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sara | February 17, 2010
I was recently asked about the affects of wing clipping on peafowl,
Hello How high will peafowl jump with a clipped wing to tertiary feathers
Many thanks.
Sue
I don’t have experience of peafowl or of clipping wings as I have never clipped my guinea fowl, hens or ducks wings, so am unsure of the answer.
I have read that [...]
sara | February 2, 2010
Gambel’s Quail are are found in arid areas of the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. The Gambel quail egg is a pale buff to white colour with moderate pink/brown spots.
Incubating Gambel’s Quail Eggs
Incubation period = 21-23 days
Temperature = approximately 99.75 degrees F
Humidity = wet bulb of 83 F
If you keep quail and want [...]
sara | February 1, 2010
I was recently asked about the incubation period and temperature and humidity levels for incubating eggs from different quail breeds.
Japanese Coturnix Quail
Incubation period = 17 days
Temperature = approximately 99.5-99.9º F
Humidity = wet bulb humidity of around 84-88º F
Bobwhite Quail
Incubation period = 21-24 days usually 23-24 days
Temperature = approximately 99.5-99.75º F
Humidity = wet bulb humidity [...]
sara | November 15, 2009
I was recently asked a question relating to incubating pigeon eggs and in answering the question I have begun to learn abit about white barb pigeons.
good day, will my pigeon eggs spoil if they dont lie on them for the first day or two after laying? Chappy
Hi Chappy,
Thanks for visiting farmingfriends and leaving your comment [...]
sara | November 10, 2009
Zoe A. Hunter from Allandoo Pheasantry is a breeder of ornamental and rare species of pheasant. Zoe has written about the Golden Pheasant.
The most popular of the Ornamental Pheasants to keep in an aviary is undoubtedly the Golden Pheasant.
It is not difficult to see why as the colours of this bird are dazzling. With scarlet, [...]
sara | July 16, 2009
Sallie is a “farmingfriends” friend who I have made friends with since she visited my website to find out about splayed legs in quail.
Sallie keeps quail and pheasants and I have enjoyed seeing the photos of the chicks and hearing about their progress and learning about the differences in the breeds.
Dear Sara, The original [...]
sara | May 19, 2009
One of my “farmingfriends” and regular farmingfriends forum members has sent me some photos of her 1 day old pheasant chicks.
Here is Sallie’s email that accompanied the photos.
Above are two photos of the pheasant chicks. Yet again I have 3 with splay legs but have now used the trusty elastoplast to correct that. The [...]
sara | February 4, 2009
I received a comment asking about rearing pheasant and partridge chicks and how long to leave the lamp on in the brooder.
I am thinking of trying to rear some pheasants and partridge this season for my small shoot.I have not done this befor so i just need to know how long i leave day old [...]
sara | August 16, 2008
hey i have recently hatched some partridge and after 2 days on the brooder that is homemade they have started to die. i have no idea why, they all started feeding and drinking once put in the brooder. they just seem to lack strength. do you have any tips to raising partridge from a day [...]
sara | June 7, 2008
English Partridge are game birds and their eggs take about 23-24 days to hatch out.
Hi, how long does it take for English Partridge to hatch out under a broody bantom? I’ve got 10 eggs off of a friend who has a pair of English Partridge and im going to put them under 1 of my [...]
