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    EXTREMELY LOW EGG PRODUCTION

    You know, I am glad you made this post because I just posed the same thing with my quail, and they stopped laying due to this heat wave that is coming through. I totally believe it is the heat, because it is the only thing that has changed. They are all fairly young, I give them greens and...
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    No eggs since hot weather week began

    Just wondering if hens occasionally take a break for no reason of if hot weather slows them down. I have some quail hens that were laying regularly and then we got this heat alert for the week. I went outside to collect eggs and for two days I found one instead of 6 or 10. I just basically...
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    Polish rooster attacking my feet

    Sounds like he is on his way to a delicious stew pot if he doesn't stop that.
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    Quail Mama

    Here are the quail scissors. They work great!
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    Quail Mama

    I bought a pair f quail scissors designed to cut open those tiny tough egg shells. Here is a...
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    I'm new. How do you follow someone's posts?

    I'm new. How do you follow someone's posts?
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    Processing quail- Best type of scissors?

    Yup those were what I used. Didn't work. Quail torture. Is there a way to sharpen them?
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    Quail Mama

    Hi, I'm Julie. I used to have chickens but since I am 63 it is too heavy to carry hay, change beddings, etc. Plus the noise, and then I came down with bird handlers disease (asthma) and finally, allergy to chicken eggs. Changing to quail I found much easier. Smaller everything, ,very quiet and...
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    Processing quail- Best type of scissors?

    I just did, and I used a NEW pair of Amazon Heavy duty shears". The neck bone cut but not the skin or veins so the head flipped and did not detach, it was still having blood flow so alive. Took wire cutters instead and three cuts later my hands were shaking and I felt like a murderer. Repeat 5...
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