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    First baby chick...how long til the others hatch after pipping?

    This morning I had my first chicken egg hatch. It was about 6am All day the other eggs have started to show signs of piping (little broken out areas). How long should it take from the time a chick pips to when it gets out of the egg? Is there a point where it's been too long? I hate this worried...
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    Startena Feed - Smaller than 50lb. Bags?

    I'm looking for a source of Startena Feed that is smaller than the 50 lb bag. I don't mind spending the twenty bucks to get the bag locally, but I only have 10 button quail and it seems like a huge waste to let all that feed go bad. Has anyone found a source online for smaller quantities of this...
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    Button Quail Owners - Clipping Wings?

    My first set of Button Quail are coming up on a week old tomorrow. I can see that most of their wings have already developed and a few are trying pretty hard to fly. I've kept lovebirds and cockatiels for some time now and I'm familiar with clipping their wings. I'm wondering if the procedure is...
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    Pairing Button Quail Male - Female Only?

    I keep finding that articles I read about quail don't pertain to the Button Quail that I have! We need a sticky that lists all the "Quail Facts" that don't apply to buttons... For example many articles talk about keeping groups of quail together. From what I've read the Buttons only like to be...
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    DIY Incubator Thermometer Question...

    I've built 2 incubators so far. Only one has really been tested (by use). The hatch ratio was great, but during the process the temperature seemed to bounce up and down between 96 and 104. It drove me crazy. I was sure that the eggs were getting cooked and chilled. In the end it worked out. I...
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    Keeping Button Quail as pets?

    I have 10 button quail. I have several offers from people to take them - some hunters - some farmers. I've been thinking about keeping one. If I wanted to keep it as a pet how could I do that? Would a guinea pig cage be a good home? I've seen some articles that mention keeping them in a tank -...
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    Quail Breed Question...

    I've read several posts that lead me to believe that Chinese Painted Quail are the same as Button Quail... Is that correct? Are there other names for this same bird?
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    Posting Pics of Quail...?

    I'm wondering if this is the right place to post Pictures of my new baby quail. I did see another forum for posting pics and stories, but it said "chickens" in the title.
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    Classroom Quail - 11/13 hatched! **new pics added**

    I'm an art teacher who came into possession of some fertile button quail eggs. I built an incubator and set it up in class. This morning I found that 1 out of the 13 eggs I've been incubating actually hatched! I was expecting that none would hatch. Today is day 18 - from my reading I've learned...
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