I use a regular blender to grind crumbles for the first week. You can pick one up at wally world or the dollar store cheap. just fill it up a little less than half full and it will grind it quickly.
burlap sacking works well for newly hatched bobs. I have also used those cheap throw away painters drop clothes you can get at the big box stores. They have a texture that helps the chicks grip better so they don't get spraddle legged. Just cut a square big enough to fit the bottom of the brooder.
I started with 54 last march and by early july had hatched 1200. Build lots of cages if you are going to hatch bunches.For meat birds our cages are 4 ft wide and 2ft 6 inches 12 to 16 inches high we raise 50 to 60 birds in each. the cages are hung from the ceiling with porch swing chain from...
I have just hatched bobwhite quail, pheasant and will soon have chucker chicks for sale.I am not set up to ship yet but you can pick them up at my farm. The quail are .50 each the pheasant are 2.00 as are the chucker. E-mail for Ph#
Any way you cook them they will tast delisous. I like to wrap them in bacon and grill them with a little white pepper and a touch of garlic salt. I also use cherry wood to smoke them.
My father-in-law and I started off with 54 texas a&m pharoh last march they were just ready to start laying when we got them. By the end of july we had over 1200 and were giving away hundreds of eggs to friends. They are the fastest growing and breeding birds I have ever seen.
One of my male ringnecks grabbed my right index finger and took a chunk out of it on the side. I really think they have teeth sometimes. I use a plastic coffee can to feed them scratch and now I use it to fend him off.
The first ringneck eggs I hatched hatched over five days starting on day 24. A few the first day more the second most on the third and then tapered off the next two days.: