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    What do you feed your quail?

    So, I've been feeding my quail Purina Startena, but I'm thinking of switching over to King Pheasant feed. Does this look good? http://king-brand.com/new/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=34&category_id=23&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6
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    Incubation issues

    I have been hatching for a while- quail and chickens. But last fall I got some shipped eggs and they didn't hatch- I didn't think much because they were shipped. Since then I haven't had any hatches happen. I've got one that is supposed to hatch today/tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. I...
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    BCM, Dominique and Olive Egger chicks

    I have some extra chicks from my last hatch that I'm offering for sale, straight run. I am near Colfax California, and often make trips to Sacramento and Yuba City. These chicks were hatched 4/1. Some of the chicks are from my pen of only Dominiques. The rest of the chicks are from my free...
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    I want to get quail but I have cats. What should I do?

    I strongly disagree. I have coturnix and cats. It can be done, you just need to keep them separate. When I am brooding new hatches I keep them in the house in rooms shut off from the cats, and you have to be very careful to keep them separate during that time, it would be one bite. As adults...
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    Hen stopped laying

    how old is she? Age can be a factor.
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    No feed for Texas A&M Quail - What can I give them?

    The other ideas are good, but they are less than 3 days old so they should be able to wait until tomorrow. But I've always had to run the game bird starter through the blender for the first week or so. Chick starter can be okay for a day or two if you have it on hand, but not for long term, and...
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    Little Giant Incubator Tricks

    I finally read through this entire thread. Something that I have found that works for me is one of those thermometers that has a remote sensor for "outside." I put that one in the incubator, and then I can keep the main unit someplace where I can see it often. I don't have to keep going into...
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    Quail questions for quail people

    I've always fed gamebird starter to my coturnix for their entire life. Some chicks just fail to thrive, but sounds like something did go wrong- it is hard to say at this point- virus, pasting up, a draft.... Just out of curiousity which medicated started did you use, and what was the...
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    Martha feed her girls Citrus?!?!

    I don't think that it's a "do not feed" thing. I think it's more that most chickens won't eat it. A neighbor of mine saves scraps for treats, and he often has citrus in it, most don't eat it, though they do eat everything else. None have had any problems with it.
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    The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

    Candled the last 11 eggs, three were clear. None of the others look hopeful, but I left them in the incubator anyway.
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    What Does Everyone Do With Their Extra Incubated and Hatched Chicks?

    I sell through a local food list and word of mouth, and extra roosters go into the freezer, or sometimes I take a batch to a USDA processor and then I can sell those too.
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    6+ Lavender Ameraucana Hatching Eggs - beautiful coloring and eggs 6/6/2016 wk - GA

    Pmed.
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    The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

    And the count on the morning of day 22 is 20 hatched, 11 eggs still in incubator.
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    The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

    Olive eggers are what I was aiming for. Some for me, some because they should sell here. And I guess some extra roosters to eat.
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    The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

    Today is day 21, so I still have some time to watch. I just took out the dry chicks and closed the incubator back up- total is31 eggs set, 16 hatched, 3 more pipping and peeping, and 12 that haven't done anything yet. I didn't bother to candle this batch since about a third of them were black...
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    The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

    I didn't even think to look for a hatch a long. But I put some eggs in that are due tomorrow, but two have hatched this afternoon and several more have pipped. (so far two easter egger/bcm crosses. The other eggs are pure BCM and pure Dominique)
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    Dark Brown Quail Egg

    I've only had my quail since June, but already I've noticed a variety of eggs that pop up occasionally, besides the spotted. Sometimes there are the green/blue ones, the light brown and the dark brown, and some that are kind of frosted versions of the above colors.
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    starter questions... help!!

    They aren't super loud, the males' crow sounds somewhat like a sneeze. The female's call is even quieter. I think that they are about as loud as my guinea pigs, but the crow carries farther. I've kept chickens in a tractor on grass, and it did kill the grass. Even if you have a mesh floor...
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    starter questions... help!!

    I'm new to quail, but I've worked with cavies and rabbits for years. Look up linebreeding, in animals there is no concept of "incest" and with proper breeding it's okay to breed related animals. You have to make sure that there aren't any defects, but it's a very efficient way of improving a line.
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    Japanese Coturnix Quail Color Varieties!!!!

    So, here is the surprise out of my hatch- is it a Tibetan or a Rosetta? It is two and a half weeks old.
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