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The key is to keep their skeleton growth symetrical to their muscle growth. Too small a skeleton early on and their excess muscle will cause leg problems the bigger they get. Loosing a bird to me is the equivalent of flushing money down the toilet. The chick cost me money and so did the feed...

Broilers have been genetically bred so that the part of their brain that tells them they are full is turned off. They will act as though they are starving, but in fact they are quite full. I have raised close to a thousand broilers in 50 chick batches over the years. My strategy has always been...

Just watched the "Bucket Pluck It" video on youtube. Seems like it takes longer to set up the contraption than it does to pluck the bird. I like the ingenuity, but i think hand plucking would still be faster.

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Sorry for your loss. Unfortunately things like that happen. Look at the situation, see if there was anything you could have done differently, and learn. Chances are you did nothing wrong. Chicken-Farmer

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Coturnix quail only take 17 days to hatch. Day 1-15 50% humidity, temp of 99.8 and turn several times a day. Day 15- hatch stop turning eggs, raise humidity to 70% and do not open incubator again until hatch is done

You really need to get yourself a hydrometer. Or a wetbulb thermometer. Your hatches will improve dramatically. They dont cost very much. Too much humidity during incubation will drown your chicks because the egg needs to loose moisture towards the large end of the egg prior to hatch. This...

Humidity is achieved by evaporation of water. The more surface area of the water, the more evaporation. Sounds to me like your large ring is for incubation. Then three days before hatch you stop turning eggs and put water into the small ring as well. This raises the humidity for hatch, also...

Like i said just look at the label your protein should be as close to 30% as you can get. Just because a feed says turkey starter doesnt mean anything. I have seen turkey starter be 20% protein before. Learn to read the label, its really easy. Chicken-Farmer

Once a hen is mated she will remain fertile for about a week. Dont know the specifics of how, but she just is. Chicken-Farmer

There are several types of chick starter. You need to read the label. Definitely no medicated feed, that is horrible for your birds, their little kidneys cant process the medicine. Secondly most chick starter is only about 20% protein. Not enough for the quick metabolism of quail. You need a...

Only 1 egg a day from 14 females? I would say you have an issue there! What feed are you feeding? You should easily be getting 10 eggs a day at the least. What type of quail are you raising? Chicken-Farmer

How old are your birds? Winter already? I would suggest supplemental lighting if your birds arent laying. But if your males isnt breeding thats another story. I personally keep my quail 1 male to 7 females and they do quite well on fertility. Once a hen is mated she stays fertile for up to a...

Cuts way down on feed waste. It lowers the level of the feed available to the birds at one time. The birds have to stick their heads into the feeder to get food. When they whip their heads around the feed stays inside the feeder instead of spilling onto the ground.Very simple solution...

I would be leary of the egg taste after feeding fish to them. Let us know how it works out. Quail don t process food very well, thats why they need such high protein feed. Alot of that protein gets pooped out without being used by the bird.

60 eggs a day from my girls.

Within city limits you can have 25 hens, no roosters. In the County thesky is the limit as long as you don' t have a Home Owners Association. If you are renting its really up to the landlord if you can keep your chickens. For livestock i would look more towards West Mobile. The town of Semmes...

You know i'm from Mobile! Lets see how many more of us there are. Chicken-Farmer