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Thank you so much! I will check it out!

I am in search of one or two fully-grown Araucana hens to add to my flock. I am hoping for true blue or blue-green layers. I will pick up only, as I do not want to ship the birds in this bitterly cold weather. I live in the Buffalo, NY 14226 area, so anything that is about a 3-4 hour drive from...

I just taped his left leg and it's totally helping! Hopefully, in a few weeks we will see some improvement!

I just looked up Marek's disease. I don't think that's it either. He has been around my other rooster and my 3 quail for weeks and none of them have gotten sick. I guess it must be a broken leg :( Well, at least I'm pretty sure what it is now. Hopefully he is not permanently lame, but most...

No, I do not think he was vaccinated for Marek's disease. I got him at 8 weeks and I have never had him vaccinated for anything. I don't know if the original owner had him vaccinated for anything. Yes, as time has gone by I do see that his left leg is giving him the trouble. He can't seem to...

I have an 8 month old Araucana rooster that just overnight started walking like a penguin about a month ago. He is eating and drinking fine and he seems alert. Could this penguin walk be due to his purebred status? Inbreeding? A result of trying to breed him for the rumpless trait? Also, he has...

Did that video work?

Oh! I forgot to mention that he is completely alert and eating and drinking normally.

Yeah, I was thinking it might be hereditary, too, since he's a pure bred Araucana. He was bred to be rumpless & I wonder if this is one of the results of trying to breed for that trait. When I first inspected him after this started, there was no swelling or seemingly broken bones, but his hip...

My Araucana rooster is walking like a penguin. I just came out one morning and he couldn't really walk, and when he did it was upright and waddling like a penguin or a duck. I read another thread where a guy had the same problem and he gave him Ivermectin and it worked like a miracle drug. This...

Next time you see your quail mating, see where he puts his feet.

Loss of feathers on the head or the back are from mating. The male grabs their head with his beak and jumps on their back with his claws to situate himself for mating. You can try separating them for a time while the girl's feathers grow back. They have special feed that's supposed to help them...

I'm not really worried about the squawking. Some noise will be fine, as long as it's not a rooster's crow. The 4x5 is just for the outside tractor. They will be inside one of those cages in the garage at night and every other day they will be "free ranging" inside the garage. I think I'm going...

Chickens are not legal in the suburban neighborhood where I live. However, I'm not letting that stop me! I've been keeping Coturnix quail in my basement for 6 months and I have loved having the birds and eggs. We recently hatched 2 Bantam Cochin chickens and 5 more Coturnix quail. They are all...

On day 15 I would remove the turner and go into "lockdown." Put eggs on incubator floor. Raise humidity to 60%. Do not open until babies are hatched.

I did some reading on broodiness. I think this is what's happening in my flock. http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/05/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch.html?m=1 I know the article is about chickens, but my big girl that has been so cranky is sitting on a nest, plucking her own feathers...

So, I kept the 2nd heat lamp on as well as the space heater on today and they freaking loved it. There moods were definitely better. I think they were just cold. But there is definitely something going on with Kahleesi. She is so big and mean and bossy lately. I feel like it must be something...

Yay for little eggs! It's fun, huh!? It's fine to have 2 roosters as long as the ratio of girls to boys is at least 3:1. Right now you're at 4:1 so you should be fine with them all in the cage together. Just keep an eye on them. If they start fighting each other, then you will have to separate...

I have been putting apple cider vinegar in their water. I keep heat lamps or the space heater on their water, so it doesn't freeze. They always have access to water. I have a vitamin supplement, but I haven't been using it. I will try adding that to the water for a few days & see if that helps...