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    Best surface for raising quail

    I like this idea. Kiki do you have to scoop it frequently? I cheated on my indoor pen this year and didn't dig up and haul in dirt - went with pure straw and already am unhappy with how much cleaning I have to do daily. I can only imagine how unhappy I'll be trudging through snow banks to get to...
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    Best surface for raising quail

    I've raised my quail on sand, straw, outdoors on the ground. I don't use wire bottom, never have. I found sand was great but messy and needs scooping like cat litter. Temperature is rough with sand if you are somewhere that the temp gets cool. I'm in Canada so I've moved my quail into an...
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    Ended Official BYC 2022 Summer Fair—Meat Bird Show

    I assume similar or same as freedom Ranger, but Canadianized.
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    Ended Official BYC 2022 Summer Fair—Meat Bird Show

    Entry 1: Rustic Ranger, pictured here at about 5 or 6 weeks. Named General Tao, he was so friendly and would jump on our lap to visit.
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    Anyone had a chicken get stuck on its back??

    I also came here searching for why I've a chicken that keeps ending up on her back and she can not get up again. Found her yesterday out in the freerange foraging area in the pouring rain while all the others had run back into the pen. She was drenched! Last time I found one (can't tell the...
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    Earliest time of year to brood broilers outside

    What one did you get?
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    Earliest time of year to brood broilers outside

    Sorry for my ignorance on this - is there a risk of the water freezing over still if we put the chicks out in early April? I have my quails water heated, but it's raised up on a block with a bulb in there. Chicks will not be able to reach up that high for water - I don't have layers so I'm not...
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    Earliest time of year to brood broilers outside

    I am located in southern Ontario, Canada. Our last frost date is typically May 15th or so. Last year we started our broilers in an outdoor brooder pen with much success, but it was not until mid June. We would like to do two batches of birds this year, as I am happy to do 50 birds at a time in...
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    Will cortunix eat mushroom?

    I'm looking at inoculating some logs with mushrooms in my quail pen (vermicompost bedding in the garage in winter in Canada), and want to see if anyone has experienced quail eating mushrooms? My guess is they won't but the mushroom endeavor is expensive and time consuming to start so I don't...
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    Coturnix safe foliage

    We have a lot of cedar and spruce on our property so I cut branches of those to put in. I wanted something that would last awhile and they wouldn't eat right away 😂 They don't eat them and love hiding in them.
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    My quail adventures

    Well a little update. One of our golden home hatched girls that went broody earlier in the year has apparently gotten that from her mother. Mom (Mrs. Cucumber) has been sitting on a clutch of eggs for five days, very determined. Today as I was changing water and feed I took a look and it seems...
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    Brooding Outside From Day 1

    Wanted to say thank you for this detailed posting and pictures. Sorry about the challenges you faced though! It was this post that helped me to get my Cornish x chicks set up to brood outdoors at three days old. Next year they will go outside as soon as I pick them up. We had a great set up by...
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    Stun Before Slaughter

    I read at length about humanely butchering animals. The evidence points to gassing them as the most humane method. I'm planning on setting up a small homemade one for my quail. Not sure how well it would work for chickens - depending on how many you are looking to process at once. It is much...
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    Our first meat bird (chicken) adventure

    First bird going in the oven tonight. Stuffed it like a turkey for extra tasty chicken broth when I make the broth after the roast. This is one of the smaller ones, at 6.9 lbs.
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    Our first meat bird (chicken) adventure

    The one boy was genetically defective from day one. They were all the same age according to the hatchery. We processed everyone at 8 weeks and that boy was under 4 lbs dressed. The other red ranger was just under 8 lbs. He grew fairly close to the same speed as most of the female Cornish x. We...
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