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Category Archives: Incubation

More Coturnix Hatching

July 10, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

So far, 42 coturnix quail have been hatched and moved to the brooder. More are hatching as we speak. Most of them are pharaoh colored, but I have a handful […]

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Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

Coturnix Quail Hatching

July 6, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Has it really been seven days since I posted? There has been a lot of things going on, including working on my dissertation, the hatching another set of coturnix, baby […]

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Eggs, Incubation, Quail

Hatchlings

May 30, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

The pheasants started hatching the day before the chukars. We hatched 39 pheasants and 34 chukars. This was a hatch rate over 70%, I am thrilled with the shipped eggs.

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chukar, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Phesants

Hatchlings

May 25, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Six more khaki Campbell’s were born this last week. They were added to the group. This is the new hatchings next to the week old ducklings. What a difference the […]

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Ducks, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation

Introducing Huey, Duey, and Louey

May 12, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

It is oppressively humid tonight, and I can see lighting flashing across the Western sky. Anyways, I wax poetic from time to time, but things are humming along on the […]

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chukar, Construction, Ducks, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Phesants, Processing, Quail, Rabbits, Update

Pheasant and Chukar Eggs

May 4, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I put 80 eggs into the Styrofoam incubator, and 30 eggs into my cooler incubator. 50% ring neck pheasant, and 50% chukar partridge. The bobwhite quail eggs were candled, and […]

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chukar, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Phesants, Quail

Bobwhite Quail Eggs in Incubation

April 27, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

After experiencing success with free range ducks, and a successful coturnix quail hatch, I decided to get back into the game bird business. I installed my quail rails into my […]

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Eggs, Incubation, Quail

Hatched Quail and Hatching Ducks

April 19, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, the quail hatched a day early (Friday, 4/17) meaning my temp is just a wee bit too high. I have a variety of colors and sets, a Texas A&M, […]

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Ducks, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

New Incubator

April 2, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Don’t get me wrong, I love my automatic temperature regulating coolerbator. It has been back in business for the last week and a half with the collected duck eggs that […]

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Ducks, Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

Incubation On!

March 24, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I am getting on average of 3+ duck eggs a day out of my Khaki Campbell’s. So, after a week, all 24 eggs that I have gathered are ready to […]

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Ducks, Eggs, Incubation

Why are there never enough cages?

October 28, 2014by dirtartful 3 Comments

I leave on Saturday morning at 7 AM to go to Long Beach, CA for the Soil Science Society for America meeting (so excited, many things that I planned and […]

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Eggs, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail, Rabbits

Bobwhites Hatch!

October 5, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

And 23 days ago, my friend Lana gave me some of her Bobwhite quail eggs (10 of them). So far, 3 hatched right on time. I won’t open the incubator […]

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Eggs, Incubation, Quail

I am an Idiot, Part 2

September 10, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, I am an idiot! Because the temperatures in the incubator was a bit high, I went to put the incubator on lockdown, and a bunch of eggs had already […]

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Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

Hatching!

September 6, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

Well, I think that the temp was a bit high in the incubator, as the eggs were supposed to go into lockdown today. But, low and behold, I walk in […]

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Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

Incubation On!!!

August 22, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, I managed to rewire the incubator once I got the new temperature regulator device. Who’s ready to set some coturnix quail eggs? I got 120 eggs off eBay for […]

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Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail

Another Weekly Update: Week 1 for Baby Chicks

June 17, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

I realize it has been FOREVER since I have done a weekly update. I have been moving a lot of stuff around, cleaning things, etc. I have also been really […]

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Chickens, Eggs, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail, Rabbits

New Quail Cage and Overflow Incubator

June 10, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

I love my sloped floor quail cage!!! It is supported by wire, and has a 1″ opening for the egg to roll through. It is 20 inches deep, and 10 […]

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Construction, Eggs, Herding, Incubation, Quail

And the Incubator is Up!

May 23, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

After the first week of temperature failures in my incubator, (since the temp and humidity stabilized again after four days), I decided to make a better incubation unit. After a […]

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Eggs, Homesteading, Incubation

El Monstro is No More: Week 7

May 19, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

Got a WHOLE bunch of work done at the homestead this week! Picked up six free Angora and Lionhead mix rabbits this week for free food, as well as paying […]

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Chickens, Construction, Eggs, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Incubation, Quail, Rabbits

Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget

May 12, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

This week, I got my Sawzall and angle grinder, so I have been tearing up the pallets needed to construct the new quail and guinea pig cages! YAY! I also […]

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Agronomy, Chickens, Citizen Science, Construction, Eggs, Girl Scouts, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Incubation, Pallet, Programs, Quail

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