Hi there, so a family member of mine has a small holding and gifted me two Muscovy duck eggs (we THINK they are fertile) and a brooder.
They were at ambient/warm temperature for 2 1/2 days after collection, and are now in my diy incubator. It is a rubber mat with an old fish tank turned upside...
so, I have had a convoy of 4 quail for about a month..when we purchased the birds we were told it was a male and three females...well it turned out to be two males and two females, however there was no aggression or fighting so we kept them together. We have been discussing getting more females...
So..I purchased four 8-12 week old Chinese painted quail over the weekend. They were settling in just fine, drinking, eating and dust bathing. They do not have too much sun but it isn’t cold either, they have all figured out how to get up into the netting box aswell, there is loads of space for...