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    Nature Wise Meat Bird

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    quail died of unknown causes..

    How tall is the cage? It's possible that in the excitement, she hit her head and injured herself.
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    Bobwhite Help URGENT Please!!

    Are they one layer deep, or piled up? If they are one layer deep, sleeping like that is normal. If they are piled up, they may be too cold.
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    Bobwhite Help URGENT Please!!

    Can you attach a picture of them sleeping like you are worried about? I find that lots of people have different opinions regarding temperatures, etc. too. They definately do NOT have to stay at 70 forever.
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    Bobwhite Help URGENT Please!!

    What is the most urgent question you have?
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I'm in. I'll have Coturnix Quail and maybe some LF chickens.
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    Nutrena poultry feed $2 off coupon

    My local farm store has marked it down twice in the last month. They claim the new "Everyday Low Price" is $10.99.
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    Everyone, post your best homemade chicken feed recipes!

    I'm feeding the following after soaking/fermenting. Meat birds: 50% 16% Layer 25% Whole Oats 25% 46.5% Soybean meal Layers just get the 16% layer feed for now. I leave the layer ratio at 50% to keep enough other nutrients in the mix. I'm not getting enough time (usually about 24 hours)...
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    What age to start BOSS?

    Dry, or do you soak it at all? How much of the mix is the oats? I've been feeding 4-week-old birds oats and I was afraid to go younger with my next batch.
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    Does this cross make sense? (BO & BR)

    That's what I thought. I guess it's only a concern if I try to cull before it's obvious which sex they are. Thanks for confirming.
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    Does this cross make sense? (BO & BR)

    Yes. My concern was the roosters over-breeding the hens. I've only got about 30 hens.
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    Does this cross make sense? (BO & BR)

    As much as I like experimenting, this might make the most sense. Then I could cross the resulting hen under the opposite rooster and see which order works out better in the balance. The F1's would be sex-linked, I know. If I crossed them back under a solid rooster, would they still be...
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    Does this cross make sense? (BO & BR)

    I think you just saved the life of my NH red rooster. I was planning on culling him once my BO rooster was breeding. Now it seems I have a reason to keep both.
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    Does this cross make sense? (BO & BR)

    That's exactly what I was aiming for. Then if I'm not happy with the egg production, I could take one of the hens and put it under a NH red rooster, to try to get some faster laying genes, maybe at the expense of a little body shape loss?
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    Does this cross make sense? (BO & BR)

    I don't have any BR roosters in my flock, though. It does make me think though. If I wanted to cross something in to increase egg production, you're suggesting I do it through a rooster rather than the hen, correct?
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