Hello. Just wandering what these big air bubble sacks around the chest area I've gotten in couple of my just matured 8 week old quails. I've never seen it before.its not normal. And another older one couple months back had it all around the head and the chest.
Hello.anyone ever hatch out like 16 or 17 gram jap quail eggs successfully. Because I've got 13 14 and 15 and 16 17 gram eggs in my incubator. I'm aware that I might get some double yolkers but just curious if any one has had any luck from those really big eggs before
Hello. Does anyone on here know much about selective breeding Jap Cortinoux Quail to gain a larger massive strain over time.I have done some research and I have a fair idea on how it's done but I'm just seeing if anyone has some different tips or ways or info I might not have come across
Hello all. I wasn't sure which position to place my 24 Pekin duck eggs in my Janoel 48 automatic turning Incubator. Had few people say laying them down was the best way. Some said standing them upright in the racks. So I've placed them in my incubator both positions. Some standing upright with...
Just checked my about 5 month old Quails today. Some of the girls have lumy sores bulging on the bottoms of their feet.only acouple of them though.none of the males have it. Does anyone know what this might be
Hello just wandering if there were any experts on here that know everything about quail. Mine are about 7 to 8 weeks. So should be laying soon. I'm up in the tropics in the northern hemisphere.Australia Northern Territory. Just wandering when would quail lay eggs in my kind of area
I finally hatched out some of my own pure black australorp chicks. But I put them under my blue australorp broody hen. I originally bought some pure black australorp eggs about 12 months ago now. I only ended up with one black hen and one black rooster and a blue rooster. I sold the blue...
Not sure what season it is where yous are. But I just killed a big King Brown Venomous snake on my front verandah tonight. It's the start of Dry season up here in Darwin Northern Territory Australia. Also when snakes start coming out.
3 month old young pullet started pooping out white creaming runny poo today.and can only just walk.there on my adult free range scratch layer mix because my stock feed shed had no stock at the moment. So not sure what the issue is. She's a australorp cross breed.
Is it normal for the hens to make groaning noises at night and during the day while free ranging around in the yard and roosting at night.only the Australorp hens do it.
Hello all. Just wandering.Is it normal for her to make like chicken moaning noises everyday. She's a pure black australorp and has just started laying eggs.good size ones to. So is it normal for her breed.
Hello all. Just wandering if anyone on here would know how big an egg would be from the offspring from parents being an australorp black rooster and an ISA brown hen . And then an RIR rooster and a black australorp hen. Just wandering what size eggs the offspring of those would end up laying.
Hello all. Would any one on here know what the outcome would look like of ofspring if I crossed a RIR rooster over a Australorp black hen. Or a Black Australorp rooster over a RIR hen.
Is there anyone on here know of anything else besides the rooster collar or keeping them in a dark coop until daylight. Any other tips to prevent or decrease the crowing a little bit
Found out that some more of my point of lay pullets will lay either today or tomorrow. Because my rooster is mating with them today. So that means they will lay today or Tomorrow. Because I have been waiting for them to start.now I've saw the signs today. And something weired my rooster done...
Hello. Just curious on what age should I introduce my 5 week old chicks to my 9 week old chicks. Out in the pen. I'm sure I'll figure it out. Like put a little pen next to the other pen.
I have 2 roosters simular age.on bout 8 months and one that hatched 1 week before the other one. Well the older one has matured now and is crowing and has all the rooster features. But for some reason the other bit younger one is still growing bigger taller and doesn't have any big red comb...