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I previously posted these guys here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=587920 And would like to now have another look at sexes! All bantams and all 9.5 weeks old! Rhode Island Red (Originally RIR1 on previous post), has odd splitty feathers, and recent feedback says...

Hi I have a 9 weeks old Bantam Rhode Island Red, who has very odd looking feathers. They look almost slightly greasy (shiny) and the most of the feathers are all split? Otherwise healthy chick! Any help would be appreciated! I am also posting this chick in Guess the Gender, I thought Hen...

Hoping you guys can help. I need to make space and really need to get rid of the excess boys here, so any imput would be great1 My first choices to go are the two brown leghorns, as i'm sure these are boys, as is the buff sussex I think. Any other very obvious boys at this stage?? Here is RIR...

Hi There all. I've recently started a new blog and would love feedback on how i'm doing. http://baxtersrest.wordpress.com/ I'v decided to do this mainly as a creative exercise, as my artistic juices have stagnated and i thought this could kick start everything! Also i thought it might be good...

Hi I've just bought Michael Roberts book 'Poultry House Construction'' and wondered if anyone here has used this book and built any of the designs? Pics would be great! My DH and I are hoping to build the Poultry Palace next summer for my girls! I just wondered how someone else got on with this...

Do all your chick's have feathered feet? Then they are not any of the breeds you were told they were, because as far as i am aware none of these have feathered feet!! And i'm sorry but i think you have at least 3 boys, the only one who may be a girl is Turtle! Sorry

I have 4 bantam hens, a Maran, a Welsummer, an Araucana and a Ancona who are about 31 weeks old. And this week here in the south of the Uk, we've had the worst snow i can remember in my 30 years! We measured the snow on my car and it reached a foot of snow! Anyhow, my girls never came into lay...

Ok, all you Americans out there. My mother is American born lived there until her early teens, and now lives in the UK after (long story short) moving to Africa with her missionary parents and marrying an English man! Anyhow we thought it would be a great treat for my mum, if we celebrated...

My broody Coturnix mamma did it! She's hatched 4 babies (1 egg not hatched). However something looks wrong with number 4, I haven't had a close look as don't want to disturb her too much! But one baby is almost completely bald ( i may be wrong but i think i saw pink eyes?) it has a few yellow...

Hi, as previously mentioned i have a Coturnix hen on 5 eggs, well tonight i can here her talking to them and slight chirpy from the eggs, so all sounds good as day 17 today. However, i'm in the UK, and therefore we're heading into Autumn. Tonight is going to be cold with a low of 5c (41f). This...

Desperately need a good read! I am the HUGEST Ann Mccaffrey Fan and have virtually all her books including her romances, i love Jean Auel's Earth Children series (desperately awaiting number 6! ), i love the Eragon books (& i loved Avatar but thats off subject!) Anyone have any suggestions? I...

Hi All, I have 7, 2.5 week old Coturnix chicks. this the second lot i have hatched and raised so still very new, and falling over many hurdles! LOL. Anyway, i've notice that 2 of my darker chicks (range and wild type), have almost completely bald backs with only a few quills poking through...

I had 10 Coturnix quail hatch over 12 hours on Sunday (Day 18). Anyway had 11 eggs left in incubator, and hadn't got around to turning it off and removing the eggs as i have had a busy week. So today (fours day later) i go to clean the incubator and there is a quail chick sitting obviously hatch...

My first attmept at hatching quail has resulted in 4 nice healthy quail, theyare now 5 weeks old. But i am now suspecting that i have 4 boys! Here are their pics: This is my only brown, Boy i'm sure as has a rusty chest, this little guy has been trying to crow since he was 2 weeks old i think...

HI everyone, Here in the UK there blocks design for chickens made from layers pellets etc to help prevent boredom amongst you hens. (http://www.leeders.co.uk/game/peckablk/main.htm) Any way have been investigating and have found a recipe on another forum that looks fun, so gonna try it on my...

2 days ago i received 2 one year old female Golden Coturnix Quail. They are a pain in the backside already. I have never kept them before but my 4 3 week old babies are much better behaved. Firstly they won't go in their house at night so i had to catch them as they were just sitting out in the...

Here are my four Corturnix chicks. They are 2 1/2 weeks old. Sorry for the poor pics but they are very squirmy! Number 1 - Golden? Number 2 + 3 Number 4 + 3 again for comparison. (Number 4 i think is a jumbo as much lager than the other 3) Numbers 2, 4 and 3 again Any idea what colours...

5 Coturnix babies hatched yesterday, and they are far too cute! I have 1 yellow with faint stripes, 2 with very defined stripes and 2 very dark with stripes. how do i work out what colors they'll be as adults? They came as a mixed batched so could be English White, Tuxedo, Golden, Range , or...

Set my first lot of Quail eggs yesterday. Anyone else hatching at the mo? I've got 12 mixed colour coturnix quail eggs in my Brinsea Oct10. Keeping fingers crossed they hatch. Never kept Quail before!

Just ordered 12 Coturnix quail eggs (mixed colours). Never had Quails before! Anything i should know? LOL