Nucopia is this all about being self sufficient?
Mackka
Mackka
nucopia said:This arrived yesterday..ordered from fleaBay for $80 .. bought it to learn the techniques on a small scale so when we are allowed to return to the farm, I can buy a bigger unite and start incubating a verity of different egg types such as Chicken Duck Turkey and Quail for the farm ..
Already have 6 quail eggs stored away for the first batch , once I collect another few eggs, Ill start the incubation process and in 18<20 days I should have baby quail chicks ..
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...2002_0bfdb9c3-6506-42fb-bd90-7dc970f714a3.jpg
nucopia said:This arrived yesterday..ordered from fleaBay for $80 .. bought it to learn the techniques on a small scale so when we are allowed to return to the farm, I can buy a bigger unite and start incubating a verity of different egg types such as Chicken Duck Turkey and Quail for the farm ..
Already have 6 quail eggs stored away for the first batch , once I collect another few eggs, Ill start the incubation process and in 18<20 days I should have baby quail chicks ..
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...2002_0bfdb9c3-6506-42fb-bd90-7dc970f714a3.jpg
Only king quails will sit on eggsnucopia said:Not sure if any of the hens would sit on the quail eggs ..
But something to look into.. :Y:
nucopia said:This arrived yesterday..ordered from fleaBay for $80 .. bought it to learn the techniques on a small scale so when we are allowed to return to the farm, I can buy a bigger unite and start incubating a verity of different egg types such as Chicken Duck Turkey and Quail for the farm ..
Already have 6 quail eggs stored away for the first batch , once I collect another few eggs, Ill start the incubation process and in 18<20 days I should have baby quail chicks ..
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...2002_0bfdb9c3-6506-42fb-bd90-7dc970f714a3.jpg
Mackka said:RR are Peacock eggs similar to duck eggs?
Thanks Nucopia, when I was a kid my morning and afternoon chore was to look after the ducks and chickens, Dad looked after the veggie patch and the only things I can remember buying from the door to door vendors was fish (Smoked Haddock) on Friday and fruit which was apples, bread and milk once a week. So stay with it and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
Mackka
Hey mate.nucopia said:Thats right Phil, it has a water tray in the bottom to allow for adjusting the humidity and keep it at the correct level during the incubation period.
On our farm we have tried raising turkey but never had much success.
We can hatch the chicks naturally but few reach maturity. Not sure if its the weather the insects/microbes etc or because of the wet environment in the PI during rainy season ..?
Thanks Goodie , I see I will have to do a lot more research on the quail I have, to get the male to female ratio right.
Smoky bandit said:Hey mate.nucopia said:Thats right Phil, it has a water tray in the bottom to allow for adjusting the humidity and keep it at the correct level during the incubation period.
On our farm we have tried raising turkey but never had much success.
We can hatch the chicks naturally but few reach maturity. Not sure if its the weather the insects/microbes etc or because of the wet environment in the PI during rainy season ..?
Thanks Goodie , I see I will have to do a lot more research on the quail I have, to get the male to female ratio right.
Did you keep the turkeys and chooks together.
If so that is why they don't reach maturity.
Yes mate blackhead is the main killer of turkeys if kept with chickens.Moneybox said:Smoky bandit said:Hey mate.nucopia said:Thats right Phil, it has a water tray in the bottom to allow for adjusting the humidity and keep it at the correct level during the incubation period.
On our farm we have tried raising turkey but never had much success.
We can hatch the chicks naturally but few reach maturity. Not sure if its the weather the insects/microbes etc or because of the wet environment in the PI during rainy season ..?
Thanks Goodie , I see I will have to do a lot more research on the quail I have, to get the male to female ratio right.
Did you keep the turkeys and chooks together.
If so that is why they don't reach maturity.
We had a few thousand turkeys back in the late 60's early 70's. From memory (and that's not good) we were continually treating them for Black Head. The best treatment was to add potassium permanganate (condys crystals) to their water. We as kids were given the same for all sorts of ailments
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