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  1. paigespeeps

    Under the run

    Hi all :frow So I've been dreaming about chickens for years, and am finally moving to a town that allows them! :celebrate I'm just now in the designing stage and could use some suggestions. We have a TON of predators. Our house is next to a cornfield and grain elevators so field mice are a huge...
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    Chick feeder trick

    Hi guys! I tried something new today and it turned out to be pretty nifty. Not sure if this exactly has been done, but here goes! If you have one of these little chick feeders: you can take a K-cup (also called a coffee pod?) Tear off the foil, dump out the coffee, and cut off the bottom of the...
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    Raising on the ground question

    So I've read a lot of posts and articles by people who like to keep their quails on the ground. It's more natural and they can scratch and dig, I love the idea. But the hubby won't let me erect a huge aviary so I bought a nice little A-frame portable coop similar to the one pictured. So here's...
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    Four weeks and still chilly?

    I have a batch of Coturnix quail chicks that were born March 3rd, and they should be old enough to be moving outside by now. But even though they are living indoors at a nice even 70°F they still cry without their heat lamp! And they huddle under the lamp too. Do they still need the heat or are...
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