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    Coturnix Quail mom successfully hatches chicks...now what!?!

    There's 16 eggs I would say, i feel like its a lot and most wont hatch but I'm hesitant as to when to pull them.
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    Coturnix Quail mom successfully hatches chicks...now what!?!

    here's some of her just a few minutes ago chick is underneath.
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    Coturnix Quail mom successfully hatches chicks...now what!?!

    also i can block her into just the box as you can see from the pic i can block the entryway to the left of the image.
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    Coturnix Quail mom successfully hatches chicks...now what!?!

    i got rid of any eggs shes seemed to kick out and removed the one the chick came out of as she kicked it out after it hatched. let me go try to taker a few more pictures
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    Coturnix Quail mom successfully hatches chicks...now what!?!

    thanks for the reply and ive done the food and water. Ive brooded coturnix several times myself so i've got the basic needs covered. Do you think i should bring her, the chick and the remaining eggs to a tub brooder? the heating pad she's by is on and there is now i dish of crushed food and a...
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    Coturnix Quail mom successfully hatches chicks...now what!?!

    So I have a coturnix quail female in my colony pen who went broody about three weeks ago and sat on a clutch off eggs in a quiet corner of the enclosure. Fast forward to two days ago I go out to my pen and I have a dead adult female... she wasn't showing any signs of being sick just up and...
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    Winter water suggestions

    I have the same problem with one of my girls and i switched to nipples on a 5 gallon bucket with a 50 watt preset aquarium heater. I did it yesterday but im now concerned there not drinking enough,
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    Winterproofing the Coop. The ups and downs of shopping the web...

    See... I normally DIY EVERYTHING. lol. but withy the heating I'm so hesitant with electricity. I saw this setup and i just worry about it as a fire hazard.... wiring wise that is. am I wrong?
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    Winterproofing the Coop. The ups and downs of shopping the web...

    Cool thanks for the feedback on that one, its one of my open tabs. And of course.... inflation is just a perspective though... lol
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    Winterproofing the Coop. The ups and downs of shopping the web...

    Really just worried about heating the quail who are on the ground, i got these and am really pleased with their quality and low power. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JHK375E?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details My Hens should be fine once i finish draft proofing the hen house
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    Winterproofing the Coop. The ups and downs of shopping the web...

    Hi all, I've been researching, designing, scheming, and sadly... ordering for weeks now, and let me tell you its turned into a process. A little background. I have six hens of assorted breed and about twenty coturnix quail ( all the females (10) and two males in the colony, and four in the...
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    Salmon Faverolle - Freakish beak skin growth??

    Update: she's still hanging in there. she's taking some water and ive been offering her everything to eat and i believe she's taking in some gamebird crumble i put in for her. On Thursday at the recommendation at a very learned friend a gave her a weight appropriate dose of ivermectin...
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    Salmon Faverolle - Freakish beak skin growth??

    thanks all great info, I ended up taking her to the vet so i could get a rundown on her, and i was shown her crop, mouth, ears, eyes etc and the vet said they were all normal i appearance. She has corid and electrolytes in her water and is getting a scrambled egg momentarily
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    Salmon Faverolle - Freakish beak skin growth??

    Took her to the vet today they weren't too much help, they said her crop is empty, no eggs are stuck in her (she has laid yet anyways), and she seems to be molting. Her symptoms seems a little extreme for molting, and she is still not eating and the mucus still seems present and is making the...
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    Salmon Faverolle - Freakish beak skin growth??

    ok, this is my first flock since we had them when i was a little kid, so im getting back up to speed. Ducky is very fluffy and im second guessing myself when feeling for the crop.
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