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    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!
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    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...
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    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...
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    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?
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    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...
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    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.
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    Who has jumbo coturnix eggs?

    Looking for eggs to start incubation next week. Large jumbos.
  8. 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...
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    First hatch coturnix. questions and help.

    Hi! My first batch of coturnix chicks is about to hatch. I had one little problem and I just wanted to make sure I have everything ready. Friday was day 14 in the hovabator. Everything went as good as can be expected with temps and humidity. I took the eggs off of the turning racks and I was...
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    Ceramic Heaters

    Anyone use ceramic heaters for their brooders? I have one in my reptile cage that works really well and they last a long time. Steve
  11. calihawker

    Lighting for layer pen

    Hi, I'm setting up some pens for coturnix egg layers and was hoping to get some feedback on lighting. The pens will be 24"x48" stackable. I think I'm making 3 or 4 of them. The pens will be in a shed where there is not a lot of ambient light. I know they need around16 hrs. a day to keep laying...
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