i had the same thing happen to me when i first started incubating quail coturnix that is 140 eggs i had 19 hatch 6 make it to adult hood
i followed what everone told me to do all settings humidity turns our i was relying on 1 thermo which was wrong ended up cooking them at 104F always use 2...
Well i have Different types of quail all in natural type pens with cover well my browns lay where every they seem to be
at the time well my Tibetans seem to have found there own nest spot each one has a favorite spot and lay there egg there
every day(main Made nest box).
i have not observed...
thats a blood ring chick started to develop then died if you get eggs over internet youll see alot of that due to ruff handling
chick is dead throw it out or it might blow up had that happen before smells nasty and can infect rest of eggs with bacteria and kill them
first time i tired quail was to hot looked at the digit thermo over the mercury one and cooked the eggs 5 hatched 2 day early out of 80
2nd time i tried got what you had to cold hatched 3 days late got 14 out of 55 that time
once you get feel for hum and temp it becomes easier now i can get 30...
that is a immature coopers hawk notice the sudden fast hook to the beak
this is a Goshawk notice the more flat plain to the beak if you got one of these then your chickens are in real danger
where as a coopers gonna think twice as it can be killed by a roo or even a large hen
Ive had very good % of hatch around 70 to 80% from walker4391 he mainly sells bobwhites on ebay but if you go to his website he does
sell Cots Gambles sight says hes sold out of blue scale quail but could call and ask websight is http://www.suddenflushgamebirds.com
Took me awhile to figure it out but when your down here in reply there is a littile picture on the left of the right hand bar says insert image
click on it rest kinda explains it self
here are my birds
here is twitch my 1/4 brahma 3/4 cochin
here is the ducks, reds and the single leghorn
And my Redtail Dug
And a male coopers hawk Trapped in the back yard Released unharmed
NOTE a am a licensed Falconer do not attempt to trap a hawk it is a federal Crime without a...
Hi my names Richard new here i have and breed quail tibetans and Bobwhites alose 3 Rhode island reds 1 Brown leghorn 1/4 brahma 3/4 cochin mix love that bird 2 mallard ducks and im also a Falconer so i do have a Red Tailed hawk i love bird look forward to reading all your posts
if a hawk will attack a chicken depends on 5 factors, Size of pray compared to hawk, How hungry is the hawk, Approach the hawk has Available, species of hawk, age of hawk,
now let me explain this to you. normally 2 most diurnal Birds of prey that will attack chickens or most Fowl is RedTail hawk...