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Hmm Not all of you know that ill be moving out.. but i love animals and because all my cats are a family we cant seperate them, im going to be out too much to take the dogs and the place im moving to will be too small for the rabbit.. so ive been looking for another animal that is low cost (exept for setting up fees) and low maintanance(sp?) i started thinking about eggs :D i love chickens and stuff too much that ill only eat cake, no eggs -at all- i feel it kinda like forcing a chicken to have an abortion.. but anyz... i though about raising quail/ they are small when young and could be kept in a large ish rabbit hutch.. that would give them loads of space but wouldnt let them mess all over the carpets or anthing <br><br>Rough hutch size im talking about: 4O INCH LENGTH 20 INCH WIDTH CAGE WITH TRAY IS 18 INCHES<br><img src="http://i18.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/2f/18/5d9b_1.JPG"; alt="http://i18.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/2f/18/5d9b_1.JPG"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A baby quail is: Tiny<br><img src="http://dalesdesigns.net/animals/baby_quail.JPG"; alt="http://dalesdesigns.net/animals/baby_quail.JPG"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>The reason for only raising them is because id be on my own, and the more they increase in age the higher chance of needing vet treatment and then vaccinations an stuff.. where as if i just raise them i could then sell them to people who breed quails..that way i dont have huge fees racking up all the time but i also get a pet :D<br><br>i was thinking about raising 2-4 at a time.. which is obviously abnormal because i found an ebay auction for 48 eggs
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  • Are all 48 ferile?
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  • they dont guarentee fertility but they say they have a 92% hatching sucsess rate
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  • Aww that's a cute quail. I know nothing of them but I think there may have been a wild one around here years ago. I could have been mistaken.<br><br>I dont get why you don't eat eggs at all. It's not like it hurts the chickens or anything..it's just that the eggs are unfertilized and I am sure that happened to wild chickens before. :/
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  • tarnish wrote:
    <br>I dont get why you don't eat eggs at all. It's not like it hurts the chickens or anything..it's just that the eggs are unfertilized and I am sure that happened to wild chickens before. :/
    <br><br>I agree with tarnish
  • i just prefer not to eat what could have been a baby ><
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  • =p Not all chicken eggs have a chance of containing babies, only if the chickens had access to a rooster.<br><br>We eat the eggs from my hens- no roosters, so no babies. =p<br><br>But chickens are pretty easy to take care of, once you get past the stage where cats can eat them and such. XD
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  • Kazuko wrote:
    =p Not all chicken eggs have a chance of containing babies, only if the chickens had access to a rooster.<br><br>We eat the eggs from my hens- no roosters, so no babies. =p<br><br>But chickens are pretty easy to take care of, once you get past the stage where cats can eat them and such. XD
    <br><br>i knew it!, my mum said they needed a rooster to produce eggs i said they needed a rooster to produce babies. :D . <br><br>So are they (babies) fine with being left collage hours + a bit more each day?. i know the eggs will be fine if i make sure the NICU Water is full but what about the hatchlings, also do you know how long they have to they have to have to stay in the incubator?
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  • I hand raised my babies over summer break. Kept an eye on them at all hours of the day, got maybe six hours of sleep a night, didn't go anywhere without them. They're amazingly tame now. Will follow you around and allow themselves to be pet and such. I don't know the minimum amount of attention you have to give them.<br><br>I got my babies at two or three days old, and we didn't need an incubator.
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  • Aww have you got piccies/?<br><br>im hoping start up fees wont be more than £200 because i just read that eggs need to be turned :O
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  • I'm thinking of breeding frogs?? I dunno.
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