck that I’m running out of room, I gave 16 pullets to my son and I have another set of pullets to give to...
  17. Tex452

    To dry hatch or to not?

    I live in Texas and I dry hatch. I do 100% dry hatch and would not do it any other way, my hatches have been great. My cousin has been trying to incubate using water, the chicks develop and drown when they attempt to hatch, the same thing happened to my son. My cousin is now dry hatching and...
  18. Tex452

    Looking for speckled Sussex

    I’m not looking anymore, I ordered chicks from Meyer hatchery, they have arrived and are doing good.
  19. Tex452

    Peeping early

    I just hatched some Guinea eggs, the eggs seemed to have a larger air sack than chickens and they moved a lot more than chickens, most of the eggs weren’t fertile, I hatched 7 out of 22, if I remember right they didn’t go the full 28 days.
  20. Tex452

    First time hatching quail eggs

    I want jumbo because of meat production. My breeder pen is 11 hens and 2 roosters, 5 of the hens are just starting to lay, right now I’m getting 11 eggs/day.
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