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    un-hatched & infertile eggs. What do you do with them?

    What does everyone do with the eggs that don't hatch? do you cook the infertile ones and crush them feeding them back to the birds, do you feed them to the dog/cat or does everyone just toss them in the garbage or compose? I feel like not feeding them to an animal is a kind of a waste but I...
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    Is Vail's quail gone?

    Is Vails quail gone? I can't seem to find their websight or facebook page anymore. The latest I see anything for them is 2014. If not, can someone link me to them or help me find them.
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    Sexing question

    the parents are a mix of Tibetan. Italian. Tuxedo and A.M can you feather sex them? They are 8 weeks old. No crowing or egg laying yet. The pics aren't the greatest, but I was wondering if the black specks on Breast of these mixed birds Would determine female or lack of be male if they are...
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    Bulter and Snowflake Bobwhite

    7 weeks old
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    A couple of things I've read, not sure if there is any truth to it. comments/wisdom appreciated

    I just read that you can sex snowflake bobwhite's at hatch by their color when they hatch? Is this true or false? I've found nothing on the internet that supports this comment. Anyone have experience with it? "Wolfe's Quail Farm says: Snowflake Bobwhite quail. The only species of quail that...
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    Can you tell the difference between coturnix and bobwhite at a day old?

    I have 2 different breeds of quail in the incubator. Snowflake & Butler bobwhite; and mixed Coturnix. Do the bob's and the cot's have enough of a different look that I will be able to tell the difference right away just by looking at them? I put them in the incubator so that they would all...
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    What is this floating thing inside egg?

    Does anyone know what this floating thing could be? I'm just curious.. If you have seen it before and did those eggs with it hatch? I candled this egg when I brought it home yesterday 4-11-14 and again today 4-12-14 before I put it in the incubator and it's still there. Thanks edited to...
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    male coturnix killed by females

    The quail I hatched back in Dec. that I gave to my father. We put 3 females in with one male in one cage and 3 females and a male in another cage. butchered the other males. about 2 weeks ago, the hens in one cage killed the male. I guess they pecked a hole in the side of his head by his eye...
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    cockatiel and ficus tree

    Does anyone have a ficus tree, the kind you buy at a nursery as a house plant, in with cockatiels? I've read different opinions some say they are safe, others say they are not. Have you kept it in the pot it came in or do you take it out and rinse it off and replace the dirt with some...
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    coturnix can I move them to the freezing garage now?

    I have some quail that I hatched, they will be 8 weeks on Sunday. So they are fully feathered and the hens are laying eggs. They are in my basement right now in a room that is about 60 degrees. I want to move them to my garage, then in a couple weeks they will be moved to a shed with a run...
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    coturnix- how to pick the best breeders?

    I hatched out 11 quail, It looks like I ended up with 5 males. They will be 4 weeks old on Sunday. All the eggs hatched early between midnight and 7 am on day 16 1/2, no problems no crooked toes, no health issues. So far no fighting between any of them. I'm planning on keeping two males. How...
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    Cockatiel hatching quail egg. Does it work? Pros and Cons?

    I have 2 older cockatiels, about 13 years old. The male is always going broody, trying to make a nest on the bottom of cage. The female has only laid eggs twice in her life, the eggs are never fertile and very small. The last time she laid was this spring, she laid 2 very small eggs and they...
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    ducklings - 2 weeks old today picture

    They love my bird bath!
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    Woodland PMI game bird feed to Ducklings?

    Can I feed this to my 1 1/2 week old ducks? It only has 15% protein. Has anyone heard of it? I just picked up a bag from TSC but then noticed it said for feathered gamebirds, Turkey, Chickens. It says on the label it is manufactured for PMI Nutrtional Int'l LLC in Brentwood, MO. Would it hurt...
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    New to BYC from Iowa

    My name here pretty much describes me. I usually hatch something every spring for friends and love it! I don't own any kind of poulrty or waterfowl. I live in the city now but grew up on an acreage. Over the years I've hatched turkey, pheasant, quail, chickens, ducks. I don't think I left...
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