G'day all!
My wife and I have begun our foray into looking after ducks (eggs are great for baking) and had, until today, two Pekin ducks we raised from 6 days old (now 4.5 weeks old) and a 9 week old Muscovy drake.
I am unsure of the genders of the Pekin, but one seems to quack/ honk while the...
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So I have 7 eggs in the incubator at the moment, and from candling I can see
- 1 seems to be a dud
-3 seem fertile but no veining (only 1 day in when I checked)
-3 fertile with slight veining (lumps seperate from the yolk)
They were all laid within two days of each other (one or...
G'day all!!
So I have 7 eggs in the incubator at the moment, and from candling I can see
- 1 seems to be a dud
-3 seem fertile but no veining (only 1 day in when I checked)
-3 fertile with slight veining (lumps seperate from the yolk)
They were all laid within two days of each other (one or...
G'day all!
I was wondering how long you would suggest it should take until I can start putting some collected eggs into the incubator in hopes that they are fertile?
I have a ratio of 1 too to 6 hens, and the bends have been laying for between a week to a month consistently.
Will I be good to...
By free range, I mean my quail I have I'm my large walk-in aviary.
I was wondering what the viability would be of letting them breed and lay, and then just not collecting eggs until they nest (if they do)?
I live in Australia, and it's the tail-end of summer, so it gets fairly warm here.
If I...
Cheers for the reply!
I'm very sure she is a female, around 3 and a bit months old, and by vent sex she seems to be female. She also sits on the eggs a lot of the time, even sitting on ones from the other hens.
I could try putting her in a divider - would it be adequate to seperate her "nest...
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Sorry I haven't got back to everyone who has replied to other threads yet - have been super busy!
Recently upgraded my hutch to a 1.5 x 1.5 x 2m aviary, and installed gravity feeders and waterers to the wall, and also lots of hiding spots, hay and also live grass.
My females have...
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My wife is looking into a companion fowl for quail - what is a good companion fowl? She was thinking silkie hens (I read they can be used to help incubate quail eggs)
Thankyou in advance!
G'day all!
Brand new to raising quail but loving it so far!
Grew up on a farm in rural Australia and have my own home now with my wife closer to suburbia, so quail were an obvious choice with the smaller yard. We have a great compact garden with worm farms, veggies and now quail, aiming to be...