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    Bedding

    Even tho I am in Central Florida - I still feel sorry for the birds to put their belly on a cold floor !!! I only have two nest boxes now as two hens just hatched a dozed babies each this week. The bigger boys n girls roost on their perches at night. Next week, I will put the small size heating...
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    ⠀ Molting - oh they so ugly

    I have some very pretty roosters of the Golden Phoenix variety and they just lost their 18" beautiful tail feathers What feed would help them through this rough time with a speedy recovery ?? I have been supplementing their Free Range diet with a 3 grain corn mix. Should I switch to no corn and...
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    Mini Egg!

    Pleasant surprise today. Found this little chicken egg the size of a quail egg. I don't know which hen layed it. But this is the parentage - - - Hens: rhode island red & rhodebar Rooster: Golden Phoenix (mates with everything that walks on two feet) then, 3 smaller hens about 3 months old...
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    Baby chicks and free feeding

    Athena, try to scam you up some Golden Pheonix (bantam) eggs for hatching. If you can keep them away from the predators, they are really beautiful yard birds. These are my new babies - 3 out of 8 hatched on day 21, (one died from mom standing on it) 5 eggs are still in the nest at day 24 now and...
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    Help! Aggressive male quail!

    have you ever grilled quail before ? for me, the only way I can handle quail or dove is fried like chicken. Most people don't have the aptitude or patience to hand pick feathers off a flock of small birds and just just do a quick pull and separate the breast and discard the rest. This leaves...
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    Baby chicks and free feeding

    I would wait for at least two weeks old. at just a few days, their little digestive system is still delicate. most any kind of soft leafy FRESH veggies ..... lettuce, spinach, etc. let them pick at it. and mine LOVE watermelon !! not the green rind, but the fresh red part. (seedless) if you...
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    Don't know what to do... Chicks and broody

    OH YEAH !!! Quote: This is part of their broody instinct in the wild - - - - hatch the eggs then show the young how to fend for themselves. My broody hen really tore up the 10' x 30' run so bad that I turned them ALL out to free range at the edge of our woods and grassy yard. She can really...
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    Help! Aggressive male quail!

    hahha Like Bill Cosby said to his kids on one of his TV shows ....... I made you I can take you out !! and I can make more just like you !!!! THAT is what we should whisper into the ears of the TROUBLEMAKERS !!!
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    Feeding cull hens for freezer

    Mix up this Southern Recipe - - - - - one part of each, in large bowl garlic powder onion powder thyme rosemary (double parts) powdered butter lemon peel zest kosher salt fresh cracked black pepper paprika mix in with their regular feed for one week prior to harvesting. that way, they will...
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    medicated feed how long before eating eggs?

    From what my Feed Store told me, it takes a month for the "medicated feed" to cycle through the bird. so, one month AFTER you switch to NON-Medicated feed, then you can eat the bird or the eggs with no problem to the human system. If you have chickens that are laying eggs now, you should have...
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    Baby chicks and free feeding

    feed them Medicated Chick Starter feed until they are 4 months old. Then, switch to Layer - Non Medicated feed There are several brands available at your local feed store. If you are " City Bound ", you can buy it on E-Bay, Amazon, or other on-line stores. Crumbles - not Pellets !!!
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    Help! Aggressive male quail!

    yes, the red variety are more aggressive by nature. follow the rule - " Birds of the same feather - Flock together ". I tried the white, brown, jumbo coturnix, bobwhites and putting them in the same pen was a horrible mistake. (all hatched out at the same time) first, the whites were bullied...
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    what gender r my 6 Bob whites?

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    do chickens eat their chicks???? where is my chick??

    And me too ..... lost one chick every couple of days .... and just now, I checked, had 5 (out of 9) baby chicks in the free range coop.... then one hour later ... ONE WAS GONE !!! I have RIR and Rhodebar hens that are almost one year old and BIG girls. so, now I will take the remainder 5 and...
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    Incubator vs Natural Hatching

    I have seen so many articles on this subject........ pros and cons .... I personally have hatched dozens of mail order chicken and quail eggs in the incubator with good to mediocre results. Paying very close attention to temperature, humidity, air flow, 3 day lockdown, yada yada yada ...
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