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Only one fertile...suggestions?
So I bought my Red Golden pheasants last winter some time. Well, we started getting eggs from the hens recently. They laid a total of about 6-7 eggs. I ended up with three eggs in the incubator, and I have been candling them. Well, out of the three eggs there is only one that is definitely...- nhblond
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Crazy!!!!
My Bob White eggs were supposed to hatch on Monday..... well as I posted in another thread, they didn't start hatching until Tuesday. I think the temp had been running a tiny bit low in my LG (grrrr). So, anyway on Tuesday the eggs starting hatching, and then more on Wednesday. So, I really... -
8 so far!!!
As of this morning we have 8 Bob Whites that have hatched so far...... We got 15 eggs from JJ (thanks, JJ) and today is day 25. I wasn't as religious messing around with adjusting the temp on my LG bator this time, well because quite frankly it can make you nuts! So, I think the temp might... -
Removing Heat lamp
So my baby Button chicks are now just over 3 weeks old. They have all their feathers, and I am wondering if it is ok to remove the heat lamp. I have raised it up as far as it would go over time, but it insists on keeping the brooder at 85 degrees, which I know they don't need. They are now in... -
Unlikely Pair
We had a pair of India Blue Peacocks, and they recently took off into the woods Well, the hen came back the other day and we got her to go into her pen and then we promptly shut the gate. But she seemed so lonely without her mate....... so...... I put a male Red Golden pheasant in with her...- nhblond
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Button Questions
So we hatched some Button Quail and they were two weeks old yesterday. They are still in the brooder with heat, but they are growing so fast that we need to get going on building some cages. How old do they have to be before I can try sexing them by the vent feathers? We have nine of them... -
Grrrrr!!!!
So I ordered some Bob White hatching eggs from a member on here last week. They told me that the eggs would be sent out on Wednesday..... I checked the tracking and they didn't even leave until Wednesday night. Here I sit on Saturday and they haven't arrived..... GRRRRR! Which means that they... -
Pecking/ Brooder size?
Okay, so on my other threads I had told the story of how my husband and I rescued Bantam chicks from TSC a while ago. Well, I would put their age at this point at about 2&1/2 - 3 weeks old. There are 14 of them and I have them in a 50 gallon tote with a screen top. We went away last weekend...- nhblond
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Towel change
I just had to change the towel in the brooder for the 9 Button chicks that hatched on Saturday.... LOL, they were racing around peeping, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!" They are just the cutest things, I love them to pieces!!! -
Flour sack towels
So we have 5 Button Quail chicks in the brooder that hatched today. The full story is in my thread "yolk sac?" 3 of them are doing really well, moving around and eating and drinking. 2 of them I am worried about. I am using flour sack dish towels that I bought at Walmart. I am hoping that... -
Yolk sac?????
So far we have two tiny Button Quail chicks this morning in the incubator. The second one to hatch has a reddish blob on it's bum? Is this unabsorbed yolk sac? It is moving around in the bator with the other chick and dragging it around. When he is dried off I am going to move them both to... -
OMG...egg moved!!!
I am soooo excited!!! Today is day 16 for the Button quail eggs in the bator, and when I just went and checked, one of the eggs moved when I shone the little flash light on it So at least I know that something is going to happen in the near future!!!! I can't believe how exciting this is!!!!! -
Help...please!!!
I have been posting in the raising chicks topic about the bantam chicks we rescued from TSC on Saturday. We rescued them because they weren't caring for them properly and kept losing them (had brooder temp too high for one thing). Well, we knew we would lose one because it was sick shortly...- nhblond
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How nerve wracking!!!
So a few minutes ago I had to take the turner out of the incubator and set the eggs on the wire bottom since it is day 13 for my Button quail eggs..... I was so nervous, that my hands were actually shaking at some point!!! I was so afraid that I would accidentally drop one, but I didn't. I... -
plotting rescue
Hi Everyone! First off, I am not trying to bash TSC, I shop there all the time. Last night we had to go there for something and when I stopped to visit the brooders with the chicks, I saw that in the Bantam brooder, one of them kept picking at the eyes of all the others, and that two of them...- nhblond
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cage ideas?
Okay, so after I got my first quail about a month or so ago (pair of Bob-whites) I guess I got so excited by them that I ordered a dozen Button hatching eggs.... thinking that they could live in our barn like the other birds..... Now I realize that they will have to be indoor birds and live in... -
Thinking Positive!
Well, this is my first time incubating quail eggs. I have 16 Button eggs on day 7 in the incubator. Thinking positive thoughts, and decided to set up the brooder. Right now I am raising the light to get it to a constant 95 degrees. I don't know if I will have any hatch since the temperature... -
How to raise humidity???
So here is my second thread trying to get to the bottom of this. I set 16 button quail eggs in the incubator yesterday afternoon, so I guess today would be considered Day 1, right? Anyway, I have a Little Giant incubator that I installed a fan in. Even with the water reservoirs full and a... -
Help....quick!
Okay, I am still fairly new to incubating and have never hatched quail. I have 12 Button quail eggs coming tomorrow. Here is my main concern. I recently installed a fan in my Little Giant incubator. When I hatched a peacock egg I never used a hygrometer, or a fan. But since I want...