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Any specific types/brands you recomend? Or just any? Will paint prolong the life of my brooder?

What paint or stain can I use for a brooder that will extend it's life and is safe for chicks?

Can they do swans? Turkeys?

I have some questions about brooding ducks and geese. When can I allow them to start swimming? My brooder is large enough for a kiddie pool and I would like to add it to the brooder, I will put the water at 95degrees. And dry them off afterwards. When can I allow them to start swimming...

I have some questions about brooding ducks and geese. When can I allow them to start swimming? My brooder is large enough for a kiddie pool and I would like to add it to the brooder, I will put the water at 95degrees. And dry them off afterwards. When can I allow them to start swimming...

They can hatch peacocks! :D

How many eggs can a broody bantam hen hatch? Chickens - Guinea - Duck - Goose - Quail - (can they even hatch quail?)

Thanks for all your help. would a 8x8 cage be large enough for 15 jumbo type quails? I think i should do 2 male 13 female? does that seem right? Or should i do 3 male 12 female? Also will i get edible eggs in a cage with both males and females or only fertile eggs? I'm mostly wanting...

Thanks! I was told 12 quails would consume 1 kilo of food every 3 days (Approx) do you think that is correct or not?

already thought of another question, ive heard stuff about keeping eggs cool for a set amount of days before incubation is this a required period or is it just for if you don't want to incubate the eggs right away?

1. Dust Bath Medium. Can i just use play sand or is there anything specific? 2. If im building an outdoor pen for the dust bath could i bury a litter pan up to the top and fill it with the medium? Does anyone have a better method than that? 3. Breeding Colony question. if i get 1 male 4-6...

I mean stuff I can find at a grocery store or a bulk store, like hemp seeds etc.

Sorry to take over your post, didn't want to make my own for a question.

if I have 19% protien diet in a 25kg bag what can I add to get it to a higher protien and how much do I add? I will also be feeding insects.

I have a few other questions if anyone wants to answer. 1. can you tell the colour of a chick at birth? (weather it will be white, wild type, tibetin etc.) 2. is jumbo a genetic mutation or genetic morph or is any quail over a certain weight considered jumbo? 3. does this breeding set-up...

I changed the in-breeding part of it, and took out the thing about white meat. Thanks again! Avoid in-breeding, in breeding can be used to capture a good trait or gene in a bird but it can also bring out the bad traits. I recommend not inbreeding more than 1 – 2 generations if you do not...

Thanks. I read a few pages that said A&M produced white meat, why do people think that? i.m.o inbreeding should only be done more than 2 generations unless you understand genetics and understand when you've gone to far and need to source an out-cross. The reason i think different...

I have been researching Coturnix Quails and I have decided to start a small breeding group. Whenever i'm getting into a new species of animal I create a simple care sheet for reference and am hoping people with quail experience will look at this and tell me what to add, remove or change. It is...

Thanks for all the help guys, i think i'm gonna do a 40" x 40" brooder and get 10 - 15 chicks at a time and once the one batch is ready to leave the brooder ill have more to replace them. id rather have a long process with un-crowded chicks than a quick process with stressed out chicks that cant...

so for brooding it's pretty much 1 Sq ft minimum per chick? Thanks for all the help.