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    My girl stopped laying!?!

    Two big problems for you but nothing you can't fix. Quail don't like having anything changed so taking the light away could easily make them go on strike. Additionally, quail need long days to lay eggs. The heat light was providing her with the extended daylight she needed. To get her to lay...
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    Little Giant Incubators

    When you are setting up the incubator, fold two washcloths and put them under the wire screen. When it's time for lockdown soak the washcloths. This will bring the humidity up to hatching levels.
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    Great Egg's and Great Shipper's

    I'll tip my hat to JJ's shipping and service. I just got a batch of eggs from him that were packed wonderfully.
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    First Eggs - Quick help needed

    Quote: I managed to find a refurbished wine cooler fairly cheap. It's done wonders for my hatch rates.
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    are california valley quail legal

    Domesticated Game Breeder's License Required for any person engaged in raising or importing, or who keeps in captivity in this state, domesticated game birds or domesticated game mammals which normally exist in the wild in this state if the birds or mammals are kept more than 30 days after...
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    Auto waterer in brooders

    Depending on the way your brooder is set up you could try the one gallon version of the non-drowning chick waterer or the 2 liter version of the pop bottle fountain .
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    Fire ants and Quail in Georgia?

    Quote: It doesn't kill them but it does deter them in sheltered areas. I had fire ants getting into one of my feed bins and they left after I spread DE around and in it.
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    Fire ants and Quail in Georgia?

    We have fire ant mounds all over the place, including close to the areas the birds are kept and havn't had a problem so far. I've been meaning to try the club soda treatment but keep forgetting to grab any when we go to a store that has it. The drop in our local quail population seems to...
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    looking for bobwhites to buy in florida

    Talk to your local FWC officer to be 100% sure but yes, you need a permit if you plan to have more than 50 or you want to sell them.
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    Why do my Quail babies keep dying? UPDATED WITH PICS!

    Quote: You want this reversed with the lower humidity while incubating and sky high just before they start pipping.
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    QUAIL CONTRACT scary (at least)

    Quote: By the time you are selling 18,000,000 eggs, chances are pretty good you're either selling to multiple restaurants or a good sized restaurant chains with many locations. It would be a hit if one of the restaurants went belly up but chances are it won't be all at once. It is a good...
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    QUAIL CONTRACT scary (at least)

    This is actually something I'm considering getting into. From what I've been looking at, the numbers game is the easy part. Florida has tons of regulations for selling eggs for food. For the numbers game, what you would likely be doing is estimating 5 eggs per hen per week. This sounds low for...
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    What to feed?

    Medicated vs. Non-Medicated is a personal preference for the most part and you'll find opinions on both sides of it. If it says game bird starter and has 30% protein, it's fine to feed your chicks.
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    An easy species and a challenging species

    As a side note, make sure you don't give them any grass clippings from grass that has been treated with pesticides or chemical fertilizers for 2-3 weeks.
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    I am thinking of getting maybe a trio or quad of Cotournix

    Quote: Nah, I sat down and watched them for a while. Every time he touched a hen he was trying to breed, all the injuries were on the neck, not the head, not the shoulders. GET THAT BOY A HAREM! LETS SEE WHAT HE CAN REALLY DO! I tried that. In the 2:1 he focused all his attention on the...
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    I am thinking of getting maybe a trio or quad of Cotournix

    Quote: This is true. I have had one overly zealous roo, he was in a 2:1 cage at first and still injured hens in a 5:1.
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    I am thinking of getting maybe a trio or quad of Cotournix

    Quote: 3:1 works well for me.
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    Watering Alternative?

    Quote: Very uncomfortable flashbacks of picking up eggs that were squishy or wet on the unseen side.
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    Incubator Brands

    Quote: That I can do. I think I'll get one of the Octagon 20s next time I have the extra cash. Right now I'm using a home made (not by me, picked up at a yard sale) cabinet hatcher as an incubator and one of the styrofoam, still air LG incubators as a hatcher. Before this I was using the...
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    Incubator Brands

    Hey JJ, the Octogon 20 only claims to be able to hold 60 quail eggs, how do you fit over 200?
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