California - Northern

[chiqita]

The 25 new Cotounix quail we got for my son had a really mean rooster in it. He literally took the top of another roosters scalp off. My son had to put that one out of its misery & got rid of the mean one too. That will leave his breeding at risk for hatching eggs but all the hens are good so he will be good for plenty of eating eggs. They are right at 8 weeks so any day now they should lay.

I agree that finding things on this thread is difficult. I sometimes scan back for many many pages to find something I read & usually just give up.....LOL

Not that this helps you now but scalped quail can heal quickly. I either use blu kote or vetricyn on them depending on how bad it is. And poltry aid for pain. 90% survive and are better quickly. A few take longer. I even had one come back from loosing an eye when a girl went for him. If it is too bad for blu kote I do sepwrate them so no one decides all the red looks tasty.

Don't those Cotournix have the STRANGEST crow? They make me laugh too. To me they sounds closer to a partridge or tinamou.

I like the sound. Last year we had quail by our window and one would wake up and rup rup in the moonlight. Lovely unless he woke up a rooster.

 

[ronott1]

Looks like we lost power for 4 to 5 hours last night. I have a full Brinsea Octagon 20 on Day 5. I haven't open the bator at all. I don't know how much it dropped in temp or humidity.
Does anyone have advice on the effects?
Let them sit until Day 7 & candle?
Probably hatch delay?
Grrr - I hate the high winds.

they will be fine!

They will likely hatch on time too.

Candle on day 7 as usual.

 

[TheKeeper]

they will be fine!

They will likely hatch on time too.

Candle on day 7 as usual.

Oh cool. Thanks.
Another plus for broody hens - no power required!

Does anyone use a Top Hatch incubator? I find it impossible to keep a steady temp & humidity for incubating but it makes a great brooder for the first day or 2. I've tried insulating it around the side but it's still not great.

 

[Kaylish]

Just reserved a pair of Cream Legbars and some Blue/Black Copper Marans from a local breeder to be hatched around April 16...Yea!!! Guess I better get started on the bigger coop.

 

[Happy Chooks]

It is not terrible to incubate a bit hot. It is much better than too low.

I agree. I always run a bit high on temp and have no issues. Too low and you get deaths/leg problems.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

How often do your family come down here? If you are also trying to hatch all you can I can put some eggs in for you If someone can pick them up in a few months. They could bring them down saturday.
Ohh! Maybe I will put the james marie out. They dont like the cage they are in. Hrm..

Oh! Wow! I'll set what I get before then. I can't say no to that generous offer:-0
Our quail apartments has a little attached Avery. When we open the door they flutter down and make the sweetest noises all day. They are quickly becoming the girls favorites over the hens... Even when the quit laying!!!

 

[sewandgrow]

Don't those Cotournix have the STRANGEST crow? They make me laugh too. To me they sounds closer to a partridge or tinamou.

Never had either of the ones you mentioned but I thought they were cute sounding & loved hearing my son's zebra finches too when he was a teenager & had them here in the house.

 

[sewandgrow]

My power & water are back on. Over 100 homes lost power around here, yesterday. Maybe due to the wind? Way behind again.

@ronott1 I stored that last batch of eggs pointy end up, without turning. See if that makes any difference. When I thought about it ... hens store their eggs on their sides. Broody raised eggs are never on either end. So why are incubated eggs put on end? Maybe stored eggs should be on their side?

Congrats on that great hatch, btw!

Speaking of pallets, I (with help from DH) made my first pallet project - a brooder. Not pretty but works ok. Chicks were without heat all day, yesterday. 65-70 degrees when I checked. 11 days old. They didn't seem affected at all, were perfectly fine. Strong, happy chicks.
I hadn't attached the heat lamp yet, when I took these photos. The stand is the free one that Premier sent me to replace the broken one.

Nice Kim. Looks somewhat like my fruit bin grow out brooder/pens that I graduate the chicks to when they old enough to leave the brooder.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Oh! Wow! I'll set what I get before then. I can't say no to that generous offer:-0
Our quail apartments has a little attached Avery. When we open the door they flutter down and make the sweetest noises all day. They are quickly becoming the girls favorites over the hens... Even when the quit laying!!!

I mean SEE ....
Forgive my thumbs.

 

[Audio51]

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Looks like it would be great for keeping the heat in.