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You won't. Most likely the first chick will surprise you in the middle of the night when you finally give in and go to bed. Sometimes I spot rocking and cracking before, sometimes not. Patience, grasshopper :D

As for feeding, formulating your own is a pain. You certainly can but you need to make sure they're getting at LEAST 25% protein. Much easier to just buy a purpose-milled gamebird feed and supplement them with treats. I personally use the Purina startena 30% protein.

Wild-type birds can be sexed at about three weeks. The females will have spotted chests and the males will have solid red chests. If you have fancy colored ones, sometimes you have to wait until they are about 6 weeks old and vent-sex them (squeeze their cloaca gently, if foam comes out it's a...