Posts by rcentner

I am feeling REALLY dumb right now and can't seem to get it...   Are pheasants, partridge and chukar the same thing? I can't seem to find out where the chukar belong in all this.  I need to know so I can do research...my...

Thanks! They are thoroughly enjoying the nice dust area that my chickens have. We just built a new run last weekend so it really is perfect timing to get small birds. We used rabbit wire on the bottom so the chicks would stay...

My flock has a bunch of chicks right now so I think the chickens just think they are more chicks, it sure is cute to see the chicks and the quail hanging out together :) they seem to be eating the chick food I bought...hopefully it's...

Hi,    long time chicken mama here....see the title? what do I feed them? According to my DH they will do just fine with the chickens, they did fine yesterday with them.  Do quail get mycoplasma? Mareks? any other...

LOL, some people are too serious!    Pics of known parentage please! I will post pics of my mixed breeds as they hatch this year. HAVE FUN getting new and exciting colors and chickens!

That is what I feared....   2nd question: Do I set more eggs under the hen? She was sitting for 4 days before I set the eggs under her, can she go another 21 days?

ok, I have NEVER bought eggs to hatch cuz my broody hens do it for me :) However, I found a lady close to me that has phoenix eggs and I really want more phoenix. so I bought 5 (would have bought 6 but the lady broke one in transit...

Here is my bantam partridge rock - phoenix mix roo, behind him ..the brown hen is also the same mix    

Sucks, somehow I got Mareks disease passed on to my flock. Really unsure where it came from, but I lost my lil roo a few days ago to obvious mareks, lost a hen last night and I am not really sure if it was mareks or something else....

Sounds like Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, Tylan may work for the immediate response, but Look up info on Denagard. I use it for my flock with the MG and it works very well if used as...