Posts by bfrancis

Who is all going to the Newcastle auction tomorrow night?   We've decided to go another direction here at the farm as far as what breeds stay and what goes. So tomorrow we will be selling our entire Australorp flock, 9 hens...

Hi! I'm new here...saw and visited with lots of folks at Newcastle auction last Saturday and it was like a family reunion, had a blast. Thought I'd pop in here and just say hey to everyone else.     Had a ton of...

Ameraucana...the blue one may be...but not the red one. Ameraucanas will have dark blue legs regardless of feather color.   hope this helps :)

Quote: Originally Posted by gorabbitgo  Oh! No, i meant that the pelleted food comprises 50-60% of their daily diet, not that the food itself is 50-60% protein! Whoops!   The pelleted food is actually...

They need 14 hours of light to lay an egg too.  

Quote: Originally Posted by twocrowsranch  Absolutely! I mix scratch, finch seed, cockatiel fruit and nut blend seeds, and blend of conditioning and molting seeds. I also throw a handful of hulled sunflower seeds. I...

Use the search and look up color calculator....or ask Moby Quail to come over and sit a spell...He has the patience to explain it better than me....   Let me tell you, I've got 12 different colors of coturnix, if you count the...

  And congrats on deciding to get quail.   At the top of the quail section there is an area called "stickies" that answers about any first time quail question you could have, from housing, feed, incubating, brooding...

Quote: Originally Posted by TriciaB  I want to start raising quail. I was wondering how they do outside in winter? I got plans for a quail cage from an old "Home Food Systems" book my mom had...printed in 1981. So I...

Quote: Originally Posted by gorabbitgo  I give mine a mix of 50-60% high-protein organic pelleted pet bird food for breeding birds (Harrison's), 20-30% finch and quail seed, 10% commercial egg food mixed with...