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    Bedding problems

    Inside the coop, what triggers me to change is the poop, lots of poop, during warm weather it attracts lots of flies, the humidity here is fairly high (I live near the coast in Syria) it does stink, I don't have poop shelves It's a small concrete coop, 3-4 square meters ish i have around 16...
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    Bedding problems

    Hello everyone I've been raising chickens for over a year now and quails for 3 months, I've always struggled with bedding, I've tried several bedding materials that are available in my city (Hay, pine shavings, Construction sand) Hay: is dirt cheap and easily available however terrible bedding...
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    Hello again! Got more quails hatching as we speak and got a question, yesterday a few hatched and today there's a bunch of them but as always some are late comers, question is it too much to leave them in the incubator for 3 days? I don't like opening the incubator to take the dry ones out...
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    I spent a lot to build this room yet it turns out it's not good enough for chickens they're so needy! Considering switching to cattle and get myself a calf instead Lol Thanks everyone for your help appreciate all the info
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    Sadly we don't have any vet to preform a professional necropsy I've contacted 4-5 vets and they all have different diagnoses and described meds over the phone that did absolutely no good, don't know if any good vets are available in other cities but it's mission impossible I do wanna figure what...
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    I haven't built the pens yet I plan to make them similar to quail pens with a removable droppings shelf, I could clean them daily or few times a week 4 windows and 2 doors, I keep the windows open during the day unless there's heavy wind or rain while during the night i close everything except...
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    Thanks for the info, so that's like 1 square meter per bird lot more than I expected thought 3 per square meter would be more like it, i guess it depends on the breed? Fayoumis are a small breed As for roosting I'm not sure how they can roost, it's gonna be stacked pens 2 story I forgot to...
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    Located in Syria (Syrian Coast) I have no clue what it is, locally they say it's Newcastle but it's not, I've done necropsy and I haven't seen anything indicating Newcastle disease, symptoms are lethargy, sneezing, snoring and in extreme cases gasping for air, the big chickens (6~ months) seem...
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    Yep it's very humid over here during winter, not just inside the coop but outside too, what do you recommend? What's some methods to reduce humidity inside the coop It make sense what you said, during spring and summer chickens thrive over here, once winter starts (high humidity kicks in due to...
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    Space required for raising chickens in pens

    Hello everyone After my horrible experience with diseases wiping out half my flock I decided to start over but this time I'm wanting to try to raise chickens on wire (pens, cages) I have a 3.5m x 8m (28 square meters or 300~ square foot) (concrete floor and roof) got 4 windows and 2 doors, I'm...
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    Spent some time watching them today and spotted a couple mean ones, they literally go for the eyes like what you said, separated them for the time being, what's the go for right now? Keep them separated forever, put them back with the flock few days later or just give them a ticket to dinner table?
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    Oh I sure did, like 3 weeks ago they broke out when I had them on my porch (coop was still being...

    Oh I sure did, like 3 weeks ago they broke out when I had them on my porch (coop was still being built) I woke up and ran down the stairs and saw them all around the porch and out in the backyard, spent 2 hours to catch them I probably lost a few that day, one of them was skinny and she was...
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    Thank you, it's a relief knowing it's not a disease because I had the worst experience with chickens lately, thanks for the helpful information as usual you're amazing, I'll try to keep an eye for the aggressive ones
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    Hello again, Quails has been doing good in getting 50~ eggs a day from around 70-75 females however for the past couple weeks I've been noticing something wrong with their eyes (not all of them but a few) as you can see in the picture, I'm leaning to think they pecking each others eyes because...
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    Effective way to prevent worms/tapeworms?

    My flock still dying, I get 1-2 dying every day or so and many look like about to die I've lost hope but I decided to open one up and I found this thing I have no idea what it is, it was right under the Liver, never seen such thing any idea what this is? (It's egg size) Current symptoms...
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    I have Texas A&M also Supposedly Jumboos according to the person who sold me the eggs, few of the females are laying gigantic eggs rest of them seem normal size eggs, anyhow I was told by the person who sold me the eggs that his birds hit 200g minimum at the age if 30 days, he said I should asd...
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    I'll work on that thank you, I have a question about their weight they're now 45 days old most of the males are weighing 170-180g (with very few exceptions weighing 200-220) While females are heavier weighting 200-250g is this a good weight for them at this age? 10 males weighting 1300g after...
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    I just added the 20 malew today, I gave the females 1 week break as they were struggling with the males, couldn't separate them until I finished the coop, I'll keep an eye on them thank you!
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    Baby quail brooder setup

    Getting 2 dozen of eggs daily now, got 75 females, question is how many males for 75 females? I currently have 20 males to 75 females Note: I plan to hatch the eggs
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