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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    Numbered and ready to go, just have to candle them to check for cracks by that can wait. I’ll be setting them tomorrow to let them settle from the car ride and get to room temp. Got an extra dozen spares and apparently 2 blue ones. I’m thinking to do a dry hatch and add water during lockdown...
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    Your 2026 Garden

    They’re just cloth bags, most have handles for easy moving. I use them for peppers and leafy greens mostly but you can plant whatever you want in them so long as the size is suitable. I find that peppers hate our garden soil as do the greens so I simply put some quality soil in the bags and get...
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    Your 2026 Garden

    It's snowing here in MI, again. Just received my second Baker Creek order and am debating on if I want to get a few things from Gurney's. I don't have any normal red slicing tomatoes and would like a resilient, disease hardy hybrid, preferably a determinate type. I also sort of want bush...
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    Talked to the local seller and we’ve set up a day over the weekend to get a couple dozen eggs! I did some figuring out on the calendar and if everything goes to plan I should have the quail set up outside by the time I need the brooder for my chickens. Something I haven’t put too much thought...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I had a spike of active layers mid-January and I was getting over a dozen a day. Now I'm down to ~6/day ever since we had that cold snap. Of course it doesn't help that I sold 3 of the girls that were laying fairly consistently. Add to that a mite problem (hopefully mostly resolved, will be...
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    Baby in trouble

    Did this one pip on its own? What day? Is the yolk and blood all absorbed? Only help chicks if you are sure the yolk and blood is absorbed. Sounds like the membrane is stuck to the down feathers. You’ll have to get it wet enough so it comes off without tearing out too much fluff. Use warm...
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    Checking fertility

    I cannot see the germinal disc on either one. Sometimes you have to kinda flip the yolk over to see it. An infertile egg will have more of a small white dot on while a fertile egg has the bullseye as mentioned above.
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    Junior and the rest have been treated for northern fowl mites and will be treated again in about a week. Coop has been cleaned as well. Hopefully no one was too terribly effected by the mites. In 2 more weeks I plan to move Jr and the girls to the spare pen and they need to be in good shape...
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    2026 breeding plans! (Meaties, egg/feather color)

    Noticed a mite infestation on the birds last night. Today I went to the local feed mill/store and got some Prozap powder and treated them all. I was able to nab 26 of them during the day and got the remaining 19 after they went to roost. Used a sock to dust them all, hopefully I got them well...
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    It's more like a "help me justify taking an impulsive leap into keeping quail" rather than a "make me want to try quail" thing. I certainly wouldn't take the time to do the research and check the prices and availability of hatching eggs if I didn't want to raise quail. I mentioned raising quail...
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    I will probably update if I do get some quail eggs. Seems the only people who I can talk about my birds with (who understand and can appreciate the work/process) are the people on here :D Speaking of Chunky Jr I just gave him a once over tonight while locking them up. I noticed he's had a bit...
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    do chickens eat chickens?

    I can't think of any carnivorous/omnivorous creature that won't cannibalize its own species, humans included! All depends on the situation and the individual I suppose.
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    I found someone who is selling hatching eggs ~10 miles from me and I have 5 cages I can possibly put them in with a few modifications. One such cage is a big plastic cube, used to be a fuel/chemical tote tank but was cleaned up and turned into a brooder. It's about 3ftX3ft so I think I can keep...
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    The ultimate mixbreed,hybrid,and others thread

    I did some experimental breeding with my mixed flock last spring and got these beauties. Blue CM roo over a legbar based OE (hence the crest). Blue CM roo over light brahma. Black JG over EE hen. He has a sister that is the same color, minus the darker male feathering. Blue CM roo over...
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    I have chickens, a pair of ducks, a couple Jake turkeys so what's next? Quail (Coturnix) of course! These would be for meat and maybe if they are nice and easy to work with I can save a small breeding group for the future. I'd likely be ordering hatching eggs. Anyone have good results with...
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