➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[CoturnixComplex]

yes i’m assuming they are chukar. but as far as the rowdy bully boys, I was referring to the pheasants which i’m 99% sure are ringneck. (sorry my post was a little all over the place) so starting at the beginning here.....”chicken dude” @ rural king knows me well and as I was inquiring about possible babies for my broodies he tells me they are getting pheasants in during May. of course, knowing what I know about permits, etc, I freaked out!! they had ordered 35 and 20 were spoken for already. I told hubby about situation and we made the decision to “rescue” the other 15 as ppl in this area including RK doesn’t know difference between pheasant or chicken etc and no paper trail/reporting system on purchases. price on the pheasants was also less than list price from hatchery!! I didn’t know about the partridge order until I arrived to pick up the pheasants. (which were also only .99 markup over hatchery list price!) I couldn’t “rescue” all 50 partridges they had ordered so I only took 12. (I’m truly hoping they don’t repeat the situation and now wishing I had been able to rescue all 50 of the little guys!!). I do have the ability to separate the aviary if needed and freeing up room in chicken area for troublemakers to be separated until butcher size. but hubby is now hoping that we will get a good mannered small group of hens:1 male from pheasants to keep......Yes I am going with a bit of “plausible deniability” in this situation

Woot, good luck with your new critters! Are they all going in the big aviary?

A thought about "rescuing"...it's the same reason I don't buy bettas at walmart - you're just encouraging them to continue re-stocking I guarantee they will order more next year because they "sold so well!". So if you want them, get them, but don't get them to prevent the store from having them....

 

[muddy75]

@Texas Kiki
Please excuse brooders....they get messy fast!! 55 eggs in lockdown day 15.5......one broody egg exploded and removed, the 1 remaining possible pip??? Interrupted one of my other girls crammed in to lay her egg this morning and she dropped it on one of my broody’s back!!!

 

[muddy75]

Woot, good luck with your new critters! Are they all going in the big aviary?

A thought about "rescuing"...it's the same reason I don't buy bettas at walmart - you're just encouraging them to continue re-stocking I guarantee they will order more next year because they "sold so well!". So if you want them, get them, but don't get them to prevent the store from having them....

i believe the only reason they agreed to order the pheasants was at the request of the person that wanted the 20. my hope is that my “discussion” with “chicken dude” regarding care, permit requirements etc and the fact that they were not posted “for sale to general public” in the same way will help prevent them trying to keep in stock What adds to the BS is that we live on a state line that leaves loopholes for them to sell items that may be “illegal” here but legal over there!!

 

[CoturnixComplex]

i believe the only reason they agreed to order the pheasants was at the request of the person that wanted the 20. my hope is that my “discussion” with “chicken dude” regarding care, permit requirements etc and the fact that they were not posted “for sale to general public” in the same way will help prevent them trying to keep in stock What adds to the BS is that we live on a state line that leaves loopholes for them to sell items that may be “illegal” here but legal over there!!

I'm glad then! Hopefully raising some hell makes them think twice next year. They should at the very least have permit information prominent.

 

[Kiki]

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Please excuse brooders....they get messy fast!! 55 eggs in lockdown day 15.5......one broody egg exploded and removed, the 1 remaining possible pip??? Interrupted one of my other girls crammed in to lay her egg this morning and she dropped it on one of my broody’s back!!!

Cute little things.

 

[CindyinSD]

I look at it as the larger cups are deeper. This could be a problem for young quail if the cup gets low abs they struggle to reach the water.

I got some of those. I haven’t used them yet, but they seem to be operated by a float valve. The cup should keep a consistent water level I think, assuming they work properly.

 

[BullChick]

I have finally gotten three eggs in one day. I knew I’d been seeing a combination of two brown and an off white, so I knew I had three layers. Now I might have four. I don’t know.
See the lighter one in the first row?

 

[el dorado quail]

Guys I ordered 100 celadon eggs. @CoturnixComplex is gonna hatch them for me and help figure out what to do with them all. THINGS ARE GONNA BE REAL....EGGCITING

 

[Kiki]

Guys I ordered 100 celadon eggs. @CoturnixComplex is gonna hatch them for me and help figure out what to do with them all. THINGS ARE GONNA BE REAL....EGGCITING

 

[le_bwah]

Guys I ordered 100 celadon eggs.

Holy cow! Looking forward to that—what do you suppose you'll do with them?