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[Nabiki]

The temp has been very consistent throughout most of it. I would definitely get a second hygrometer to watch the humidity. Mine is off by about 6%.

That matches about what I've found. I put a thermometer/hydrometer inside the incubator to compare what the incubator said vs. the thermometer. It seems to run about 1.5 degrees cool and as you said, about 3-6% difference on the humidity.
Edit: about 3-6% low on the humidity.

 

[el dorado quail]

Introduce them at an early age.

My dog hovered around the brooder (supervised, of course) for all of my hatches. He got his big dumb nose right up in their faces the moment I put them in. I think they know him better than they know me .

Now he stands and stares at the adults in the aviary, sometimes pawing at the hardware cloth or booping it with his nose. He never barks (but sometimes whines). Only one of my hens is skittish around him, the others will stay right within snapping distance and go about their business.

Cool. We shall tryyy, they're gonna be outside brooded we're estimating. Hopefully she is the same, just excited and watching. Very curious and very hyper this one. Just praying she won't try to dig in

 

[el dorado quail]

Day 0! All celadon this time! Trying a lower initial humidity too. View attachment 1808048

Where'd you order from? I'm waiting on 100 from jmf

 

[muddy75]

I've never ordered pheasants from a hatchery. I've always hatched my own, or from shipped eggs. The problem with some hatcheries is that they get their pheasants on consignment, so you never really know what your going to get or where they are coming from, If I just wanted ring necked pheasants, I would get them from MacFarlane's, they raise and breed their own birds and have a very strict biosecurity program...less likely to get a diseased bird.

Those 2 chicks are a mystery and most likely a cross between a melanistic and a mongolian, sometimes they advertise them as 'Jumbo's', which are 6 to 7lbs at maturity. Also, they cross a Chinese Ring Necked with a Mongolian and call them Jumbos but those chicks don't have the 'racing stripes' so I'm going to guess they are a Mongolian x Melanistic cross.

I have a Mongolian x Chinese Ring Necked cockbird that is absolutely gorgeous. It happened by mistake when I inadvertently put a Mongolian hen in a pen with my wild Kansas Ring Necked cockbird.
Here's the results:
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Here's a pic of a Mongolian cockbird for comparison.
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wow!! they are both absolutely beautiful!! I can’t wait til my birds start getting some adult color! the ringnecks seem to be getting some red in the neck area so we’ve been making “guesses” as to males and females but no certainty yet. the remaining 5 that i posted photos of all seem great today! I changed out the puppy pads in the brooder. i’m heading out 1 more time to top off feeders and waterers.....birds are going through over 50# feed a week and still act like they are starving!!

 

[Kiki]

 

[el dorado quail]

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Is this going to be your new go-to for nails?

 

[Kiki]

Is this going to be your new go-to for nails?

Heck no. I don't even have nails.
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw it. I think it's funny.

 

[Kiki]

One of my problemdAozdxR62oY
This got much worse over night.

 

[Kiki]

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