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  1. calihawker

    Moment of Truth!

    92 and counting!
  2. calihawker

    Moment of Truth!

    I gots me some quail! Looks like a good hatch too!
  3. calihawker

    Moment of Truth!

    I take a batch of coturnix eggs off the turning racks today. The first batch that were hatched here with my own breeders. I didn't candle or anything so I have no idea if I have fertile eggs or just wasted 2 weeks in the water. Wish me luck!
  4. calihawker

    adding new males to the breeding pen

    So I had 2 males for 10 females in my coturnix breeding pen and one of the males died for some unknown reason. I tried to take a male from a later hatch, threw him in there and you can probably guess how that turned out. so what to do now? Can I take 2 males that were brooded together and put...
  5. calihawker

    storing hatching eggs

    Thanks for the replies. The temp thing is the hard part especially with the 100+ temps we're gonna have this week. Even with AC the house won't be that cool.
  6. calihawker

    storing hatching eggs

    Hello again! Thanks so much for this awesome forum! My first set of breeders are laying like crazy and I'm ready to start collecting my own eggs for hatching. I'm getting between 10 to15 eggs per day so I need to collect for about a week then start incubation. What's the best way to keep these...
  7. calihawker

    How do i choose my breeders?

    Quote: He raised both, he's one of the best show breeders in Holland. Calihawk, wich type of quail do you've got? Jumbo brown coturnix.
  8. calihawker

    How do i choose my breeders?

    Here's another variable to consider. I got my first eggs today! Very excited:) the problem is I have no place to separate and see who's laying so I guess I'll start with size and sex move to color then eenie meenie minee moe.
  9. calihawker

    How do i choose my breeders?

    Size for sure here. Here's another question. How do you know which hen is laying better? Do you watch and wait? A camera? Also I have more in the brooder and more in the bator but they are from the same egg supplier. should I maybe get a batch of eggs from a totally different source?
  10. calihawker

    How do i choose my breeders?

    So Im getting ready to choose my breeders. I have around 60 quail and I want to end up with 30 breeders. So how do I pick? Besides the obvious male/female ratio, what do I look for? How do I choose?
  11. calihawker

    2nd hatch underway!

    I was a little nervous the first time but the place I wanted to get eggs from didn't have any and I hadn't found this site yet. I got a 75% hatch rate so I went with the same guy for the second batch and I got another good hatch. Unfortunately I sent a friend to the same eBayer and his batch of...
  12. calihawker

    gqf water cups

    Oh yes, I'm sorry. I'm meant breeder pens. Certainly not brooder.
  13. calihawker

    2nd hatch underway!

    My 2nd hatch of jumbo coturnix just kicked off yesterday. I had a party going on Saturday and I was hoping to show the kids a hatch but nothing was happening. I checked on them as late as 10pm and still nothing. When I got out there yesterday morning I heard little peeps and I knew something was...
  14. calihawker

    gqf water cups

    I would assume some of you use these. I hooked mine up but they didn't work the way I was hoping. The biggest problem is my brooders are indoors and the cups were making a soaking mess. is it something in how I hooked them up? Any help is appreciated.
  15. calihawker

    Birds per pen

    I'm planning on 12 birds in a little bigger than 2x4 pen. So would that be 2 males?
  16. calihawker

    how many days in the brooder?

    Quote: No, not Polar Bear, he loves his babies! Thanks for the replies!
  17. calihawker

    how many days in the brooder?

    They'll be out but in a shed. We have some wacky weather right now in California. Snow, like for real, but next week will be in the 80's
  18. calihawker

    Who has jumbo coturnix eggs?

    Looking for eggs to start incubation next week. Large jumbos.
  19. calihawker

    how many days in the brooder?

    Hi! Well my first hatch of coturnix chicks went well. I got a 74% hatch rate which I thought was ok for my first time and having eggs shipped across the country. I wanted to ask how long I need to keep them in the brooder. I have read 4 weeks but I have 70 chicks in a 24x48 brooder and to me...
  20. calihawker

    First hatch coturnix. questions and help.

    Yep The Lil White Bird Sticks Out Like A Turd In A Punch Bowl... :p Hah! I have 2 now.
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