Hey all, someone gave me a little giant still air incubator 9200. I currently use a different brand forced air model that can only hatch 20 quail eggs and less than 10 chicken eggs, so this would be awesome to hatch more. But I can’t find many reviews on it. Anyone have any ideas? Should I add a...
So I’m finally moving my group to their outside pen, due to having 3 males I have to split them up. We will be doing a more automatic system shortly but have other things needing done at the moment. So my question is, can I use a chick waterer for them without marbles? I use a quail waterer for...
Hey all, I’m having a ton of trouble finding an organic feed option for my quail. Right now I’m feeding a nongmo starter because that’s all I could get at the store but I would like to transition as soon as I can. I’m seeing a lot of different opinions in threads. So I plan to raise a breeding...
Hey all, my jumbo Cortunix are 2 weeks old which I know is on the earlier side of feather sexing but they seem to have most of their feathers. I believe I have 5 girls and 1 boy. Would anyone care to check and share your thoughts. If I don’t have a boy I would like to order eggs ASAP due to the...
When does everyone introduce oyster shell and grit to their quail? Also it seems large since it’s for chickens, so do I blend it up or crush it? I imagine the grit shouldn’t be too fine.
Hey everyone, I just recently hatched quail last week for the first time, you might have seen me on the hatch along thread. I have 7 chicks, all are developing well except for 1. He’s tiny. He was born last Monday, where the others were Sunday-Tuesday. He was always the smallest, 1 of 2 that...
So I have read the super informative assist article already, but I need more advice. I have a chick that pipped yesterday morning on the wrong end of the egg. I moistened the membrane last night and also removed a small piece of shell from the opening to see if the chick was still alive, it was...
Hello everyone, I am new to hatching and quail. My eggs are out for delivery today, I am praying they were handled well and all get here in one piece. I’ve been researching but I do have a few questions.
Should I let them rest for 24 hours, and could it be longer if needed? They are supposed to...
Hey everyone, my husband and I are wanting to get quail (chickens are against ordinace where I live and I haven’t had luck with changing it yet but I have been told by multiple council people if I got something smaller and no one complained I would be fine). I am trying to decide between these...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I don’t currently have chickens due to my city ordinances. I’m in the process of asking for an ammendment to allow a small flock within city limits and have been reading a lot of threads on that forum. I’m hopeful but it could go...