after killing all 42 of my last hatch waiting for them to dry i was a bit apprehensive about todays hatch ......so far 30 have hatched and been moved to the brooder so they already have made it longer than the last ones...lol.... these quail even dried right in the incubator but seem to be...
after my whole last hatch died in the bator while i was waiting for them to dry. i am wondering if that happens again on wenesday can i take wet chicks and put them into the brooder to dry????my chicks always came out nice and dry when i had my sportsman but dont think my forced air hova will...
well they started laying again after the addition of new birds and a feed switch 10 days ago.heres what adding a few new birds into the pen and upping the protein in the feed from rual king 20%meat bird crumble to 28% buchheit game bird starter(non medicated) did to my girls egg production...
my hens have went from laying 10-15 eggs a day to 3 eggs in almost 48 hours we were mid 90's all week but today i has cooled off thankfully. i did change feed on them on monday but went to a higher protein went from 21 to a 28 because i added in some 7 weeks olds and thought i should give them a...
i set 57 eggs on june 9th and today i got my first quail hatch in three years. wont be long now and i will be overun with coturnix....will get a total and some pics once they get dried off.dont remember how long that takes in a forced air hova.....