Still averaging 8 eggs a day even with this heat.
Dropped an egg and cracked it a bit. Decided it was time for a snack anyway.
Quail egg easy over with cheese on top resting on a whole wheat cracker seasoned with a bit of Tony's.
Any egg wisperers here? I've got 10 hens and 2 roos in the cage, this is week 9 and best I can figure I only have 3 ladies laying eggs. Any secrets or am I being too impatient? No signs of bullying. I've just culled 8 roos could that change have stopped production?
Game Bird Starter and...
Here's what I've gotten so far from my 8 week old birds. Started with 20 and ended up with 10 girls and 10 boys. Culled and processed 8 boys tonight. I've gotten 4 eggs so far. I hope for more now that the ratio of boys\\girls has gotten better.
My 20 quail were attracting more flies than my backyard could handle. It was getting so bad I was going to stop raising quail if I couldn't get it under control. For two weeks I tried Vanilla scented air freshers. These helped a very little bit but were $$$$ long term. Then I tried the...
Trying to put together a setup that will:
Last a long time\\lots of use
Hold at least 50 eggs - I only plan on doing smaller runs just back to back.
Built for successful high yield hatching.
Bullet proof
Easy to maintain...
Here is the new brooder that I setup last night. 8in deep 36in by 24in.
Cost:
Plastic Tub: $14.00
Peg Board : $6.00
10' of 1\\4 caging $13.00
Existing Heat Lamp keeping it at 90 degrees. 1 week olds are all over the place so they're comfy.
Only bad thing is wood chips in the food\\water.
I've gotten into quail because I'd like to have a source of eggs that flys under the radar of my HOA. That said I'm a city boy and have a couple of questions that have been nagging me.
1. I've been feeding the two week old quail Game Bird Starter. What feed should I use once they've grown...