➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Nabiki]

Still one pip, no zip.

 

[RUNuts]

Egg weights, you have my attention. I have a new minimum of 12 grams for setting. Most of the ones here are 11-14 grams. the double yolkers apparently from one hen in one coop, are 18 to 19.5 grams. Never broke 20 gram weight. She has things straightened out now.
The discussion a bit back was nutrition is a big part of this. I'm switching the purina game bird 30% protein at $23/50# with the MG layer feed at 20% protein at $14/50#. The added calcium is a bonus and the minerals are different. Adding the vitamins to the water once a week. Got the timer figured out and running it for extra lights.

Whitey is in the cooler. Finally decided he didn't make weight. 6.7 ounces dressed at 11 weeks old. I bet he was 10 ounces live weight. Kept the Jumbo male that was the same size. We will see about genetics. Whitey's sisters are still in the gene pool.

I need to see about getting a new scale. The fish scale was tried and will do good with chickens and fish. Not so much with 1 pound quail.

 

[Sara L]

I did not think of this. Do you think it would take weeks though or would a day or two be long enough?

I really don't want to mess with having to return them today only to get more bag with bugs. The whole lot of bags probably all have them, I think.

So I'm wondering if I should just buy some DE??

I think a few days might only make them hibernate? The 50 lb bag I got with bugs I put in my chest freezer in gallon bags, then just pulled out a bag when needed. I don't have a ton of stuff in that freezer so I had the space.

You could also alternate putting in direct sun and freezer I think, if you have containers to do so, maybe glass jars or plastic bags? Or just return the bag if this is too much work for feed. Make sure you bring tape or something when you go back to the store and open the new bag to check it before you leave.

 

[Kiki]

I think a few days might only make them hibernate? The 50 lb bag I got with bugs I put in my chest freezer in gallon bags, then just pulled out a bag when needed. I don't have a ton of stuff in that freezer so I had the space.

You could also alternate putting in direct sun and freezer I think, if you have containers to do so, maybe glass jars or plastic bags? Or just return the bag if this is too much work for feed. Make sure you bring tape or something when you go back to the store and open the new bag to check it before you leave.

My problem with returning them and getting more is this particular store unloads a pallet of feed from the truck and just puts the pallet down on the store floor to sell.
So I'm thinking if two bags of feed that came off of this pallet have bugs than the whole darn pallet has bugs.
They get new shipments of feed every week so I'm just going to wait and buy new bags next week.

I still haven't decided if I'm going to pick up some DE today or not. Feeding this feed to my birds won't hurt them, right?

I opened both bags this morning and I do not see bugs in the feed itself I just noticed bugs on the bags yesterday.... I'm guessing the bugs have crawled down into the feed where I can't see them.

 

[Nabiki]

Ooh. Falb Fee up for auction. I already have some, so I won't bid against @muddy75 .

 

[muddy75]

Ooh. Falb Fee up for auction. I already have some, so I won't bid against @muddy75 .

I just like making first bid hahaha no hard feelings if I get outbid!!!

 

[Kiki]

Quick tell me what Falb fees are good for?
Do they breed true?

 

[Nabiki]

Quick tell me what Falb fees are good for?
Do they breed true?

They breed true. They're not as big as jumbos, but they're good sized. They're pretty.

 

[danalovesdogs]

I just like making first bid hahaha no hard feelings if I get outbid!!!

Should have known you guys would beat me to it! Just put my first bid down, I've been dying for some falb fee. I think my goal is to stay in at anything under $20

 

[Nabiki]

I just like making first bid hahaha no hard feelings if I get outbid!!!

I'm holding out for pearl, snowie, or SSC. I like the Falb Fee, but as I said, I already have them.