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    Feeding back limed egg shells?

    Hello 👋. I have possibly a silly question, but I want to avoid making a mistake. I have been going through the eggs we have put away for the winter which are preserved in food grade picking lime. I’m wondering if the egg shells of these eggs would be safe to clean, bake, and feed back to my...
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    How do you feather sex Pansy/Sparkly Coturnix feather type?

    Well, this has been quite the learning experience!! 😅 I just started hatching our first quail about 8 weeks ago, and I began with the beautiful SSC and GP collections. Now that they are coming into their own (eh hum... hormones), I’m panicking a bit over keeping the peace within my hutches...
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    Oooooo, look at those celadon beauties!! SO exciting!! I hope the others make a safe and happy entry soon!! 😍🐣💕
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    I would love to see pics of your hatch and hear about how your waterer goes! Please keep me posted if you have time! 🤩
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    So exciting!! I put dishes in the first two hatches I did because I thought it was necessary, but it got filthy so fast, so I put in the nipple to see if they would find it. They switched almost immediately so that was great! For this hatch, the nipple was in there as soon as I put them in the...
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    I wish I new what they are going to feather out to! I have no idea... 🐣🙃
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    Haha! The little poofs are non stop in motion, but here are some pics so far! 😍🐣❤️
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    Well this was FAST!! Yesterday, we had about 7 active pips (that I could see), and when I came down this Morning (Day 17.5) I was treated by 23 new buffs, and three more zipping! What a happy day!! I short hatch along post, but an OH SO happy day! 🧡😍☀️🐣👒🌻 This is already so much better of a turn...
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    Myshire Farm GPC Hatch 🐣

    Hello Friends! This is our third Coturnix quail hatch, and I’m so excited to share it with you! ☀🌼👒 This batch is the German Pastel Collection GCP, from Myshire Farm! Today is lockdown day (day 15), and I’ve made some adjustments on my end in order to hopefully have a 50% or higher hatch rate...
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    Myshire Farm SSC Hatch 🐣

    An updated photo of our SSC babes as their adult feathers are coming in! 🧡🐣💕 It’s looks (so far) as thought 12 out of 1; have hatched true, and we have a beautiful Wild and a White within the mix! We are so happy with them! 😍 Our GPCs are going Inyo lockdown today, and I’ve made a few tweaks for...
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    Incubator Temp Reading Question?

    I’m using the same incubator as you, and I’m having a terrible time with it! 🥺 Have you purchased a different incubator since you used this one? I just can’t get the temperatures to even out without terrible hot and cold areas... How did your hatch go??
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    Calibrating/Stabilizing Temp in Incubators

    I’ve never tried this, but I hope someone can post a follow up answer to this, as I’m also struggling. Your post makes a lot of sense!
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    Calibrating/Stabilizing Temp in Incubators

    Can you elaborate on this?? I’m not sure what you mean, but you seem to know the answer to this issue that has also been plaguing me. How can you safely increase ventilation if all current vent holes are open? Thank u!
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    FIRST EGG!

    Congratulations!!
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    Help with inconsistent incubator temperatures 🤒

    I’ve started up the Hatcher and added in the original egg turners, and am working on bringing the temp up. I think if I take half the eggs out of the first incubator and place them in the center turners they will be in better shape. *I just candled 4 of the eggs that were in the area that read...
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    Help with inconsistent incubator temperatures 🤒

    Trying to tweak the Hatcher... I just made a wire basket 🧺 with the section that gets 102-105, blocked off... My thought that that no eggs would roll to this area, and no chicks would venture into it it and overheat... But now, I’m wondering if I should move the incubating eggs that are in the...
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    Help with inconsistent incubator temperatures 🤒

    I’ve even thought of taking out the racks and hand turning them on crates so they could all be as centrally places as possible, but I don’t know if that would make things worse? 😟
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    Help with inconsistent incubator temperatures 🤒

    I have the incubators in a room on my main floor, out of direct sunlight, and each room entrance is curtained so that fan or AC doesn’t greatly effect. I think I’ve driven my husband crazy over this room. 😝 The incubator is a generic model, sold under a few names, but is commonly called “56...
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    Help with inconsistent incubator temperatures 🤒

    I’m going to go insane. I have two 56 egg incubators (one that I use for the first 14 days, and one for hatching). They are a couple of months old, but I’m feeling really defeated, as I just can’t seem to get my temperatures evened out, or consistent. I’ve spent over $100 on thermometers over...
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    Can you breed SSC Coturnix quail to other SSCs?

    The Q+A with Perry Schofield DID answer this question! What a great interview! Basically, and from my understanding, you CAN breed the lethal gene back into the hatches by breeding the Silvers to Silvers for too many consecutive generations. He suggests breeding silvers to a Pharoah or a color...
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