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I can pull out one of my males, but plan possibly take eggs to the island of Samoa if allowed. I maybe limited on the amount so wanted to have as many fertile eggs as possible and also different genetics as possible.. I an earlier post that no one responded to I mentioned my plans and had...

You know I dress 6 coturnix yesterday. I pulled off the skin and save only the breast and legs. This was my second time to dress quail and did them really fast. We are not big eaters, but sure it will take at least two per person and the taste is similar to chicken. We really plan to raise them...

I believe the same hen has laid 3 double yolk eggs in a row. Two were laid in the pen until yesterday when I moved all 9 of my jumbo browns into an 8x10 old green house. She could have been stressed, but all seemed so happy to be out scratching in the dirt and hiding in the hay. Their eggs were...

I think that I have read where double yolk eggs will not hatch. I have one jumbo brown hen that seems to be laying a good many of these large eggs. I would think that by saving this hens single yolk eggs for hatching that I would be improving my chances of getting more double yolk producers...

My wife and I have a small homestead in another country and have been staying about 5 months a year there. It is an island country with lots of fresh seafood, and imported frozen chicken leg/thighs (I think from laying houses) are main meat source. Local eggs are sometimes hard to find and...

Thanks, the only problem I have is there is no one close in my area that sell grower that is not medicated. Someone in an earlier post had mentioned that it took a week or longer for the medicated feed to leave their system. It looks as though my hatch is close to 50/50 male female so will need...

It has been a few years since raising coturnix quail and I have forgotten at what age you should switch from the grower feed to the layer? Mine started hatching off 5 weeks ago today.

I had one that laied at 5 weeks and 2 days and then a couple days another laied. The others followed at about 6 weeks.

I have 26 coturnix that started hatching 5 weeks ago today and it looks as though the one 50 lb. bag of grower will last about another week. They are in my sun room where the temps. are warm and they have led lighting. I have had others in the past to start laying at 5 weeks, 2 days so I believe...

A few years ago while having quail I decided to build a laying pen to where the eggs would roll out to the front. I decided not to buy the plans and counted the squares in the photos for measurements and after a couple of days had an eight foot pen with 8 cages, but I never got around to using...

I am from a small town and all I was able to find for my almost now 2 week old coturnix was 28% medicated game bird. I do plan to cull and eat my smaller birds and wondering about how long it takes for the medicated feed to leave the birds system or possible for eating? I am feeding a 20%...

I have a hovabator and have not had to reset it at all. The booklet I think says that they have been preset from the factory and are more accurate than the thermometer that is provided:rolleyes:. Could be that you will not have to do anything to it. I would also put in more than one thermometer...

That first egg is always exciting. Around the first of November I bought Manchurians that looked grown, but did not know their age. I looked for eggs each day and after bringing them into the sun room and lights I finally started getting eggs the day before Thanksgiving. Started off one egg...

Years ago I brought some Goldens that look totally different than some I got a couple months ago. My other birds were more tanish with dark spots and all the birds were pretty constant in color and markings. The ones I have now are allot more yellowish in color, with different variations in...

Sorry, On the above post I should have written that I like the idea of the wire being placed on the inside of the frame. I should have finished my first cup of coffee before posting.

The only thing I do not care for in the original plan are the wood cross pieces under the wire at the bottom of the pen. Over the years I have found that anything that poop can build up on is a pain to clean up. It looks as though you may left these off of your design though. I like the idea of...

After confirming my thoughts about needing to know what the humidity in the bator is, I picked up a a thermometer that also registers humidity. The humidity reading seem to be holding at 57 percent which I think maybe close enough, but the new digital thermometer shows temps. about 95 to...

I did have one of the thermometer/humidity from W.M. ,in storage, but noticed that a mouse or something had chewed the wires up. I guess I will have to brake down and pick a time when they are not so busy and get another one.

Off and on over the years I have hatched and raised coturnix quail, but never in the winter. We have a wood furnace in our sun room that blows into our living room where I have my hova-bator with eggs. The temperature in here is usually very warm, but very dry and after only three days the tray...

I believe that I would get the pecker down and snip the end of his beak off with some finger nail clippers. Put him back and see what happens.