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[CoturnixComplex]

I’ve read Tennessee Red Bobwhites are really aggressive. Anyone find that to be true?

More so than coturnix, for sure. I know some people run rings in their larger bobs to prevent biting. @007Sean Have you noticed differences between your bob types?

 

[007Sean]

More so than coturnix, for sure. I know some people run rings in their larger bobs to prevent biting. @007Sean Have you noticed differences between your bob types?

Not really, if their given adequate space and male to female ratios are met....I don't notice anymore aggression than any other quail.

 

[CayugaJana]

Not really, if their given adequate space and male to female ratios are met....I don't notice anymore aggression than any other quail.

I don’t have any Tennessee Reds but I think they are a beautiful bird.

 

[007Sean]

I don't raise them anymore but when I did I didn't have any aggression. Tennessee Reds are a mutation of the Bobwhites, same as Mexican Speckled Bobwhites.

 

[Kullas]

Ok after reading through on all I have missed I read about dry incubation. Ok that is new to me. Can anyone help me out? Sounds interesting.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Ok after reading through on all I have missed I read about dry incubation. Ok that is new to me. Can anyone help me out? Sounds interesting.

I think it's an equally viable option as long as your regular humidity stays ~30%+! People have great luck with it. I haven't tried it in my 10-20% zone, but I might as an experiment.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

On a side note, I am at 6500' in the Sierras, it is February 2nd, and we just had an entire 24 hours of rain instead of snow. It's finally snowing but it's not even expected to stick around for long. If these temps keep up the ski resorts can't even *manufacture* snow (not that that's my main concern; I like my state not being on fire).

It's been great for the humidity, though! Reached a whole 25% stable inside house! Will be great for hatching! Woohoo!

 

[Kullas]

This first batch is going to be my egg layers so I want to get as many as I can. After that I can experiment. Hate to buy shipped eggs to experiment on.

 

[Kullas]

Well I did some reading and seems here has been some mixed results. This my take on it or the way I understand it. So I may be off in feft field. It seems almost all humidity gauges are off a bit. So if you have a gauge that reads high you would benefit from the regular hatching. And if you had one that reads low you would benefit from dry hatching?

 

[Kiki]

Ok after reading through on all I have missed I read about dry incubation. Ok that is new to me. Can anyone help me out? Sounds interesting.

Sure...what do you need help with?

I run my bator dry (stays around 30%) and only add a little water at the end to raise the humidity up to about 50% when they start hatching.

It works for me.