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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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi there! We just hatched out some beautiful SSC quail babies and in a few weeks, it will be time to vent sex and think about breeding groups. My question is, can I breed SSC males to females if im just hatching and raising my own chicks for our family through the year, or should I make a point...

OK I need some expert advice here. 😜 I have what I THINK is a buff Orpington hen trying to breed with the other hens in my flock. It’s been consistent behavior for the past year+, but she doesn’t crow (although she is dominant and will cluck loudly and seems to be the Queen 👸), doesn’t have...

Hello BYC Peeps! 🐣 I have a newbie quail question. I have a large, multi section quail hutch that we have build and I’m in the final stages now of figuring out how I will house my breeding groups. My plan was to have 1:5 - 1:7 in each hutch area, but I wondered if the groups would be happier if...

Hi Peeps! this is our first group of hatching eggs from Myshire Farm (whom we ADORE), and these are SSCs! *Silver Collection* So far, we are looking REALLY good, and I’m so excited to see these babes POP! I thought it might be fun to share some progress pics of the hatch here with you! They...

Hi all! I have a problem that I’m not sure how to navigate... My quail eggs are in lockdown and about half have begun to pip. One egg I’m noticing is beginning to show oozing crystals and a bit of white mold on it. I’m sure it’s bad, but I don’t know if I should take it out or leave it in, so...

Hi BYC Friends! I know that the common ration people stick to for Coturnix quail is 1:5, with about 3 quail per square foot minimum. My question is, if we are using a box hutch with an attached run, are we only basing the number of quail that can fit at one time in the closed in hutch area, or...

Hi BYC Friends! A couple of years ago my husband was bouncing around this community and got tremendous inspiration for how to design and build our current chicken coop. We just wanted to post some photos and give you all a huge THANK YOU! We wouldn’t have known where to start without you great...

Hello, Quail Lovers! We had our first babe hatch today, and I have a newbie question... Could high humidity have negative effects on her by remaining in the incubator? Her chirps sound forced and squeaky, unlike how they sounded earlier today. I’m not sure if moisture could accumulate too much...

Hey, Peeps! 🧡🐣👒 I thought it would be fun to share the progress of my Coturnix quail coop build. 🌼 We are located in Zone 5b, so it gets quite cold here. 🥶 During this build, in focusing on repurposing scrap materials that we have here on the property, and the end result will have 8 separate...

Hey, Peeps! 🐣🧡 I’ve been up all night. My temperature in my incubator holds pretty solid based on the settings that I program, but for the past two days, the temperature has been increasing to over 101, despite lowering the controls. I’m losing my mind, and I’m fearing that this is harming the...

Hello, Flock Friends! My name is Aly, and I’m new to BYC! I’m in the last stages of my first incubation lockdown, ever, and I’m working with Coturnix Quail. (Eek!) 🧡🐣 My question is about shrink wrapping. Can a baby only get shrink wrapped IF there has been a pip made in the shell, or can this...