Recent content by chicken2008

  1. C

    Help! I have an aggressive quail!

    I raised 5 courtinex quails from egg now they are 6 weeks old I've had to separate one from the group because we ended up with two males in the group and they started fighting. I removēd the one that was the bully he's happily living in a cage next to the others with his teddy bear.
  2. C

    What day do your coturnix quail hatch?

    We just hatched our first batch of quail and 5 hatched on day 18. We still have 3 eggs in the incubator and we are on day 20 should I toss the 3 eggs now. I had trouble candling the eggs no matter how many torches I tried it was not happening.
  3. C

    How often do you clean your brooder?

    At the moment we have 5 chicks in the brooder 2ft x 4ft and we are cleaning it out once per day. we are using puppy pads for bedding until they are 1 week old.
  4. C

    One out of six of my baby chicks won't stop chirping

    Our smallest chick is really noisy the rest are content. I've also noticed the smallest one seems a bit of a bully keeps pecking the other 4 chick's feet.
  5. C

    chick in incubator eating the eggs shells

    I just went to move them and one of the eggs that had pipped has started zipping so going to wait until he's finished zipping before moving the dry chick
  6. C

    chick in incubator eating the eggs shells

    3 chicks have hatched and they are eating the bits of eggshell in the incubator ones been in their 24 hours, the second one has been in there 12 hours they are both dry and fluffy and by the looks of it hungry. The third one hatched a few hours ago so is still wet. I also have 2 eggs that are...
  7. C

    what type of chicken lays a bluish green egg?

    thank you for the replies
  8. C

    what type of chicken lays a bluish green egg?

    my 13-year-old daughter was given these eggs 3 weeks ago, she put them in the incubator, and today day 20 the bluish-green egg hatched t can't get a pic of the chic yet it's still in the incubator. I've no idea what breed any of the chicks will be
  9. C

    what type of chicken lays a bluish green egg?

    has the title says what chickens lay bluish-green eggs?
See more
Back
Top Bottom