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Yes, it's day 17 and... nothing. Not even a pip. I broke down and candled them about 10 minutes ago. The lighter eggs were easy to see that nothing was in there. The darker eggs, I couldn't quite tell. How much longer should I wait before throwing in the tail and starting over?

My eggs went on lock down today, so the search was on for a starter feed that was higher than 20% protein. Found a 28% at the second feed store. I was talking to the manager about my quail eggs, and she asked if I would be selling birds. I told her I'm just starting with Button Quail. She...

I started seeing this subject on You Tube. Seems like it's a lucritive business. What kind of quail would you use? Jumbo?

Hi guys! It's been more than a while since I checked in. I just put some Button Quail eggs in the incubator tonight. I'm excited to see how many make it. Does anyone else raise Button Quail? What do you use them for? They look pretty small for meat or eggs. I'm hoping to get a pet business going...

Chickens like Pepper plants. Yep my free-rangers figured out how to get into the garden. My tomatoes look great, but my pepper plants are now naked. Yep. Not a single leaf left on the plants. Time to put the girls in a coop. They are not going to like it! My neighbor mentioned that my Polish...

I have three hens and three roos. I think I'm going to incubate some more eggs and try for a few more hens. Have to prepare myself to harvest the extra roosters. I'm kind of squeamish.

Do you put your quail outside? Mine are 2.5 weeks and getting too big for the brooder. Our temps are high 80's/ low 90's now. Kim

I'm new to this area. I've been raising hens for eggs for a few years now, but never for meat. With the craziness going on in the world now, I figured it's about time I look into the meat end of chicken raising. What is your favorite meat bird? Give me some ideas, please.

It's day 14. I took the egg turner out this morning and raised the humidity. Lock down begins! I'm so excited.

I got the notice that my eggs have shipped. They should be here tomorrow. I set up the incubator tonight to make sure it's working. I'm so excited. It's almost like waiting to find out if you're pregnant. LOL

Hi! So I ordered my quail eggs, Falb-Fee Coturnix. I'm so excited! So my question for the day... how do you raise your quail? In quail cages, or in an aviary on the ground? I'm thinking of doing an aviary.

and came home with four silkie chicks. SMH. I'm not allowed to go to the feed store by myself anymore. I just put the Americaunas outside this week, too.

Hi everyone. I'm back to Backyard Chickens after a long while. I'm thinking of getting quail now. I would like to have them as pets and maybe, sell some eggs. After reading up on quail, I'm debating on buying an incubator and some eggs. I thought it would be fun for my grandsons and foster son...

So my duck has been laying great for a few months now. Up until about three weeks ago, they had nice, strong shells. Now suddenly they're thin and breaking really easily. As soon as I noticed, I added crushed chicken/duck egg shells. They seemed to get stronger for a week. Now we're back to...

When can I expect my Magpie to start laying? She's four months old now.

Mine were getting along fine until this weekend. Sunday, I noticed one of the ducks chasing a Silkie and biting her. I got her out of the run and put her in a spare rabbit cage. Today I noticed the same duck chasing my Sultan and pulling feathers from her neck. I moved her to the rabbit cage,too...

Let's share what we're doing to keep our birds cool. I put frozen soda bottles out, but my chickens are afraid of them. I picked up some terra cotta saucers to lay out with ice packs under them. I'm hoping the chickens will sit on them to cool off. I'm also putting up shade cloth to give them...

Seriously, I give them about 1 and 1/2 cups of chick feed (non-medicated) and a tablespoon of Brewer's Yeast, for three 3 week old ducklings, at least 3 times a day. They still peep for more in the middle of the night. Is this normal? Am I overfeeding them? Am I giving them the right amount of...

She's Easter Egger. I just bough her and her sister Wednesday. They're in a brooder with a week old mixed flock. All being fed medicated chick starter. She was fine until an hour ago, running around the brooder, eating and drinking fine. Went to check on the chicks a few minutes ago and she was...

I went to the feed store hoping to find ducklings. No such luck, yet, but plenty of chicks. I ended up coming home with a Delaware, a Silver Lace Wing Wyandotte, and a Sicilian Buttercup. Unfortunately, I didn't check to see how they get along with bantams. Fingers crossed that they don't kill...