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  1. chickwatcher1

    yellow Texas A&M

    My 9 week old White Teaxs birds look yellow. how come? They get some sun, and breeder feed with a little extra meal worm and roasted soy bean.
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    calculate egg volume

    I looked for the formula to calculate the volume (weight) of an egg. It's a little too complex because you have two end sizes. the volune of a sphere is 4/3 x pi x radius cubed.
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    coturnix quail parent size

    I have some Coturnix Quail I hatched recently. My "jumbo" ones only weigh about 175 grams at 5 weeks, and Texas A&M are about 230 grams at 5 weeks. Do both parents need to be large for large offspring? Does jumbo female and large male make an average of the two? Or will the egg size best the...
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    coturnix quail parent size

    I have some Coturnix Quail I hatched recently. My "jumbo" ones only weigh about 175 grams at 5 weeks, and Texas A&M are about 230 grans at 5 weeks. Do both parents need to be large for large offspring? Does jumbo female and large male make an average of the two? Or will the egg size be the...
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    breading for big

    I've been away for a while. I have 64 quail eggs in the oven. texans and browns. How do I raise for jumbos at 12 ounces in 8 weeks?
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    What are these

    [/IMG] these are a variety of jumbos. They are 17 days old and average 90 grams. The light one is what? Golden speckle? And a brown and another with different face markings? Can somebody tell me they are?
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    Transporting incubator

    I have an incubator with quail eggs and chicken eggs. They have almost a week to go. Can I transport them across town, or will road travel harm my chicks?
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    no vents in a plastic tub brooder?

    I'm setting up a brooder for new quail chicks in about 3 weeks. I've seen people with their homemade brooders, usually it's a big tub with a light on top. Don't you need a hole in the bottom to allow the built up carbon dioxide to drain out, or draw fresh air in so they don't suffocate? And does...
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    new here

    I'm setting up to raise quail for the first time. I don't know much about poultry, but I did work at a dairy once.
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