Newby here and hoping to gain some knowedge about hatching and raising chickens and snowflake quail.

[Robertybob]

Hello, all!
Having lived in central Pennsylvania for all of my 68 years, I'm looking to gain additional information and knowledge regarding the hatching and raising of various breeds of chickens and quail. I've hatched a variety of eggs, including chicken, ducks, geese, guineas, pheasant and quail. I now exclusively use the forced-air styrofoam type incubators with fairly good success. Once in a while, when I can find a broody hen, I'll let her do the incubation duties and allow her to raise the peeps. Most all the chicks I hatch and raise I end up giving away. I just enjoy the process of incubation and like having the peeps around.
I presently have ten snowflake quail that I hatched from eggs in Spring 2016. These quail then laid their own eggs last year and I hatched some more and then gave them away. I sold a few eggs, gave most of them away and pickled a few (delicious!). Having seven hens I almost always got seven eggs a day (that's over 200 per month!) and it kept me busy finding somebody who wanted them.
Looking forward to learning much more and hearing the stories from the Back Yard Chicken members.

 

[Kiki]

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[Latestarter]

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[Lazy Farmer]

 

[Duck Lover88]

Howdy and

 

[Stayc]

Hello and welcome to BYC so glad you joined us.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Robertybob Welcome!

Just in case you have not found it yet, BYC has a Quail Forum

I do hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

You might want to also Find Your State Thread and pop in and say hello.

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[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. This past fall was the first that I had ever seen snowflake quail. They are beautiful birds.