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  1. beakmaster

    Can quail and turkey be in the brooder together for the first few days?

    I have raised hundreds of quail and have some hatching right now...I'm trying turkey for the first time which are also hatching. I have limited space and was hoping to brooder them all together for the first week or so. Besides the obvious size difference is there any reason I couldn't do this?
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    all who are hatching quail

    40+ Texas A&Ms broke loose on the 4th of July, with more on the way. Happy Birthday USA! These will be my new layers as I am just stepping back into raising them from about a year long break. I bought some eggs on ebay and looks like 90%+ hatch, judging by the pips in nearly every egg left to...
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    finished my quail cage/brooder : )

    Yeah, I have about 55 A&Ms that are my breeders. I sell the eggs and chicks too. There are 120 eggs in my incubator now that I plan on selling. I use totes right now but they are a pain to clean. Does you brooder have a screen floor? I am thinking about using 1/4 inch screen so the poo falls...
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    finished my quail cage/brooder : )

    Nice job. I might have to copy your design as I have been using plastic totes for brooding. When they are real small you could fit a lot but by 8 weeks they will be bigger. I think it could hold 18 (7-8 week old birds) comfortably. You could double that if you moved them out at 4 weeks into...
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    Purchasing Coturnix quail in Massachusetts

    I have had decent results buying eggs on ebay and I sell on there also. You would want to request they ship with a heat pack because of the epic cold right now. Hatch rate might be less than 50% because of the cold also..... not sure if thats happening with everyone else but my hatch rate is...
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    WARNING GRAPHIC INJURY Quail on quail violence?

    I have had some really nasty scalping before and rarely a death. They are very tough birds. If this one had lived without the eye I would'a named her "the governor". LOL!
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    WARNING GRAPHIC INJURY Quail on quail violence?

    Last year I had 4 females in a pen together and everything was fine with them for several months and then all the sudden one of them got scalped really bad. The one that got attacked was a different color pattern than the other three and I think it was a case of quail racism. So I am not ruling...
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    WARNING GRAPHIC INJURY Quail on quail violence?

    I found this HEN dead today with its eye socket empty and almost half its scalp exposed. They can be rough on each other but we have never seen anything like this. Their cage is secure and off the ground so it wasn't a predator attack. We culled out about 15 males as about 40 birds or so...
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    $100...

    I have 78 now and 48 of those will be maturing any day now. Once I figure out their sex I will cull some males. Hoping to end up with around 50 layers. I only have around 24 layers now. I have about 120 eggs in my incubator that just started hatching and have buyers ready to pick them up. I pay...
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    $100...

    We don't call em coons where I am from... thats too nice. Buhahahahahaha!
  11. beakmaster

    Yeah! Easy way to eliminate food waste!

    Is it just me or does it seem like with some age they stop wasting as much?..... maybe they figured out if they waste it all the first day or so they will go without.
  12. beakmaster

    help? quail has been scalped

    They are remarkable healers... of themselves. He will most likey be fine. The culprit may do it again, given the chance. Isolate for a couple weeks would be my idea. Maybe the other females will forget about him and when he returns he will be the outcast. They will warm up to him but maybe he...
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    Texas A&M Sexing???

    Didn't check the dates.... my bad. I was actually doing a google search and got kicked back to BYC. So it may still help someone. How did you find it? Are you the one who still uses the site?
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    Texas A&M Sexing???

    I have heard from some "old timers" that the best way to sex them prior to 6-8 weeks of age is the eggs. The point on the egg gives it away from what I hear. I think a blunt point is a female while the pointy eggs will be male.... and the ones in between can go either way. Not sure how accurate...
  15. beakmaster

    How do bobwhite eggs compare to coturnix eggs?

    We have raised several different coturnix quail and thinking of trying bobwhites. We eat a lot of the eggs and want to know if the bobwhite's eggs compare. Are they as big? Do they taste as good? Thanks in advance!
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    Anyone ever had an agressive female quail?

    that comment should have ended with an evil laugh, not a simple LOL.
  17. beakmaster

    Chick hatched backwards.....

    You don't want the cure I dished out! HAAHAHA!
  18. beakmaster

    Chick hatched backwards.....

    Yeah, I have heard about people doing that. I am considering trying it myself. Thanks for the recipe, sounds good and easier than just eating them alone for sure.
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    Chick hatched backwards.....

    People are surprised when I tell them I eat the eggs. My neighbor gave me a funny look the first time I tried to give him some eggs but now his kids can't get enough of them. They are way more healthy than chicken eggs. My kids take 6-8 boiled for lunch at school a couple times a week. We have...
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    Chick hatched backwards.....

    I sold 30 on craigslist and 45 to a feed store up the road. I still have 19 and will be eatin them in another 5 weeks. I have never tried to keep any frozen for very long. I vacuum seal the ones I do freeze and I would think they could last for a year like that. I might be wrong as I have never...
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