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TL;DR: serama cockerel was watched by a sitter for 2 weeks and was handled too roughly - now he bites when you try to pick him up More detail: Lucky Duck is a 4 mo old cockerel who's hormones hit 3 days before I went out of town. Usually I rehome cockerels well before the hormones hit but he...

Chick is 3.5 weeks old and outside with mom during the day and inside in the laundry room at night. Yesterday he was 100% fine and normal. This morning he was a little whiny but more or less normal, and I thought it might be because mom landed on him last night. As the day has progressed, he's...

Is this common? I went out there and found an egg with a hole in it while mom was off doing her business around the yard. She's brooded fake eggs and fostered chicks without issue before but never hatched her own. Do I need to pull them and put them in an incubator to finish hatching? The...

Blk & White Serama @ 9-12 weeks in the Middle is ??? (the other two, the gold & blk serama and black D'Anver, appear to be pullets) Mystery Breed from TSC @ 5 weeks (probably an easter egger) - Pullet? [ignore the sebright roo head at the bottom - he photobombed]

My coturnix quail have hit the point where they are crowing/laying at about 8-9 weeks. I removed the 3 definite roosters to horny jail (the jerk) and a bachelor's pad (the other 2). I know 6 of the 10 left in the main cage are hens. 4 have not crowed or laid. They are all non-feather sexable...

Fished some bantams out of the bin at the local tsc. There are 4 silver sebrights, 1 golden sebright, 1 oegb (maybe a BB) and this mystery chick. Mystery Chick Attributes: Gray face and belly Brown sides and head DarkerBrown on Back/Dorsal Larger than the Sebrights & OEGB but not a full sized...

Looking to add a 2nd incubator dedicated to hatching. My birds seem to ditch their nests in perfect sync with lockdown. I've had to throw away entire clutches of started eggs because the hen was disturbed by a storm or by a squirrel being chased by mockingbirds or by construction next door or by...

tl;dr is it OK to leave 4 week old quail chicks with their parents if the parents are preparing to sit on the next clutch of eggs? How long will the parents tolerate the first batch of chicks in their space? I kind of poked around on Google but didn't really see an answer since "buttons don't...

Update: Unfortunately he died. _ I have my brooder set up in the laundry room, which is a small room that is easily heated and kept warm. Unfortunately, I went to bed early last night and one of my housemates (who had been doing laundry) didn't remember to shut the door. I went in this morning...

Just curious: How longer do you guys wait after the hatch date to discard the unhatched eggs? And do you just chuck them or do you ensure they're euthanized before disposal. Do you do egg autopsies on late quitters or chalk it up to bad luck. What's your process :)

Anyone want to help me ID the chick colors I got from the HAL auction @muddy75 organized :) I tried to pull out one of each color type I could find but there's like 45 chicks running around so there's probably a color but most are either these colors or tux of these colors. a. black top...

Troubleshooting my latest hatch of button quail. From my birds, not shipped. Previous hatches from the same parents didn't have these issues, so I'm thinking there was an incubation issue. Set 5 eggs. 4 hatched on time, 1 was dead in shell. Unhatched chick was fully formed but hadn't absorbed...

My lovely bantam hen recently started laying. She's a Japanese bantam, which is a poor laying breed. However, since she's started laying she is laying pretty much daily and is up to 16 fairly good sized eggs (for her size). I purchased some fake eggs for her, as I take the real ones away (don't...

Have M+F adult Gambel's quail I'm letting go. Very healthy and active young adults, born last summer. I have 2 sets of M+F avalible at $75 each. Also have a lone female for $35 if you need to deepen your gene pool! No shipping available - local PU ONLY. Fresno, CA, but may be able to meet in...

I'd like to offer up some cute chicken-themed ornaments (not my main gig but I couldn't resist the chicken stuff!). I've got one up in my shop and more to come! You can personalize it with your own name or just leave it as a natural hen and chicks...

Just some fun pics of my gambels' now that they have their adult feathering! Ft. Mr. Orange, Ms. Violet and Mr. Yellow - Ms Violet (previously ShrimpyToo) is very bold and will come up for food. The rest are a little more skittish and reserved. Bonus Buttons/Painted Quail

Idle Question: I have 2 bantam cockerels, both 12 weeks. 1 is a d'uccle and the other is a Japanese. Both of them crow although the d'uccle is much better at it than the Japanese (he sounds like a clown car horn). Often they'll sit together to crow although the d'uccle is the dominant bird...

Still looking for homes for some of my bantams. I have a few cockerels and some pullets ready to go. They're 9 weeks now, nice birds, just ended up with too many and am not allowed to have roosters in the city. They're still growing in their adult feathers, so they look a little goofy right now...

Before I rehome this little darling, I want to make sure I'm not passing her off as the wrong breed. She came from the hatchery as an Asst. Japanese Bantam, but she (and the other white hen) don't seem to look quite the same as the Black Tailed Buff Japanese Bantams I got in the same batch. The...

Hi guys, I glance through the forum before posting, but didn't really seem a situation quite the same - although I did get tips to stop the behavior and will be implementing them next time he does it! I have a 7 week old Japanese Bantam cockerel who has nipped me several times now. It isn't a...