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This spring I plan on starting to build "breeding pens" to keep the more rare and exotic (or chickens I think just look cool) away from my regular mixed flock. Recently I've come across MPC and noticed they have quite a few of the more rare and exotic birds in both chicks and eggs compared to...

Hello, I have 24 Batam cochins of all colors that are about 4 1/2 months old. I want to feed them a good grower mix of grains and what not that I can get at a local feed store. I found a good "recipe" for laying hens but can't find much of a grower "recipe" any ideas of a good recipe that has...

I've been having a heck of a time keep my bobwhite chicks alive!! Hatched out 17 or so if I remember right last week. Now I'm down to 9!! All been shipped eggs so some not surviving but 50% is making me go this last one to die, a snowflake I noticed the morning it died it would just stand there...

Hello! I need a little help on tweaking my end of the incubation process. I've did a batch of coturnix quail and bobwhite quail (all shipped) and ended up with almost the exact same results. After weeding out non fertile and disrupted air sac eggs I can usual get the rest the eggs to develop far...

I got two coturnix I hatched myself but these two are giving me problems deciding what "color" they are First one: The one above came from eggs that were either tib or tuxedo/tib compared to the other hatch mates he doesn't have the same color as the other tib's he's more zig zag pattern and...

After reading so many good reviews about this style of waters and chickens I decided I'd try it for quail too. I got a gallon sunny delight container and drilled two holes for the horizontal waters. I got it in with my 9 coturnix quail that are bout 4 weeks old I took the other quart chick...

I finally got my brinesea spot check thermometer. Was moving it all around the bator (forced air Genesis 1588). Now the bator is set to 99.5, according to the spot check everywhere was bout what it's suppose to be 99.5-99.9. Expect by the turner motor, about a 4" radius around this motor the...

Well I had 10 coturnix chicks I hatched that are about one week old. This morning i checked on them before work and they were all fine running around doing their thing. Got home today and one had suddenly died. The temp is about 96 give or take been eating a 28% game bird starter mash. Been...

I've heard of some people doing this and other people saying this is a no no. Where's everybody stand on this topic? How many leave their eggs in the turners full term till they hatch? One con I could see especially with smaller birds like quail is the chick getting caught up in the turner. On...

Just bought a genesis 1588 and was looking around at other stuff and come across this awesome looking little gadget called humidikit. Suppose to be an automatic accurate humidity control that has a programmable digital hygrostat. Seems pretty handy but it cost bout as much as a new incubator...

Well I have some coturnix eggs on day 21 I had four hatch but I had bout a 70% of developed eggs out of 40 when I candled at day 9 (shipped eggs) I've hatched quite a few chicken and guniea eggs in the past but this was my first batch of quail eggs. The four that hatched are all fine running...

Plan on getting some chukar eggs off eBay sometime this spring but have noticed something. Some people label their chukar eggs "white chukar eggs" and others will label them "albino chukar eggs" is there a difference between the "white" and "albino" chukar color mutations? Also seen some labeled...

I got about 50 coturnix quail on day 9 in the bator and been trying to find some info on putting supplements in the chicks water? Can find a bunch of info on chickens but not so much on quail. Some people say to others say not to, obviously if you got sick chicks some type of supplement is only...

Well I got lucky and found a guy that raises mountain quail within driving distance of me. I plan on getting some eggs after I get the coturnix hatched and out of my incubator. I've been told that mountain quail chicks can be difficult to get to eat, but I also heard if you put them with other...

Even though it's only day 2 on my first batch of quail eggs I had a question for lockdown. How many will just put their eggs on a cloth over the wire screen vs putting them in cartons or what not to keep them from becoming a "football" by other chicks that have hatched? Which way is better? I...

I'm in the process of making some feeders for my coturnix pens out of 3" PVC. Planning on just using a uni-bit to drill some holes for the quail to stick their head in to feed. Wasn't completely sure the size though? Big enough they won't get their head stuck but small enough to minimize feed...

While bored on eBay looking at quail eggs the other day I came across a guy who claimed to be selling "mahogany" bobwhite quail eggs. Ever sense that auction ended I haven't seen anybody selling "mahogany" bobwhite eggs. Are mahogany and the Tennessee red color mutations in bobwhite the same...

Well finally got my coturnix quail pens done! If only I had some quail! (Eggs are on the way! ) This is what I started with Some framing done! Starting to look like a pen now! Got some foam on the roof to stop them from hurting themselves! Couple pics with wats gonna be the...

Always thought the albino chukars were neat looking birds!! Been digging in the archives on here and can't really find a lot bout space requirement. Couple threads I did find one said they was ideal to be on wire and 1sq ft per bird was good. The other thread said they should be on the ground...

Wanting to get some of the snowflake and mahogany color mutations of bobwhite this summer so they'll be ready to breed next spring. In the process of designing a breeding pen and been looking in the archives here for which their best kept in. Some say pairs others say trios are fine some even...