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    Larger eggs have lower hatch rate?

    Don't know if you've experienced the same thing. I started raising quail last Summer with a good pharaoh stock from JMF. They were doing great and I've had fairly successful hatch rate with their offspring. I set only eggs that are 14 to 15 g. Recently I got greedy and wanted to breed for...
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    Quail with paralyzed leg

    I just noticed one of my hens has a paralyzed leg. The right leg spreads side way as seen the in this picture and seems completely paralyzed. Left leg still OK. She can hop around with one leg and look somewhat healthy, just not very mobile. She's from my breeding cage and has been a faithful...
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    Best age to cull for meat?

    It's my first year raising quail for eggs and meat. Few days ago I culled some quail that were about 6 months old. I felt that the meat were a bit chewy and had a faint odor. I'm not sure if it was the way I cooked it (might have overcooked on the grill) or was it because these were too old...
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    Possum caught in the act

    Heard some commotion from my quail pen the other night so I went out and looked. Sure enough this was what I found. He was trying to reach his short hand through the egg-roll-out slot. A couple of BB shot chase him away. Thankfully all quails were accounted for. I have one of those...
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    How to choose my breeder stock?

    Sorry to start a new thread, but I've searched and didn't see any thread dedicated to this subject. The question is - how do I choose from a new flock which ones to keep for breeding and which ones to cull? There's a helpful post from Momhunter buried in the "Comparing Quail Sizes"...
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    Please help me decide what to do with my first flock

    I have my 2nd flock of 26 birds that I will keep for eggs and breeding. They're currently 11 days old from JMF Pharaoh stock. What I can't decide is the first flock of various kinds I picked up from a local guy. They came from eggs that were quite small so probably not worth keeping just for...
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    Hatching Report

    I'm a newbie on quail. I ordered eggs from JMF. Took awhile to be able to reach Robby, but it was worth it. He's an absolute gentleman. The eggs (James Marie C line) arrived 18 days ago very securely packed. I used my homemade incubator and they just hatched yesterday. Thought it might be...
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    Will Sebright Bantam crowing get loud?

    I'm in trouble. There are 2 roosters out of the 3 Golden Sebright chicks I picked up 2 months ago. One of them started to crow today. Was able to catch on video: Will they get louder than this? Much louder? Because with this I think maybe OK with our neighbors. But if they get real...
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    Black Bone Silky Fowl

    Hi - a lady at church was asking whether I could raise this special chicken breed for her to use as medicine. The skin, meat and bones are all black. Anyone knows where I can buy some hatching eggs? Thanks.
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    Black Bone Silky Fowl

    Hi - a lady at church was asking whether I could raise this special chicken breed for her to use as medicine. The skin, meat and bones are all black. Anyone knows where I can buy some hatching eggs? Thanks.
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    Chicks aggression in brooder

    What would be the right number of chicks / square foot of brooder? I built a brooder 1' x 2' out of tubberware. Put in 16 newly hatched chicks in there. 2 seemed weaker and being stomped on, one already died and one I put back into the incubator just to separate her. She probably won't make...
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    First hatch - need help answer a question ASAP please ...

    Hi ... my first hatch today, right on 17th day. There's a flaw in my incubator design that I have to remove the chicks to a brooder soon after hatch. (or they would walk & fall into a danger zone with unprotected fan running). My brooder is equipped with a red heat lamp keeping it toasty at...
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    Sloped floor for eggs to roll out

    I'm planning on building a quail pen with sloped floor for eggs to roll out. The floor will be 1/2 inch hardware cloth. For those who have such a set up, can you please tell me how it works out for you? How much slope is needed? I did some experiment tonight, with 1/4 inch cloth (just...
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    Incubating & hatching questions

    My first experimental incubating and I have some questions - please help: 1. I got 36 eggs from a local guys, incubating for 8 days now. 24 seem to develop and 8 "glow" when candeling. Should I toss the 8 glowing eggs? (the other 24 are just dark or show a faint air space. A couple eggs...
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    My Incubator Design for Quail Eggs (WARNING: lots of pictures)

    Hello everyone - I have a small flock of backyard chickens and decide to raise quails also. Learned so much from this site and a few youtube videos I watched. I came up with an incubator design, with these special features: - using this thermostat from Amazon ($17 at Amazon, you can get...
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    Quail + Chicken = DISEASES ???

    Hello all - I want to ask a new question in a separate thread ... I'm thinking of building a quail pen inside my existing chicken run. It's large enough, and it's all enclosed with to protect against raccoon. I heard that quails and chickens together can be problematic because they can...
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    How high for quail pen?

    I have never raised quails before and would like to start. I want to build 6' long and 2' deep pen, but not sure how high does it need to be. I read that you don't want it too low, so they can mate. But some other posters said not too high or they'll attempt to jump and fly and kill...
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    Building an Incubator & choosing quail breed

    Hello everyone - I'm a loooong time member but been MIA for years now coming back, an amateur chickens daddy who is beginning a new flock of 6, maximum allowed in my city of San Jose - 1 Australorp, 1 Barred Rock, 1 California Grey, 3 Sebright Bantams. Bantams were unsexed so had to get 3 to...
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    HELP - Egg Pecking Behavior

    We have 4 one year old hens. All have been laying well. Last 2 weeks or so one of them (I don't know which) has been pecking at the egg (see picture). She doesn't eat it entirely, just pecking and then left in the nest like this: I've been trying to come out early to remove but still...
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    Will the eggs rot?

    I have 4 laying hens (no rooster). One of them has gone brooding and been sitting on the others' eggs all day. I feel sorry for her so I let her sit on the eggs, thinking I'd pick up the eggs after a few days. It just dawn on me that the eggs may get rotten staying that warm for several...
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