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Raising Quail
- Thread starter Mike-Mike
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No insulation needed. Just make sure thy can get out of the wind.
boilermaker
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Wood chips might create a choke hazard. In raising pheasant chicks, wood chips are not a wise litter as the birds could try to consume them and choke. Now quail might be different but I also thought that quail should always be raised on wire and not left on a solid floor.
how many bird you have?
Yea.. ok so that the problem... If you have 4 or of you have 44 it's exactly the same amount of work.. You go out once a day and check the water, feed and grab the eggs? ... You need more birds.. I have an incubator.. so let me know when your ready for another batch..
38ExtraSpecial
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Yeah the eggs are at my shop over at my parents so my mother will grab eggs when I don't swing by. I get there almost every other day. Begin a salesman has it benefits. I can swing in and fill the food and water. The quart sized feeder and waterer last a couple days anyway.
I do need another batch. I need to get some buff Orpington eggs to you too. Let me know when.
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I do need another batch. I need to get some buff Orpington eggs to you too. Let me know when.
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ChevyGuy91
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Last hatch had 24 chicks. They are 1 week old and I just put 38 tuxedo eggs in the incubator. 16-18 days from now. I will be looking for a bigger coop.
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38ExtraSpecial
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Any updates?
My parent's have a hen that hatched 11 chicks a couple weeks ago. They're all going well. one fell in the drink and was soaked. I didn't know if it would make it but it was fine and doing well. I guess it was warm enough and dried off well.
My english pointer was pretty excited about the whole order last week, until the mother hen chased her off. Pretty awesome to watch a 12 pound bird make a 60 pound dog cower. Hilarious. That hen meant business.
My parent's have a hen that hatched 11 chicks a couple weeks ago. They're all going well. one fell in the drink and was soaked. I didn't know if it would make it but it was fine and doing well. I guess it was warm enough and dried off well.
My english pointer was pretty excited about the whole order last week, until the mother hen chased her off. Pretty awesome to watch a 12 pound bird make a 60 pound dog cower. Hilarious. That hen meant business.
boilermaker
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What type of quail do you have again?
