More Coturnix Hatching
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 […]
Category Archives: Incubation
Coturnix Quail Hatching
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 […]
Hatchlings
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.
Hatchlings
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 […]
Introducing Huey, Duey, and Louey
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 […]
Pheasant and Chukar Eggs
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 […]
Bobwhite Quail Eggs in Incubation
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 […]
Hatched Quail and Hatching Ducks
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, […]
New Incubator
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 […]
Incubation On!
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 […]
Why are there never enough cages?
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 […]
Bobwhites Hatch!
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 […]
I am an Idiot, Part 2
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 […]
Hatching!
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 […]
Incubation On!!!
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 […]
Another Weekly Update: Week 1 for Baby Chicks
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 […]
New Quail Cage and Overflow Incubator
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 […]
And the Incubator is Up!
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 […]
El Monstro is No More: Week 7
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 […]
Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget
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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