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post #28591 of 38167
4/29/12 at 5:20pm

QJ, eating is so important to give her strength to fight. It sounds like she is a fighter.  I know you will continue to do everything you can for her.  Fingers are still crossed she pulls through!!

My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 33 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 11 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 33 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 11 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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post #28592 of 38167
4/29/12 at 5:53pm

 

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Originally Posted by jade1 View Post

Can someone hold my hand?! First try at incubating duck eggs. 9 aylesburys, all pipped. The suspense is killing me!

Hey Jade!  how exciting!  Are you measuring humidity and what are you hatching in?

 

 

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Originally Posted by Iain Utah View Post

QJ, eating is so important to give her strength to fight. It sounds like she is a fighter.  I know you will continue to do everything you can for her.  Fingers are still crossed she pulls through!!

 

 

One city boy husband that I'm converting to a poultry boy, 3 daughters, 3 Mallards, 2 dogs, one cat: and the bator's plugged in.  Hatching addict, BYC addict and you can find me in the forum "formerly known as hatch day is today" with my friends: Miss Lydia, Critterrun, StillMecle, GrannyCarol, JulieNKC, DuckGirl89, 70%Cocoa, Evelle and JazminesZoo.  I love my Gurlz!
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One city boy husband that I'm converting to a poultry boy, 3 daughters, 3 Mallards, 2 dogs, one cat: and the bator's plugged in.  Hatching addict, BYC addict and you can find me in the forum "formerly known as hatch day is today" with my friends: Miss Lydia, Critterrun, StillMecle, GrannyCarol, JulieNKC, DuckGirl89, 70%Cocoa, Evelle and JazminesZoo.  I love my Gurlz!
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post #28593 of 38167
4/29/12 at 5:55pm

Coturnix are generally housed in a raised pen.  They need about 1 sq ft per bird full grown.  28% gambird starter or turkey starter is preferred.  They need HIGH protein their entire life.  No need to switch from starter to layer/grower unless you want to.  Oyster shell for calcium when laying, They LOVE dirt baths.  When building a pen try to make sure the poop stays dry.   The wetter it gets the stinkier it gets.  Here is my pen....  I love that it has pull out trays.  I add their poop to my compost/garden.

 

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Originally Posted by jerryford View Post

since no one is saying anything how do you raise quail gig.gifor should I have asked first

 

 

 

Sarcasm:  Just one of the many services I offer.

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Sarcasm:  Just one of the many services I offer.

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post #28594 of 38167
4/29/12 at 5:58pm

 

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Originally Posted by Eyeheartquail View Post

 

 

thanks helps alot I love there house

 

One Rooster 12 hens, 1 pair geese, 12  toddler ducks, 1 toddler gander, 2 Baby geese, 2 doe rabbits, 1 buck rabbit, 10 baby rabbits, 3 dogs and eggs in bator

 

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One Rooster 12 hens, 1 pair geese, 12  toddler ducks, 1 toddler gander, 2 Baby geese, 2 doe rabbits, 1 buck rabbit, 10 baby rabbits, 3 dogs and eggs in bator

 

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post #28595 of 38167
4/29/12 at 6:04pm
I'm ordering some buff american goalings from metzers! big_smile.png 4 straight run. Can't afford pairs.... And don't worry... I won't kill them hit.gif

So, I just put some duck hatching eggs on CL to earn a bit of extra cash. I have a month to earn $42 so I can get the goslings. Think I can do it? I'm also babysitting my moms friends grandaughter, so I will get some cash from that.

Anyone want some duck eggs? big_smile.png I'm pretty sure my WH drake is getting his thing on. I caught him with the one of the nice WH hen in the pool. Yay! I don't feel that they are pure yet, so they may... Just MAY be mixed with ancona. ... All I have laying is the 3 wh hens.
A small flock of ducks (3 welsh harlequins and a rouen) a pair of american geese, a lovely anatiolian shepherd, and 10 ducklings ariving on march 18th!!!!!!

Come visit the blogs!!!

beforehoneycreekhollow.blogspot.com
honeycreekhollow.blogspot.com
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A small flock of ducks (3 welsh harlequins and a rouen) a pair of american geese, a lovely anatiolian shepherd, and 10 ducklings ariving on march 18th!!!!!!

Come visit the blogs!!!

beforehoneycreekhollow.blogspot.com
honeycreekhollow.blogspot.com
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post #28596 of 38167
4/29/12 at 6:07pm

 

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Originally Posted by Eyeheartquail View Post

 

 

do they need something to pirch on and what do you use for there dirt bath our soil here is clay was thinking sand like chickens mix a little DE in it

 

One Rooster 12 hens, 1 pair geese, 12  toddler ducks, 1 toddler gander, 2 Baby geese, 2 doe rabbits, 1 buck rabbit, 10 baby rabbits, 3 dogs and eggs in bator

 

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One Rooster 12 hens, 1 pair geese, 12  toddler ducks, 1 toddler gander, 2 Baby geese, 2 doe rabbits, 1 buck rabbit, 10 baby rabbits, 3 dogs and eggs in bator

 

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post #28597 of 38167
4/29/12 at 6:11pm

 

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Originally Posted by Kevin565 View Post

Evening all! I got the first goose egg of the season today! 

 

 

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Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms View Post

Update:  I have one external pip on the mystery mallard egg!

 

AND I got the chicken to eat one more teaspoon of applesauce/nutridrench stuff.  She gobbled it down willingly this time!!  That's always a good sign.

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I saw a ad for a TIGER earlier today! Does that break any hatching rules? gig.gif

 

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Originally Posted by jerryford View Post

 

think that breaks all of them would break incubator too

 

 

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Originally Posted by jerryford View Post

since no one is saying anything how do you raise quail gig.gifor should I have asked first

 

Eyeheart answered pretty good. Gamebird starter (only place I've found around here with it is Feldmans in Liberty, haven't seen it at orschelns or tsc). Feed that from start to finish, plus oyster shell for the layers. 1 sq foot per bird, one boy for each 6 or so girls. They start laying and are ready to process at about 8 weeks. 17-18 days for incubation. Candle day 10, developers will be dark, clears will be clear. If you can see through it toss it. Pretty pointless to candle for movement or veining, I can never see either.

 

 

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Originally Posted by DUCKGIRL89 View Post

I'm ordering some buff american goalings from metzers! big_smile.png 4 straight run. Can't afford pairs.... And don't worry... I won't kill them hit.gif
So, I just put some duck hatching eggs on CL to earn a bit of extra cash. I have a month to earn $42 so I can get the goslings. Think I can do it? I'm also babysitting my moms friends grandaughter, so I will get some cash from that.
Anyone want some duck eggs? big_smile.png I'm pretty sure my WH drake is getting his thing on. I caught him with the one of the nice WH hen in the pool. Yay! I don't feel that they are pure yet, so they may... Just MAY be mixed with ancona. ... All I have laying is the 3 wh hens.

 

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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post #28598 of 38167
4/29/12 at 6:12pm

 

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Originally Posted by jerryford View Post

 

do they need something to pirch on and what do you use for there dirt bath our soil here is clay was thinking sand like chickens mix a little DE in it

 

 

Mine get peat moss. They love it, but sand would work as well or better. They are ground dwellers so don't need a perch/roost, but appreciate somewhere to rest their feet off the wire.

Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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post #28599 of 38167
4/29/12 at 6:16pm
Hi quackerjack! Incubating in a brinsea octagon 20. I've no way to measure humidity, no. Have kept both channels full throughout. Occasional peeping and rocking, but no proper progress. Am very nervous!
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post #28600 of 38167
4/29/12 at 6:17pm

Hubby will probably kill me for posting these, but here he is showing off some of his friends:

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I'm Kelly. Married to my enabler, man of my dreams, love of my life, builder of my duck houses. Mom to two awesome, if not a bit wild, children. Adopted mom to a mixed flock of ducks (Runner, Pekin, Cayuga, Swede) and a not-so-bright rescue dog named Mack. Auntie to all the animals at the farm I work at. Photographer (http://www.redbubble.com/people/evanskelly). Blogger of the obscure,...

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I'm Kelly. Married to my enabler, man of my dreams, love of my life, builder of my duck houses. Mom to two awesome, if not a bit wild, children. Adopted mom to a mixed flock of ducks (Runner, Pekin, Cayuga, Swede) and a not-so-bright rescue dog named Mack. Auntie to all the animals at the farm I work at. Photographer (http://www.redbubble.com/people/evanskelly). Blogger of the obscure,...

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