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    Quail never reaching maturity?

    Hey guys, Have any you guys experienced quail sometimes not ever reaching sexual maturity? I have a coop of three quail, of which one is larger and two are smaller and none of them have ever reached adulthood. No foam. No eggs. I cant recall how old they are, but I have some that were born a...
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    When to cull layers?

    Hey guys, I haven’t been around in a while, but I have a question. When do birds start laying again in spring? I have about 14 females who haven’t laid a single egg in a couple months, and I’m tempted to cull them and hatch more. They are about a year old, or maybe 1.25 years old. Do you...
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    Cleaning blue eggs for sale

    Hey guys, My blue egg layers have a tendency to have calcium deposits on the outside of their shells. Sometimes they are white, More often brown orblack. I can scrape them of during sterilization f, but do I need to? Are the speckles draping bacteria? Or just part of the shell.
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    Mixing 2-3 week old chicks?

    Hey there, I have some rhode Island Red/leghorn mix chicks that are about the same age as some Silkie/Melfleur mix ones. Someone wants to buy one RIR/LH and a couple of the fluffy foot ones, and I’m wondering—how careful do they need to be about mixing the chicks? They are the same age, but...
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    Can a chick live without a wing?

    Hey guys. Have a cat attack last night. One of my chicks, who is maybe 2 weeks old, got it’s wing pulled off. It’s walking around with the others, though (in true chicken form) sometimes picking at it. >.< I should cull it, right? I mean...can a chicken live without a wing?
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    Optimal flock size?

    Has anyone else noticed that quail seem happier if you keep them in smaller groups? Sometimes I think my quail who live together in a big group (20-30) are doing okay, but other times it seems like small groupings of 4-7 adults are more harmonious. I’d never try to fit 60 birds in 60 square...
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    Boys: Gone or Drained?

    Here is a weird one... I went out to my main coop to sex my birds today, as I've noticed a few of them looking kind of ragged. I had around 30 birds in about 64 square feet. they are varying ages. I get 7-8 eggs per day from the mature girls and I THOUGHT I had at least 2 mature males in...
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    Egg storage for hatching

    I just set some eggs to hatch, and realized I’ve been storing them pointy end up. They are less than a week old. Do you think I reduced the hatch ability so much by storing them that way that I should scrap it and just collect more eggs? Or does it not make too much difference if the eggs are...
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    Fan or no fan—temp setting?

    Hey there. I just tricked out my farm innovators incubator with a heater that has a Fan. Before, I hatched without a fan. My previous hatches, I had the temperature to 102, which made it about 99.5 on top of the eggs. (I hatch quail. So 99.5 is my goal.) Question: do I set the temperate lower...
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    Do quail roos defend their girls?

    I’m in a discussion on another board about quail behavior, and I need to understand something... 1. Do male quail go after/attack/warn away predators the way a chicken rooster would? 2. Do male quail crow to scare away predators? I really thought the crow was just to show off for the girls...
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    Quail chicks lying on side--give fluids or no?

    Hey guys, I have several newly hatched chicks laying on their side in the incubator. (I "helped" and they were born a bit premature.) a couple have perked up and are walking. Others...are taking longer. My question is--should I give them electrolyte solution or just let them be? I dropped a...
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    using a lightbulb for brooder

    hey guys, I've been using regular lightbulbs for heat in my brooders, as I live in HAwaii and it's not all that cold even at night. (and my red brooder lamps all burned out.) Is this a problem? I just read that quail can't sleep if there is a light in their brooder. Right now, I have some 2...
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    Vent prolapse?

    So, I went through and sexed my adults again today, as the crowing had gotten out of control and I wanted to cull some boys, and I found that TWO of my youngish hens have a degree of vent prolapse. On is worse than the other, but they’re both not great, especially as handling them leads to them...
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    Quail chick keeps flipping onto its back?

    One of my newborns can’t seem to get his legs under him for long. He keeps flipping onto his back and trying to lie that way in the brooder. This does not seem healthy. anyone know what’s wrong?
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    Turning up the heat

    I read somewhere that it’s good to turn up the incubator for quail from 99.5 to 100 degrees during the second half of incubation. But most sites just say 99.5. Yet...I’ve noticed I get better hatches when I turn up the temperature intermittently during the second half of incubation. (I’m always...
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    Runny poop (veen gleet?)

    Hey guys, Yesterday I separated my adult quail to sex them, and an awful lot of them seemed to have runny poop. I thorougly cleaned out their coop with fresh bedding, and gave them a vitamin and electrolyte supplement in their water. I also put in only 2 boys with the 18 of them. When I...
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    Alternate Way to Assess Life?

    I had a brooder malfunction where the temperature sensor slipped underneath my egg turner and when I woke up, the temp on top of the eggs was 102-103. No idea how long they were like that, and one part of the brooder was only 100.9. But, I’d like to get a sense of whether any of them are still...
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    So done with my 'roo

    Not really asking advice, just venting. I have done everything I can to accommodate my roo... Put him with just his own girls, took out the (immature) quail he seemed to take issue with... I've separated out the girl he overmated. But I think he may be headed for freezer heaven. He literally...
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    Quail eggs on chicken rails?

    Hey guys, Can I put quail eggs on this automatic egg Turner and assume it'll work? I'm planning to get quail rails soon, I just got a shipment of eggs I wasn't expecting and had to make do with what I have on hand. Experience...
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    Chicks and Quail Chicks: tell me it’s okay?

    After 24 hours of shuffling, it’s clear I have nowhere to put my 4 chicken Babies except with my quail chicks. Chicken babies are 1 day old, quail chicks are 4 days old. So far, the chicken babies have not killed or eaten the quail chicks. Chicken babies are just chilling under the heat lamp...
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