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    If the chicken embryo forms too high up in the egg, is this bad?

    Hi, I have been hatching chickens for 4 years, but in my current batch, I have seen something that is new to me. Its day 3 of incubation, veins are visable, heart is beating visably, but the embryo seems to be forming very high up on the pointy side of the eggs. I dont know if perhaps my...
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    Can female quail change their gender to male?

    It is possible that I did make a mistake, but my flock consisted of only 4 hens and 2 males. I am 90% sure that it was him/her laying. He/her was already about 4 months at the time (10 weeks being sexual maturity in Jumbo quail) I noticed her sitting in the place where I found the egg and...
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    Can female quail change their gender to male?

    That is very interesting. I did not realise that about humans, because I have only looked at the bird side of things. Even though it is not about birds, I much appreciate your reply! My quail has now had an avian sex test and he is male. I have also spoken to professors who have studied...
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    Can female quail change their gender to male?

    I understand your point of view, but this is not a very well studied phenomenon. Because I have seen so many people who do not agree with this, I have spent a couple of hours doing research on this. I appologise if I am repeating anyone's statement. Birds have one functioning ovary (the left...
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    Can a mature bird change their gender to become a male?

    Thank you very much for this, it is much appreciated!
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    Can a mature bird change their gender to become a male?

    I am doing a project on one of my quail, who appears to have changed to become a male. He/she is approximitely 6 months old and made the transition at 4-5 months after producing a number of eggs and sporting the obvious female feather pattern of jumbo couturnix quail. Now, he/she has the clear...
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    Do doves always hatch 2 chicks, one of each gender?

    I have always been told that doves and pigeons hatch 2 chicks, one a male and the other a female. I want yo know if this really does happen and if so, how does this occur. I am just trying to get a better understanding of sex change in birds, which I am doing a science project on. Can anyone...
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    Can female quail change their gender to male?

    Thank you very much for your explination, it is very helpful. This quail that I think changed its gender, layed eggs for at least a month and only suposedly became male when it was 4months old. Whilst I am not a very experienced with vent sexing, I did notice a distinctive change in behaviour...
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    Can female quail change their gender to male?

    Recently I removed my male quail from my Coturnix quail flock because they were hurting the females. I noticed, a month later, that one of my females was jumping on the other females in an attempt to mate with them. I immediately vent sexed her/him and determined that it was now a male, due to...
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    Is it possible for 2 hens to care for 1 brood of hens?

    Hi 2 of my miniture hens (Silky and Frizzel) seem to have an unusual friendship. This morning, after sitting on eggs together (on the same nest!) Their first chick hatched. I don't know if I should take one hen of the nest or leave them both to sought it out themself. The chick seems happy...
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    Intro

    Hi I am really struggling to find out how this site works, I am afraid I am not gifted with computers. I currently own 21 chickens. I have had chickens since I was 3years old, but I only got my first incubator when I was 12. I recently bought my first avary, in which I want to breed English...
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