➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

I'm too lazy to grind it, so I just take a fine mesh colander and pour the regular crumbles into it and shake. The fine, chick sized bits fall into the bowl underneath, and the larger, adult size ones can be poured back into my container.

I put one cup into a zip lock bag and pound it with a meat tenderizer tool.
After the one cup they get regular crumble.

 

[Nabiki]

I put one cup into a zip lock bag and pound it with a meat tenderizer tool.
After the one cup they get regular crumble.

I did exactly that for my first batch, then I remembered that I always get powder at the bottom of my chinchilla food and figured it would be the same for the game bird food. It is. The sifted results are a lot more consistent than if I pound it.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Oh my you have a real yeller! I only got fake ones this time.

The one just below the yellow.
What color is that? That dark head with the yellow on the face.
I want!
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Tibetan (maybe tux but it's hard to tell so early).

Do fake yellers have stripes?

 

[CoturnixComplex]

i have never really considered it wry neck as mine never really improved with vitamins as “classic wry neck” should. IME it varies widely in severity of defect based on malposition in the egg and time elapsed to assisted hatch. I think it’s basically due to being “stuck” too long. I have had cases that only survived hours and cases that survived 3+weeks. my “problem child” right now is really severe in that his head is basically upside down most of the time. (i will get a pic tonight) but he is eating and moving around fine otherwise so I’m letting him continue until I see a need to do something different. Yours does not appear to be severe enough for concern right now. he could very well survive until time to separate the “keepers” from “dinner”

Okay, well, I feel less lame for never correcting it like the internet says I should have been able to.

 

[Kiki]

Tibetan (maybe tux but it's hard to tell so early).

Do fake yellers have stripes?

 

[Kiki]

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I can't wait to figure out what this bottom one will end up looking like.


Since I am down to 16 I am going to split them up into two equal amounts. See if I can keep track of them better that way...in smaller groups.

 

[Kiki]

Let me go get individual pictures of each one real quick.



Bbs...it may take me a while.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

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Ah, indeed, fake yellers.

Those will definitely end up pansy, woot. There were some in the JMF batch and they're growing up sooooo nice. I was never much into the pattern but now y'all convinced me and I need some. I am probably going to do a big KC order in the fall for pansy+pearl+celadon.

 

[BantyChooks]

I did exactly that for my first batch, then I remembered that I always get powder at the bottom of my chinchilla food and figured it would be the same for the game bird food. It is. The sifted results are a lot more consistent than if I pound it.

You have chins too?

 

[Nabiki]

You have chins too?

Yep. They're about 10 years old now. 3 females, 1 male. I feel kind of bad for the boy since he's in a cage by himself, but he can see the girls.