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I have some baby turkeys in the incubator just about ready to move to the brooder. I have them in my attached garage , as it is climate controlled… anyway.. I wanted to paint my laundry room today inside the house… so a door is what separates the area… is this safe? Or are the fumes harmful and...

Today I watched an egg rock back and forth in the incubator , but lock down is supposed to be in two days. My gut said to turn off the egg turner and get them into position. Was this a bad idea? I guess just looking to see is this early movement normal? Or did I do the correct thing in...

Setting up my brooder area this week in anticipation of a good hatch when the incubator is done doing its thang😉🤗🙏🏽… first time turkeys, but have hatched quail, chickens and ducks … so I have only ever used a heat plate in the brooder …. My question is what is a good ambient room temp for the...

I plan to attempt hatching a few turkeys (once I can figure out what type I want)… I will have a coop area off a fenced area. The fence is about 8’ tall. Would making a hot wire at the top keep them from flying over? Or should I plan to clip wings?

Hello 👋🏽... I am usually over on the quail boards.. well I moved states over the summer and now allowed to have chickens!! My cousin has a small flock down the road.. grabbed 9 eggs.. two were not fertile and the rest hatched and they are the most beautiful and lovely little fluff balls ever...

Wondered if anyone could just tell me the approximate dimensions of a Cayuga ducks egg? Would like to plan out a future with them and wondered if they would fit in my current incubator? Thank ya

For the smallest group possible... just as pets.. what would be recommended for genders to keep together? Less yelling/fighting/etc? Thanks!

i was doing a search through other post on the subject but wasn’t entirely helpful... one of my coturnix quail developed a swollen crop this evening... I mess with them often throughout the day and it wasn’t until about 8pm where it was prominent. So my question is... what is the typical cause...

On shipped eggs...I know you are supposed to store eggs point side down and let sit like 24 hours after receiving them. What about gathering your own? I understand they sit point side down as well, but after the last set gathered... do u let them sit as well? Or just set all in the incubator? My...

so I had 3 quail in the outdoor aviary 6x8 and then added 2 more directly about a month ago.. so now the 5 week olds have moved outdoor too but there are 4 so I put them in a dog kennel inside the aviary to get familiar with scent and such. I mixed things around and spritz with ACV ... what’s a...

i have two 4 week old tuxedos and oddly enough seem to be similar in size/close to my jumbo brown and recessive white that are about 9 weeks old. I would like to move the 4week olds outside with them... i think I read to move things around and spray with apple cider vinegar to help with...

... so kind of hard to explain, but I have a little 2 day old chic that started this odd breathing today. Just lays down and rhythmically breathes with mouth open?? Not like panting but like a slower breathe? Any idea what this means? I assume shortness of breath? Maybe lung development issues?

I got a new measurement tool and after calibration... it seems as my incubator may run on the warmer side?? So I have the janoel12, running some test runs empty (no eggs but with a bit of water) my temp on highest is reaching 101... of course it could be just where the reader is placed (on tray...

Okay.. so my batch of 16 eggs that I felt so hopefull about.. half tuxedo and half goldens... 2 hatched day 17.. both tuxedo and doing fine.. jerks but fine Anyway..so just broke open the eggs that didn’t hatch and all never developed at all. Just yellow yoke. So what exactly does that mean on...

I have been trying to think of ways to quiet the one big teen boy I have. There are only 4 quail in an outdoor aviary type enclosure. One boy gets up at like 4:30 am and just coo-coo-coos for over an hour.. no joke.. like pretty constant. So was trying to think of ideas to curb that... Maybe...

I can’t find it anywhere and it was a comment left on one of the threads that one of you amazing bYC pals ... you were kind enough to quote/link an incubation link and I remember it was like page 50-something that had great info!! Hope you read this message and reattach!!! Thanks so very much!!!

When it was cooler I had a great tip from another byc pal” @le_bwah ... “ taking the bator to the bathroom that has steamed/warmed up .. to open for early hatchers... anyway.. now it is 100 deg outdoors.. wasn’t sure if the hot air or the humid air was more important when having to open the...

This cutie pat-too-tie hatched this morning at about 6am.. day 17... needless to say.. all alone.. all other eggs just waiting. I have 18 eggs total in the bator. Should I get this little one over to the brooder tomorrow (24hrs), even though all alone? Or just hang tight for another 24hrs? I...

I was just reading the back of the feed bag and it said something about changing at 6 weeks to a grower or something other than the “starter” for quail, well not a specific type of quail, just generalized.... so for my coturnix quail... can I continue to feed the same feed their whole life or is...

Yes... I did post in classified section here but was mainly chickens so I figured I could post here too??? Anyway.. looking to see if anyone in my area (Fresno/Clovis, ca) that would like 4 male coturnix jumbo browns at a little over 5 weeks old. Love them but unfortunately I have 4 too many males