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    How many BYC'ers hatch eggs?

    Hi all, I was just scrolling through the Incubating & Hatching Eggs section, and saw that there are a multitude of threads and posts. Knowing only a portion of the people post about hatching eggs, I began wondering how many people, are there in total, that hatch and incubate there own...
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    Needs of mearns quail

    I have been thinking about getting Mearns quail, and I was reading up on them and one source said the breeders (which I would be doing) need four sq. ft. per bird. Usually, I hear two or three square feet per bird so which is the correct size? I have read that they are extremely hard to raise...
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    Birds condition for NPIP

    Hi all, I have been wanting to get my quail NPIP tested, but some of my males are sometimes mean to my females and pick feathers out of there back. So on occasion my birds are missing a large portion of feathers on there back, and I am worried that if that is what happens just before the tester...
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    Ratio for male to female bobwhites

    I have six males and 14 females in one coop and I have heard it should be one male to two or three females. So that's what I have but my females are getting hurt and a large amount of feathers plucked out so I am not sure what to do.
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    What does it take for quail to lay in winter

    I hatched some bobwhite quail about 17 weeks ago and I have them in a coop and I thought they were ready to start laying. Since it was in the 20's- 50's I put a heat lamp in there. I originally had red bulbs in there and then changed it to white bulbs and gave them the recommended light but they...
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    Brocken neck?

    I just hatched some bobwhites and one of them can't pick up his head so I don't know if it is a broken neck or if his neck got stuck like that before he hatched so I didn't know if I should try to make some type of neck brace or just try to keep water and food in him and hope he becomes stronger...
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    How long does it take for bobwhites to hatch

    I am incubating bobwhites I bought and had shipped to me and I have heard it takes 22-23 days for them to hatch and it is day 23. I checked one of the eggs which I know isn't recommended but when I checked it hadn't pipped into its air cell yet so I didn't know if it was common for eggs to...
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    Do bobwhites lay daily

    I have raised pharaoh and button quail for about a year and a half and loved it :) but now I am expanding to raising bobwhites and I didn't no how regularly they lay. My buttons lay an egg every day but I didn't know if I could expect that with bobwhites. thanks for helping me while I learn...
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    Buying shipped chicks

    I am considering buying live chicks that will be shipped and wanted to know the precautions and how many to expect wont make it and any other things to look out for. Thanks any information will be helpful.
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    What you wish you knew before buying shipped eggs

    I'm starting this thread in an attempt to save others the headache that often comes with buying shipped eggs. There is such a wealth of experience and information here. If you could go back and do it over again, what would you have done differently?
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    Stacking eggs during incubation

    I bought 105 quail eggs and my brinsea octagon 20 incubator only holds 60-75 eggs depending on size and how you place them. I could try and borrow an incubator but I dont want to use someone else's for 22-23 days. So I was wondering if could place eggs on top of each other and then a few days...
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    Quail coops

    I just ordered 100 Northern bobwhite eggs and they are going to arrive tomorrow and I only have enough housing for approximately half of them when there fully grown. I am hoping to sell some of them but if I can't I want to have enough space to hold them. So I'm looking for a quail coop design...
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    Male to female hatch rate

    I'm going to hatch about sixty bobwhites and I wanted to know what the usual male to female ratio is when they hatch. I understand there is the know way to know exactly what the ratio is but I was wondering what a common rate is. Thanks
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    prices of quail

    I'm going to be selling bobwhites and I'm not sure what a good price for the week olds should be does anyone have suggestions.
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    Where to buy chukar and red golden pheasant

    I have been scouring the Internet searching for chukar, albino chukar, and red golden pheasant or their eggs and I can't find anyone who sells them around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If anyone has any for sale or if you know someone who does if you could relay that information to me that would...
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    Where to buy scaled quail.

    I have been scouring the Internet searching for scaled quail or their eggs and I can't find anyone who sells them around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If anyone has any for sale or if you know someone who does if you could tell me where to buy them that information would be greatly appreciated.
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    Chukar, Golden pheasant, and blue/scaled quail

    I would like some chukar, golden pheasant, and scaled quail hatching eggs or birds I would like some chukar preferably albino chukar or Chinese bamboo partridge but I will take regular chukar.Iwould also like golden pheasant. Red golden pheasant would be my first pick over yellow golden but...
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    Humidity for chukar

    I would like to incubate chukar with some other birds but I read chukars are supposed to be at 45-50% relative humidity but the other bird will be at 62-63% what will happen to the chukar. Can they survive?
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    Candling

    I tried to candle my quail eggs but there to thick and dark colored to see in the egg. does anyone have any recommendations of what to do?
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    Related quail breeding

    If related quail breed will it cause mutations?
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