➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[R2elk]

Raw green beans? Raw corn? Raw artichokes?!

Yea... some veg needs to cooked.

Sorry, feeling like a smart@ss.

Raw sweet corn is fine but has very little that is digestible.

 

[ShrekDawg]

If only we lived on a farm instead of a suburban plot... tge quark are nice though because I am realizing we'r could keep A LOT in a relatively small space. The chickens and turkeys take up a lot of space, and the ducks... well they have a 1500 gallon pond. 4 8' long cages could be 100 quail. I have 1 cage and hole to build another very soon, so we are headed in the right direction. It just stinks that winter forces us to move the quail into the shed or garage in a few months. I will not have room indoors for 4 cages.

Yessss! You NEED more quail!!

And wow that is a big pond!! Just for the ducks!?

I believe that boiling vegetables leaches out the most nutrients.

You are steaming them too long. For example, I steam asparagus for 3 minutes and it comes out nice and crunchy.

Eat spinach raw. It is much tastier and healthier raw.

Thanks again. I think that makes sense cause all the nutrients go into the water, right?

Hmmm... I’ll try it shorter next time. I think last time I did like 8 or 10 minutes but before that they still seemed hard to me. Idk. Broccoli and kale and stuff I’ve done shorter but squash seems to take forever or be hard to get right. Idk.

I’ve tried it before but I’m not a huge raw vegetable person tbh.

But I will try it again. But usually when I eat stuff raw I end up dumping dressing on it anyway so it ends up not so healthy.

You must try it grilled. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle some salt and pepper. Grill until tender. Then swear fresh lemon over it. Enjoy!

That sounds soooo good OMG. I normally hate asparagus.

I am definitely a fan of raw everything veg except asparagus and squash. Grilled or sauteed zuccs with bacon yummm.

I am not really a raw vegetable fan. and I love squash sautéed the best I think but never tried with bacon.

 

[R2elk]

I just discovered another chick who has a super swollen eye. He also has growth that seem to be a heart and maybe liver outside the rib cage. The eye was a little big when i took him out of the brooder but it seems to be getting worse...
Also found an egg that had pipped and got rolled over by babies and was dead by the time I found him. Must've happened this morning or maybe last night. He had a pretty large umbilical hernia.
Annnnddd there was a really, really runty chick with another umbilical hernia I took out of the shell last night but left in the incubator to dry. And it died too. Couldn't lift its head or move other than somehow rolling.

Is it my incubation or the genetics???

Your descriptions point to genetics mostly. In specific the parents are too closely related. Some things can be attributed to nutrition of the parents prior to the eggs being laid and some leg issues can be attributed to incubation problems. Things like pop eyes, no eyes and cross beaks are genetics.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Raw green beans? Raw corn? Raw artichokes?!

Yea... some veg needs to cooked.

Sorry, feeling like a smart@ss.

This is not the crazy quail lady you are looking for
Nononoooo we drive up to like 8300 then hike around the tops and little valleys/lakes.

Ah okay sorry I think you will become one soon enough though.

And ooooohhhhh okay. That makes much more sense haha I was gonna say.

Sounds amazing though.

Raw green beans and corn yes. Artichokes are flowerssss lol. I can handle pickled veg sometimes. Do they count as cooked or raw hmm

Ew seriously!?

Although actually raw green beans aren’t too bad. I’ve eaten a few straight from my garden lol and peas too.

Ok I need to make my lunch check eggs for any straggler pips and sleep. Peace out girl scouts

Goodnight.

Raw sweet corn is fine but has very little that is digestible.

I think even cooked it’s not very digestible and corn has very little nutrients I think?

I don’t really eat corn or some other veggies cause they’ll just cause me problems

 

[Maiahr]

I can guarantee for asthma and allergies. Row quail eggs. I even have friends that keep a female quail in their flats like parrots just for the eggs.

 

[Maiahr]

Is there a forum thread on how/what to feed prematurely hatched quail? The one that I assisted though hatched after absorbing the yolk, does not eat and drink, only sleeps isolated. I have him vitamins water with a syringe but he won't eat..

 

[BantyChooks]

Raw green beans? Raw corn? Raw artichokes?!

Yea... some veg needs to cooked.

Sorry, feeling like a smart@ss.

Raw green beans—mmm. Delicious.

 

[muddy75]

Anybody heard of some health trend where people eat 2 raw quail eggs every day for 60 days? A lady who purchased 3 dozen quail eggs from us the other day is doing this. She said it's great for all sorts of things for your health. I will gladly sell her eggs, but I am not so sure I will be taking part in this "health" trend.

I eat a fair share of raw quail eggs, however, the ponzu sauce and other ingredients probably offset some of the “healthiness” of it!

 

[muddy75]

I just have a foam incubator. I could possibly get another as a hatcher or DIY something.
DW would kill me though. I would always have a full incubator, which holds 120 quail eggs... I would need multiple brooders or a huge one too. I did see a stacked brooder system recently in another BYC thread that I could DIY...

plastic totes work great for initial brooders and can be cleaned and repurposed for storage if you aren’t using for brooding! i keep mine beside me in living room and babies stay up to 2 weeks before i have the need to move them to a larger or covered brooder.

 

[007Sean]

I just discovered another chick who has a super swollen eye. He also has growth that seem to be a heart and maybe liver outside the rib cage. The eye was a little big when i took him out of the brooder but it seems to be getting worse...
Also found an egg that had pipped and got rolled over by babies and was dead by the time I found him. Must've happened this morning or maybe last night. He had a pretty large umbilical hernia.
Annnnddd there was a really, really runty chick with another umbilical hernia I took out of the shell last night but left in the incubator to dry. And it died too. Couldn't lift its head or move other than somehow rolling.

Is it my incubation or the genetics???

That many with the same defects would make me tend to think it was genetics.