Does anyone have any experience with hand turning quail eggs? If so, how do you suggest this be done. I have an over abundance of quail eggs and they keep coming! I have turned down the lights but they still drop out 9-14 eggs a day. I have incubators but only 1 turner so I have no choice...
Hello Everyone!
I have a "five step" program going on with my quail and would like to have some input from Bobwhite Fans and Foes.
Steps:
1. Eggs in Hova Bator
2. Eggs in Incubator
3. Chicks in Brooder in my spare bedroom. Brooders consist of plastic bins or tubs with tops inverted and...
I am looking for those of you who raise their quail for release. If you raise your quail for release please post here. Let me know what your success rate has been and any difficulties you have experienced.
I'm working on yet another batch of quail hatching. The eggs in this batch are really driving me crazy. The chicks will crack a small circle at the top like normal but cant seem to get any farther. The egg shells are quite brittle and some eggs will crack and shatter yet there is the inner...
Ok All the quail gurus (JJMR LOL) My new hatchlings about three to four days old have developed a nasty foot fetish. There are two who have pecked the feet and hocks of the others bloody. Two questions well maybe more. One, what do I treat the bloody quail with? Two....what to do with the...
Seems that I started out with five hatchlings (Bobwhites) all of the same birthdate. There was one hatchling that was a bit larger then the rest. I went in one day and four of the five were dead. My assumption is that the larger one had been bullying them and killed them. Now that is just the...
Hello everyone,
I have several questions and would appreciate any help that you can give. I purchased bobwhite quail eggs last spring and had a 60% hatch rate. Now these quail have laid and I have begun to hatch their babies. I have two incubators running, one for incubating and one for...