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Sounds to me that just hasn’t built strength up yet if day or so old. I’d say is okay for now. If you have some nutri drench I’d give it some. Hopefully will correct itself in few days. Good luck!

Are you grinding up the gamebird chow to a powder? Needs to be real fine. Did not see in any of these post.

Second year of raising and hatching bobwhites. Last hatch ( #4 ) I’m doing this season because getting too many to house without outlet to sell locally. Out of 43 fertile eggs 31 hatched on day 23-26, so yesterday morning day 27 looked in and saw no piping or pecks so unplugged incubator. Came...

Agreed! I am going to quit reading these threads about this. BOTH OF THEM! Getting much to rediculas.

Think The Phantom is correct. Remember these are prey bird and will react to the others in covey. Time will tell.

With all the rain y’all be getting, sure has effected in much of the slowdown. Barometric pressure and all. Just a thought.

The bobwhites you have in pictures are Males.

Have no idea kind on left. I know there are many different species of bobwhites but got me. Experts will answer soon enough. Here is picture of my bobwhites.

In Texas, I obtained my permit (Breeders License) through Texas Parks and Recreation. Under 1,000 birds $27.00 a year. Took about a month to complete whole process. Well worth it!

I started my bobwhites on 13th pm. Thought would hatch on 6th, nope 12 - 5/7, 8 - 5/8, 3 - 5/9 with 3 started to pipe but for some reason didn’t finish. Some have other fillings but I prefer to let nature take its course and not intervene. Yes I have another incubator running now scheduled to...

To expand on Fishkeeper, I’ve put mine in at 4 weeks and lost 4 out of 23, put in at 5 weeks and only lost 1 out of 34. That is if you have adults!

Not familiar with these birds but can’t be any worse than hawks and falcons that try to get in my pen. It’s very well enforced at bottom and check staples from time to time to be sure no gaps. 3 to 4 days the raptors give up but do cause havoc with my bobwhites. Have lost a few from them flying...

Yes it was! Down to 20 now after culling and selling some in Oklahoma. Many were from my last hatch until they were of age he wanted. They did so that’s when culled and no more lost. That was about 75 down to 39, now 20. Here’s a close up of flock now. And one less rooster. 4 males, 16 hens

As DK said, give them a few weeks in coop. My bobwhites took close to 3 weeks closed up in coop at night before I saw them use more frequently. Now they almost prefer it and lay most eggs in there. Set up looks very good! This is an older pick before I culled half my flock.

I also would like to know the answer. I have bobwhites and few are Georgia giants but a very tiny one from one of the regular sized hens.

I think it will depend on your neighbors mainly as to whether they like nature sounds and if they are early risers. My bobs sound off 6-6:30am in the mornings and at dusk, thinking without wind can probably be heard down the block but normally last for 2-3 minutes. I live in rural residential...

Need another male or he will be pooped and over worked. Good luck! I’m selling 3 males and 12 females this weekend for friend to start his up.

I live in North Central Texas and mine started laying this week. 9 males and 30 females, they’ve been crowing as beautifully as well. Will wait for couple more weeks til eggs are put into incubators. Last year they seemed to be more fertile after 3 weeks of laying. I got dozen eggs this week so...

I use Quikrete All-Purpose-Sand from Home Depot. Is only $4.60 for 60 lb bag. My bobwhites love it, easy to remove and add back plus inexpensive. I change about every 3-4 weeks in my 8’x5’ long pen.

Looks like a great start to me. Future comments will talk about ground cover, bottom security, etc. Here is what I found out after training mine to go up and down ramp, in and out of coop. They slid down the wooden ramp so had to lay down some outdoor carpet between wooden grips. Here is pic of...