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I am surprised she isn't beat up real bad since you only have 1 female, a good ratio is 5 hens to 1 male. As for her hatching eggs, not if she is a Coturnix, they won't sit eggs. I'm not sure my Bobs even will in the setup they have. I am starting a large setup this spring with natural cover and...

Are you wanting to train with Coturnix or Bob Whites? A lot of the cost is for shipping. I got my Bobs from Stromberg, who uses an outside breeder. I had a terrible hatch rate and 15 were not fertile. They sent out replacements plus for those, free of charge. I also used her advice and upped the...

Thanks Binki, I am cutting the 30% game bird with layer crumble. This gives me 24% protein. Never thought about bananas and such, They love greens of most any kind, my chicory and turnip tops should come back soon, especially with the crazy weather we are having. No prolapses from either...

That's really odd, the hatching rate that is. Move them now to a prepared brooding area, use a heat lamp and give food and water as soon as possible or they WILL die from starvation. Grind your chick starter or whatever else up in a processor or blender, put it in a butter bowl lid or right on...

Binki Thanks for the advice, so far no issues. In your opinion and experience, should I go back to the 18% game bird feed, or ?????. My coturnix quail throw some large eggs at times double yolkers. No large eggs at all from Bobs, at least not yet. I figured, maybe wrongly, that the Bob Whites...

Yes stay on the highest chick starter you can find, that will be fine, I am able to get a 30% game bird feed here but it is $30 a 50 lb bag, it lasts a long time. Make sure to give crushed oyster shell to support egg production. I also feed greens, meal worms and grains like white millet...

there is a lot of information on here as well as the bob white area of BYC. Tons of data on line from colleges. Wire floors covered in vinyl or not have been my biggest problem. Solved this using rabbit rest mats purchased at BASS CAGE CO. on line. no more bloody feet, and super easy to clean...

looks like a female to me, The males have light chests with a striped or like a checkerboard pattern. I raise these for eggs and meat. I raise Bob whites just for the enjoyment of their songs.

@spearquit You will also find a lot of help and ideas under the Bobwhite Quail section here. I raise both species, my bobs are for pure enjoyment, as they are smaller and take a long time to mature compared to Coturnix quail.

I have a small bunch, get 5 eggs a day, will hatch out a couple large batches, and keep replacement hens, I also have 7 female, and 3 cock Bob whites. If they don't set, may hatch more of those as well. I have them just for the songs and the beauty. Takes to long to mature and to small to bother...

wait until spring, I got my eggs for Stromberg hatchery, very old reliable company. I had 15 unfertile bob white eggs, they had the breeder send replacements for free. You can use any hatchery, for almost any bird you want. Some sell live sexed and straight run. I have an incubator, so hatch my...

Since moving mine to that 30x48 rabbit cage, and adding those rabbit rest pieces, all of their feet are completely healed. The dust box they love and they lay their 5 eggs a day in it. easy gathering. My wife fond a co-op that will get any amount of the Purina wild bird feed 30% protein for me...

mix in crushed oyster shell with the game feed, I mix several things to up the protein and the calcium. look at my post a few above this. I am no expert, but have found this to be a great mix, healthy, good looking birds and hard shells. I'm guessing you are using the 18% protein game feed. The...

I haven't had that problem yet, I mix layer crumble with their feed, along with grit, oyster shell, FOOD grade DIO earth, chick starter, and some bite sized floating catfish food (high protein) The eggs are hard shelled and delicious. If you get to many eggs, boil them, run them through the...

oh,ok, thanks, the no slip, crushed limestone lime is at the front of that isle in my store.

what is PDZ mix? I haven't seen that at TSC store.

also going to make a dusting box to attach to breeder battery, not enough floor space inside. I like dry earth,sand,some food grade diatomatious (bad spelling)earth, and a little 7 bug dust. They love this mix and make a cloud when they come out and shake.

Sounds like a plan, My coturnix are in a vinyl coated wire breeding battery. I keep the males and females separate when not wanting to hatch any out. They don't mind me being around or my hands in their area or anything. I got 5 new hens for a newer blood line ( since most original stock were...

my coturnix aren't nearly as fast or skid-dish as the bobs. I just hatched out some more bob whites. Small enough to set on a quarter. Fast as lightning after day 1. Went over a 6" tall box I put in my brooder at day 3, to confine them a bit. My brooder is pretty large, totally covered in...