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When one of the kids raises birds for the market auction, they feed the quail turkey/gamebird starter. The aim is to get the birds to...

@R Buns it had not been my intention to be a bad influence lol, but besides being fun to watch, they taste great and I love the fact...

Game bird starter. I use Prince feeds, they're made near us.i dry egg shells in oven, grind and give them a pile to peck . I give fresh...

I use game bird starter. I supplement with oyster shells. I feed everything else here organic but not the quail. I tried but the amount...

Well it's happened. @Sagebrush you are a bad influence. ;) Actually I blame all y'all on here. ;) Ok I can't truly blame anyone but...

I was talking with my SO and we have decided that if we need to ship any quail in, it will be live birds. At least then we know what we...

I do have white wings in the incubator. The ones pictured where of mixed breeding of what I am not sure, but nearly all have white wing...

Just wanted to suggest the YouTube channel Coturnix Corner. Really solid information.

There are also cues on the face in many varieties of coturnix (the cues are not there in varieties like Rosettas, Tibetans, Texas A&Ms...

Yes and there is variety among Coturnix. These are jumbo Pharoh. And I have been saving the "pretty boys" as breeders for several years...

In my covey I'd call them 2 hens. My roos have rusty breast all the way up

Well in the first ever batch that I am working on hatching I candled at lock down and I have 5 viable eggs and 4 that never developed...

With my current hatch (eggs received when I got my chicks) I am using my Reptibator so I have to manually turn them. I am currently on...

Have a look on Craigslist. I got my original stock there and so far they have been the healthiest ones I've had. I've purchased eggs...

I use pine shavings mixed with brown paper bags that I put through our paper shredder, and then give the doe hay to gather and make the...