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When do you remove heat lamps?
Hi quail fam. I've raised four rounds of quail chicks so far. I usually pull the heat lamp at 3 or 4 weeks. First I turn it off during the day and then on at night to see how they behave, then off all together if they look okay. My current batch of coturnix and (one surprise A&M) are two weeks... -
Internal pip 2 days ago. No external yet. Intervene?
Hi all. First time incubating Pekin duck eggs. We're currently on day 27. I noticed the first internal pip on day 25 sometime. They're all internally pipped now. I expected to see some external pips by now but none have. I did a quick candling this morning to make sure everyone was still alive... -
Having trouble stabilizing incubator temp
Hiya. I use a Janoel12 incubator. I'm currently incubating ducks, which need a temperature of around 99.5 degrees F. I got the incubator to the right temperature for a couple days before setting, but after I put the eggs in, it's been kind of a mess. I have a mercury thermometer resting atop...- tumnus
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High quitter rate. Did I screw up?
I've hatched shipped eggs a few times now and I usually get a 50-60% hatch rate. This time around, I started with 35 eggs, only 23 developed. That's about what I'd expect. On day 10, I candled again and found that all but 9 had quit. I'd never had that many die on me after they began developing... -
Adding quail chicks to existing flock
I know that coturnix hens don't normally become broody, which makes hatching eggs the natural way a challenge. How do quail react to newly-hatched chicks being introduced to their existing flocks? Do the adults have any parental instincts at all? Has anyone experimented with this before? -
Coturnix fertility issues
Hi bird fam. My coturnix quail have been mating and laying quite prolifically. I have only four hens and sometimes get five eggs in a single day. I didn't even think that was possible! But here's the thing: I can't get anything to develop when I try incubating their eggs. The birds are 14 weeks... -
My roosters aren't crowing. Is that weird?
Hiya! First time raising quail. My coturnix are now 11 weeks old. The egg laying has been hit or miss, which I chock up to weather and time of the year (it's been super rainy, super cloudy, and we just hit 13 hours of daylight a day now). I'm hoping that picks up soon. The females do show some... -
What foods can quail chicks eat?
I've done a bunch of googling without much luck on this one. I've found a bit of information on what foods adult quail can eat, but nothing specifically about quail chicks. I have 7 one-week-old chicks right now and would love to get them pecking at something other than their feed but I don't... -
Uneven air cells
Greetings! I'm a first timer at incubating coturnix quail. I have 8 eggs that are all definitely fertile and the babies inside of them are alive and kicking. Today is day 15. I did a final candling yesterday and noticed some inconsistencies. First, the size of the air cell is different egg...