I wondered if anyone could help me. I have 2 plymouth barred rock hens. I bought them when they were 15 weeks old and they are now 23 weeks old but havent layed any eggs. I wondered if anyone could tell me if there are any signs I should look for that might give me an indication that they will...
I have 2 lots of quail. The first lot is 6 weeks old and the second lot is 2 weeks old and I was wondering if I could mix them together with the brooder lamp on in the cage? Just so I dont have the 2 cages and keep them all together, if anyone knows? thanks
I was just wondering what age you could start sexing button quail? I have 6 which are currently just 4 weeks. I've tried vent sexing them with the guide on this forum but they all looked the same to me and I couldnt decide if they were hens or cocks. Is it too early to tell? thanks
I have been incubating some chinese painted quail eggs in a home made incubator. They are on day 16 today of incubation. Yesterday I put the humidity up and stopped turning the eggs. I candled each of the eggs at 10 days and every one of them seemed to have a viable chick growing inside from...
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I was talking to someone today about hatching quail eggs. He has never hatched any but hatches quite a lot of chicken eggs. He said that with polystyrene home made incubators you get a lot more males hatching than females compared with a machine that turns the eggs automatically and that...