Like I said...go big or go home! LOL...I kind of stumbled into this deal buying an operation that had two incubators and a hatcher...then my aunt finds out what I'm doing and gives me two more incubators and another hatcher! They quit raising chickens a couple of years ago and still had all the...
Game time...put my first batch of 200 bobwhites in the hatcher today. Fingers crossed...I couldn't keep the humidity right in the hatcher so I've got them in a hatching tray in the bottom of the incubator. 99.5 degrees 70% humidity...hope it works.
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State of Texas is $15 for less than 500 birds and $189 for more. I paid the $189 and it comes with some book keeping. Birds hatched, birds sold, eggs sold must all be documented. Game Warden came by last week to check on things. Main reason you want it is if you're hauling processed quail or...
Typically between 5 and 7 weeks the male's heads will begin to darken and the stripes should start to get lighter. The females stay the tannish color they are born with.
I love listening to them...it reminds me of when I was a kid and we had large populations of wild birds. Coveys have been nonexistent in Texas and many other states in the last couple of years, but seem to have bounced back a bit this year. Nowhere near the numbers they used to be, but good to...
Hi Casa...it is a northern bobwhite. I'm currently hatching Georgia Giant bobwhites...as the name would suggest they are larger than the northerns. Perhaps not as agile or "rangey" as the northerns but they are a better meat and egg producer. My goal is to cross them with northerns and end up...
I've got 200 georgia giants 7 days into incubations...candled this morning and seems to be about 14% infertility. Guessing it's the time of year. I ordered the eggs and they shipped the Friday after Christmas...they were in transit WAY too long...that could be a factor as well.