Mearns Quail Chicks are doing great. Had a problem with a few eyes being shut, although with warm water compression things have seemed to clear up. Such a fun species of quail to raise and very vocal as Chicks.
Yes shipped eggs. Temp at chick level. Is right about 97 under the lamp plenty of room to get away from it. Brooder box made out of pine. Paper towels on floor with the feed ground fine. They are so fragile I tried the warm wash cloth last night seemed to help some. Although I feel like I will...
So I hatched out 13 out of 16 Mearns Quail Eggs. Chicks are doing well.
30 percent Mazuri Feed almost in like powder form across paper towels.
Eating and drinking fine.
Few days later I notice some of one eye shut. Won't even open when I pick up. I see no discharge in the eyes ir like its...
What are some good water soluble meds to keep on hand for quail diseases in case you have outbreaks.
Would appreciate any info as I would like to keep meds on hand. Thank you
So I mainly did the dry hatch method on some quail eggs. 29 to 34 percent the first 20 days. I candled at at lockdown all look decent although seemed like smaller air sacs than normal. I thought higher humidity caused this. Anyway two hatched out perfect and its been another 24 hours nothing a...
I have been doing some reading that Mearns Quail need a dryer environment for incubation between 25 and 30 percent humidity? Anyone have any experience with them? Also how high would you bump the humidity the last 3 days of hatching? Thank you.
Just seeing what quail eggs are out there for availability besides the plain jane cortinux and regular bonwhite. .
Let me know what you may have. Thanks
Has anyone ever used the chick boxes to ship adult quail pairs? Some of the other live adult bird boxes seem like to high etc. Jusy curious if you could? Thanks