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Construction question. Building my @Aart style roosts and poop boards :D
I realize this is done and over with now, but maybe I can offer useful info for next time. It's a matter of geometry 43 on one end would've been fine but the other end had to be the complement of 90. It was a chicken coop so the angles would've worked just not been tight. If you want a 45...- st8yd
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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can you make money on quail?
My post was based on the title of this thread. You can easily pay for the food. The rest depends alot on how serious one wants to get, business or just as a hobby and raising for their own food -
Band Aid for sprawled legs
We usually wrap a piece of medical tape on their legs. An leave them in with the others so there is food n water. -
HELP buying my first quail.
My opinion on the best way to keep varmints out is 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth, as this will also prevent larger snakes from getting in. I would just wrap it around what you already have. -
can you make money on quail?
Profit is whats left after you figure your material expenses and Labor, nobody is figuring labor onto it. Consider the time spent feeding, gathering eggs, building pens, candeling eggs, hatching, cleaning cages, and thats just some of the basics assuming all goes well. Now add that into the... -
forum keeps locking up tablet and computer
Due to the afore mentioned headaches i havnt been on the forum lately. In the mean time I got the computer cleaned up and it has been working nicely, until i till i clicked on the forum last night it took over 2 min to load (im on dsl):( . Once up by the 4th click it was locked up.:(:(.- st8yd
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- Forum: Announcements, Feedback, Site-Issues, & Guides
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how soon will eggs be fertile with new roo?
Have couple roosters that quit doing there job or started firing blanks. They went too chopping block. Assuming new rooster is fertile how soon will the eggs start being fertile? Thanks. -
forum keeps locking up tablet and computer
I'll try but ihave had no issues with 4 other major forums. Silk browser is on the tablet and the latest ver of ie for xp on my desk top. It ha taken three tries now just to do this message.- st8yd
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- Forum: Announcements, Feedback, Site-Issues, & Guides
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forum keeps locking up tablet and computer
The forum keeps locking up my tablet (not using taptalk) and also unable able to post from computer.- st8yd
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- Forum: Announcements, Feedback, Site-Issues, & Guides
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lbs of feed per bird per day
Thanks for the help and your post I've found them informative. That's what I was hoping for, responses/info based off more than just hobby/pleasure. -
lbs of feed per bird per day
Not to argue Don but I did give sufficient info for the answer I was looking for. Even according to your post. But here's the whole story. We live in the country and have had numerous animals thru the years. My daughter 15 yrs old, decided she wanted to put some quail in our big bird pen... -
lbs of feed per bird per day
NO OFF THE CUFF GUESTIMATES PLEASE! Coturnix Manchurian. How many lbs of food per day per bird are you getting? I fed yesterday in the afternoon and same amount this afternoon and weighed it. Calculation comes to .0375 lbs per bird per day. Age range is 5-10 wks app. Thanks! -
1 week old with hatchlings
We have coturnix and have mixed numerous times 3 batches 5 days apart with no problems. But we have not put them with older birds till they were 5 days old. I am not disputing what is generally said about this nor am I highly experienced. Merely stating what we have done. -
I'm so sick from eating my quail's eggs??
Have tried a couple things to salvage a cracked for th incubator but nothing has worked. So if its cracked we eat it. There's no way 4 quail eggs would satisfy me. For a meal I want two chicken eggs or 8-10 quail eggs. Ours are coturnix.