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    Serama chick Colour identification?

    Man this one has thrown me. I bred my blue rooster to my pumpkin girl and I knew Serama genetic were wild, but I was not expecting this duckling looking baby. The two really pale ones look like they're going to be white with specs maybe? Though the one has alot of silver down around her face...
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    Measurements for Serama no crow collar?

    I hatched my first Seramas this year. We didn't intend on keeping any roosters but our lone roo has stolen my mums heart and there's no way she'd let me sell him. He's very, very small. just 6inches tall and it seems other collars are too thick for him. He's not that loud imho but I still...
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    Can't lower humidity in brooder

    I'm hatching Serama's, my first chickens after keeping uails for a while. My humidity monitor was faulty and so I got a new pair to put in and the humidity is stupid high. Even after I dried all the water up. I just can't get it to go lower tghan 60%. We're only on day 3 and of course I'm...
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    Processed my first quail today

    It really is. I worked as a butcher in my early 20s but the animals are already processed by the time they get to the shop. I've always had the mindset that meat should be respected but it's a totally different experience when it's something you raised and killed yourself. I'm incredibly...
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    Processed my first quail today

    My last lot of hatchlings had some very small quail adults, they were getting picked on by my other quail too. (The otehr adults were twice their size) I'd decided last week the humane thing would be to cull and process them for meat. I've never done it before myself. I watched plenty of videos...
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    Baby Quail Unable to lift head

    Sadly he didn't make it. I tried hand feeding him but 2 days later he died. I can only think that maybe he had somekind of genetic issue. I was pretty sad I couldn't save him but he was theonly chick to not survive.
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    Can eggs carry bird flu?

    Thank you this has really reassured me. I had a small panic attack after I got the voice mail because i was scared not just for my birds but the neighbors. And well my whole area. Our county hasn't had any outbreaks and I would have hated to have been the eprson to cause one. Luckily I didn't...
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    Can eggs carry bird flu?

    So my quails recently hatched this week infact and they're been doing great. It's my first time raising quail. Today i woke up to a voice mail from the APHA (British equivilant of fish and game I believe?) telling me the farm I bought the eggs from had an out break of bird flu. I looked into it...
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    Baby Quail Unable to lift head

    Had my firts eggs hatch last night. 11 babies total 3 of which are grocery store eggs. There in lies the issue. The only baby to have an issue is on of the shop eggs, his head keeps curling back againts his belly, like he's still inside the egg. He's fiesty and keeps trying to stand, but it's...
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    some quail eggs further along than others?

    I don't have another incubator but I have alot of equipment to make a diy one since I have had exotic pets. So I have like heaters ect and plenty of boxes. As soon as one pips I'll move them into the makeshift incubator. It's my first time hatching birds so i was a little alarmed when they...
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    some quail eggs further along than others?

    sorry for taking so long to get back with the photos. Some stuff happened in my family that kinda took me away from all this a bit. But I have two photos here. The first is what I'd expect at this age, a dot with lots of veining. (sorry about the quality my phone can't always focus in the dark.)...
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    some quail eggs further along than others?

    They're coturnix. I thought I'd done all my research on them and knew when to lockdown but this has complicated things. Upon candling three of the eggs have developed embryos way beyond the other eggs. The eggs themselves are mostly dark and while I couldn't see any movement in two one looked...
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    some quail eggs further along than others?

    So I recently had quail eggs shipped and I popped them in the incubator. It's been 7 days and I wnted to check on things and candled them. I now have a Dilema. three eggs are alot further along than the other eggs, like vastly. I dunno if they'd been sat on by a female before being collected or...
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