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How do you store your eggs before setting them in the incubator?
x2 on the 7 day limit.- quailmale
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viability of shipped eggs
I do mostly Quail eggs and the closer to home when shipped the better, less time for the PO to kick them around. I have had up to an 85% hatch and down to 45%, the 45 was from Tennessee and I'm in Fla. the 85 was only 200 miles away. And now that the PO is X-raying everything it don't...- quailmale
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Urgent Help Needed!
I do mostly Quail and when this happens I go ahead and completely remove it, exspecialy if it's near the end of the hatch, they are usually 50-50 that it makes it. Some people when the hatch starts will do a lite mist with warm water on the eggs.- quailmale
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1st time hatching advice in a GQF Sportsman
Quote: I have the digital so it's dead on BUT I have freinds that have the wafer type they if they cannot get the temps where they need it they set it on the high side and remove one of the breather plugs to allow more air flow and this usually drops it. I f removing it is to much then go...- quailmale
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looking for narragansett eggs/poults
DITTO for me to I was going to wait till closer to spring but I 'm a wanting some Narragansett eggs my self so after they contact you I hope they contact me also......Good Luck -
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How much do quail eat?
Quote: I hope your talking about chicken feed, Quail get 28-30 % protein and its $19 per fifty here, if you can get it for 12-16 I need to move, and boy am I jealous...... -
How much do quail eat?
Coturnix do eat alot more than Bobs, just like Rock X Cornish Chickens, anything that matures in half the time i.e. 6-8 weeks for Coturnix is going to go thru alot of feed. Yes they are pigs but you can change their type of feeder to mostly eliminate most of the waste. They are Eatin-Poopin... -
I need some help/advice for raising poults
At what age are they dieing? Do they die all at once? Do they have normal poop? Any external signs on the bodies? What are you feeding them/protein content? -
How Often Do You Clean Under Elevated Pens
Game Inspector just left, everything passed with flying colors, asked about commercial chicken farms and manure removal, simple answer is Game Commission does not regulate livestock-chickens are livestock, Quail are Game Birds thus regulated. So now I'm legal, Mom would have been proud-her son... -
Royal Palm Turkeys??I m new
Quote: Not to hyjack thread but I was just going to post a similar question about fertility, I have 5 RP's 1 tom and 4 hens, I have noticed him breeding the hens from time to time and yesterday I found an egg which was still warm, question is could it be fertile or should I just incubate it... -
How Often Do You Clean Under Elevated Pens
Quote: X2 And it may be wise to keep it up and not let it get to a point of flies. There may come a day when you don't have time for last minute cleaning because they are coming. I live in Florida, its warm enough that if poop hits the ground there is instant flie's, I just keep them down... -
How Often Do You Clean Under Elevated Pens
My Pens are 3 ft off the ground and If I start to have fly problems i use Golden Maldrin and sprinkle it on the ground. I am due for my Game Farm inspection on Monday and the inspector on the phone several times mentioned about cleaning under the pens. For those that have the License's do you... -
hello GQF
Quote: its located in savannah GA. why kid?....money lol, waiting on my christmas bonus to buy the full watering system that i want I just went to an automated watering system for my 175 Bobs and boy was that worth the money, Dont have to carry scrub fill anymore, I was cleaning 4 each 1... -
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Cracked Corn to Bobwhites?
Quote: We are talking about Quail here, usually whole corn is given to large animals like Horses, Cows, Deer, Goats, Hogs even then they have a hard time digesting it all the way, -
what type should i buy?
Quote: In florida you do need a permit for over 50 Quail including Coturnix. -
Quail and Rabbits
I would not raise my birds on the ground, to big of a hassle here but yes all the Rabbit POO goes in the garden..... -
A Few Days to Hatch, and Still Nothing to Feed Them!
Quote: Welcome to the aggravating world of TSC, They are a Purina GBS (30%) dealer but will not carry it or order it along with alot of other items, My continueing TSC RANT........ -
Quail and Rabbits
I have 175 Bobs and 40-50 rabbits together, never had a problem..