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Asian market eggs
Someone just told me that the Ranch 99 Asian market sells quail eggs. They are not marked as fertile but people have hatched them. Has anyone ever tried to incubate store bought eggs? -
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Northern California Quail Fanciers
Anyone have California Valley Quail? -
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How long for heat lamp
I have one little California Valley quail that I hatched. He/she is 16 days old and is pretty well feathered. I still have the heat lamp in his set up. He is in a 10 gal aquarium that is set up like a natural setting. He has no trouble flying around and up to the branches I have in there. Is... -
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Something is very wrong
99 is to hot....oh my. He seems to stay right under the heat lamp. That is the temp right under the light. The far end of the space is 88-90 -
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Something is very wrong
Just checked on him. He walking fine and is eating. Scratching around doing the little chicken dance. Maybe he his his head but definitely not stumbling like he was. This is worse than having a kids. LOL -
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Something is very wrong
He is walking ok now. Maybe he got stunned. They are trying to fly, so maybe he hit his head. I am feeding them Game Bird starter and the temp is 99` -
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Something is very wrong
I have 10 day old California Valley quail that has been a little off since yesterday. Sitting with feathers fluffed. Eating a little and moving around but this morning he can't seem to walk. It's like he is off balance. He tries to walk and ends up flopping around and tumbling backwards. I... -
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So sad
Thanks for the reply. Everything is as you suggest. They have all been perfect for 9 days until this one died. One other one is looking a little 'off' He has been eating and drinking and hopping around but his feathers are a little ruffled. My daughter suggested I give him some electrolytes. She... -
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So sad
Thanks! Everything is exactly the same as it's been since they went into the brooder. Temp is the same, same feed, etc. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Nothing to indicate there was something wrong with him. I know what you mean about being terrified about loosing another one. I keep checking... -
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So sad
I had three California Valley quail that hatched last week. They were all doing great. No problems at all. Got up this morning and one of them was dead. Nothing looked wrong with him. He was just laying on his side, legs stretched out and gone. I am so so sad. The other two seem to be fine. What... -
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Meet the 'kids'
They are doing wonderful. Amazing how fast they grow. Their wing feathers are coming in. I swear they have doubled in size. Yuki and Cosmo will be a week old tomorrow and Kiwi will be on Wednesday. -
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Can he be alone?
Gizmo was a California Valley quail. We sure do get attached to these little guys don't we. I would love to see Cricket. You are wonderful and caring for taking such good care of him! -
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Can he be alone?
Several years ago our cat brought in a newly hatched baby quail. It was not injured and we set up a 10 gal aquarium for her. We babied her and she was a total pet. She would lay down in your lap and go to sleep. We named her Gizmo. I built an outside pen for her and she lived the 'life of Riley'... -
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Meet the 'kids'
My new babies. They are so cute. Two hatched on day 23 and one yesterday, day 24. My granddaughter has named them, L to R, Kiwi, Yuki and Cosmo. They will be pets and already come when you whistle. Fun to watch, they sure are busy. Thanks everyone for all your suggestions and help during this... -
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California Quail hatchlings
Scrambled up some egg and oh boy do they love that. Checked them this morning when I got up, all was good. Looked again about half hour later and OMG another one hatched! So now there are three little cuties in there. There is one more egg but who knows if it will hatch. This is just so... -
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California Quail hatchlings
They hatched this morning and have been SO loud this afternoon. I put water in the incubator in a very shallow lid with pebbles. They immediately went to it and drank. I ground up some starter the feed store sold me. Ate it like they were starving. The feed is only 18% protein and I am reading...
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