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Been awhile since I've posted. The quail project is a success (and thanks to all that have had helpful tips). I've got 16 hens and 4 roosters in my production cages with 12 more hens coming of age to fill up several more production cages. When cleaning under the cages I always have thousands...

Yesterday I inadvertently hit the set up button on my incubator. The temp got up to 102.6 for likely a period of several hours. I noticed it when I got home and reset the temp so now I'm back to just over 99.5. Will that adversely affect the hatch? Thank you.

Can you incubate eggs successfully if they've been in the refrigerator? If so, any special things to be done? Thank you.

Got a surprise last night and four of the twenty-one eggs hatched. I really wasn't expecting anything till tomorrow which would be the 18th day. Nice surprise! Had the brooder already set up. They've seem to take to the water (with marbles) and by pecking with my finger they've found the...

For the eggs that you save for eating/cooking, do you refrigerate as soon as you collect them? Do you wash them when they're for consumption? And how long do they last in the fridge either way? Thank you.

What type of bedding do you use for your brooder?

I see in some threads here, as well as other things I've read that when incubating quail eggs they need to be point down and turned 3-4 times a day till about day 14 or so. I understand the purpose of turning so that the yolk doesn't stick to the inside of the shell. But I don't understand the...

Right now I have a 3:1 ration of hens to roos. As I get into incubating and increasing my flock I'd like to up that ratio as long as it remains reasonable and viable. I'm planning on building three more cages of 4x2 dimensions. One will be a grow out cage but the other two will be for layers...

I have three English Lops rabbits(I thought they were a different breed originally). I have one buck and two does, all in separate cages. I introduced them to the male on different days but wasn't sure if they had gotten pregnant (first time breeding rabbits so it's a learning curve). For the...

Well I'm estimating that my quail are now 6-7 weeks old based upon the information the seller told me (when I bought them they were suppose to be around 3-4 weeks old and I've now had them for three weeks). I'm currently getting 13 hours of natural light and from various sources I'm seeing that...

Apologies if this has been covered before. For those that sell meat rabbits, what do you charge? Is this for the live rabbit and the customer does the harvesting or do you harvest and charge by the lb? And does it change from region to region. I'm in Florida. I'm not doing this as a side...

I really enjoy DIY projects. I'm experimenting with a DIY incubator for quail eggs. I figure I have 2-3 weeks before the quail I have are old enough to start laying so I have time to play with it. I've taken an old styrofoam cooler, put in a socket to hold a 15W bulb, two glasses for water, a...

As I mentioned in the quail section I just found this forum and joined. I'm the administrator of the SEP Board (Survival and Emergency Preparedness). That board, just as the name implies, is all about the plethora of topics associated with emergency preparations (food, water disinfection...

Hi Just found this forum and joined. I'm the administrator of the SEP Board (Survival and Emergency Preparedness). That board, just as the name implies, is all about the plethora of topics associated with emergency preparations (food, water disinfection, medical, shelter etc). We also have...