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    Review by 'BarneyArmy' in article 'Homemade Chicken Brooder Designs & Pictures'

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    How to fix Angel Wing

    I think my 10 day old quail chick has an angel wing. Anyone ever heard about this in quail? I do give a high protein chick feed, but I suppose that's normal for quail. Edit: Ah, found a topic: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/do-quail-get-angel-wing.153425/
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    Nitrogen euthanasia

    I don't mind seeing muscle spasms either, as long as I know they are after death spasms, and not anything before death. I had thought of the picture of a chicken running around with its head cut off, and it reassures me that you mention it too, so thank you. I should just try and convince...
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    Nitrogen euthanasia

    It's not that I mind seeing her die. I think I should face it, whatever happens. It's just that I expected for her to go quietly, and she didn't. Now I'm wondering if helium is not as humane as we all think, or if there was something else going on. I just want to investigate what happened, so I...
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    Nitrogen euthanasia

    Sorry for kicking up this old topic, but I thought this was the best place to post my question. Today I euthanized one of my quail hens with helium. It went quick, so I'm happy about that. I chose helium because that is supposed to be the most humane form of gas for euthanasia. But to my...
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    Lifetime eggs Coturnix Quail

    Hi, My Coturnix quail have been laying since they were 6 weeks old (or so). They are now 14 months old and have been laying non stop, with artificial light in winter. I expected them to have stopped laying by now, but they haven't. When can I expect them to stop or slow down laying? In other...
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    Hen keeps scratching her own head

    Ok, so I was trying out the night light I wanted to provide for this night, and had all other lights turned off, when I noticed the green light on my oven is flashing (hen is in my kitchen). I'm thinking this flashing light possibly drove her crazy. Imagine a strobe light next to your bed, when...
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    Hen keeps scratching her own head

    Yesterday morning I didn't find any fresh blood on her head, so I thought the padding of her cage or the apllication of calendula oil had been working. This morning though, I found several blood stains on the padding. She must have been boinking like crazy. I still don't know where the initial...
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    Hen keeps scratching her own head

    Thank you. I have been thinking about that, but I thought it not very plausible because she is in a different cage now where she can hardly hurt herself. I never found any blood on the roof in either of the cages. They all have been boinking but none of them ever got hurt. But it still is a...
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    Hen keeps scratching her own head

    Hi peepz, I recently got 4 coturnix quail hens. They are two months old now. Three of them have started laying and are very curious and active. One of them is much more nervous and hasn't started laying yet. Last week she started getting a bald spot on her head, but seemed to be doing fine...
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