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I don't mist eggs, in fact I go to some lengths to make sure eggs never get wet. During storage or incubation, moisture on the shell...

I let the chicks stay in the incubator for 24 hours then move them to the brooder. Lightly mist the remaining eggs with hot water in a...

Good to know that I should hold on for ~48 hours after the first one has hatched. Judging by the size of the eggs in the incubator and...

Yes, that's what we've found - the quail most often raised for meat and eggs, coturnix (coturnix is Latin for quail, so I don't call...

Everything I've read claims coturnix have been domesticated so long they seldom hatch their own. I wondered if it was because many are...

That is the incubator I've been looking at. I have been seeing not so great reviews lately so I haven't bought one yet.

I agree with eating it all! I cook the entire bird and we gnaw away. I maybe have just been lucky with hatching...i have a nurture...

That's good to know. I didn't know that. Guess I have to learn how to incubate finally. Or teach my chicken hens to raise them. Wouldn't...

If you have quail that actually go broody and raise their own chicks you have a very rare bunch of quail there. I'd see about selling...

I was actually looking at other breeds that have better temperament last night after this post. I think a huge part of my frustration is...

Thank you. I'll give her a pass for now. Good observation to determine pregnancy I guess. I was thinking maybe it's something with me...

My bucks are more cuddly then my does, but agression if any is either done with the kits (and not directed at me) or hangry and wanting...

Rabbit's hormones can work in either direction. We've had uppity does become sweetness itself once bred; others were psycho until they...

Thanks. Good to know. She's coming on a week bred so I was surprised so soon. This will be her first litter though.

My Does get more angry when they're closer to kindling, usually they calm down sometime after