Recent content by PhelanChick

I have lots of young pullets and 1 rooster in their second grow out pen before going to the large coop. They should be about 3-4 months now but I could be off, I move them by size not age. Anyway I have 2 that seem to be coughing, although I have never heard a chicken cough. The first one I...

Hi I am interested in adding some more cemanis to my flock, do you have solid black birds?

Thank you! Luckily I am a vet tech and have raised baby birds so I can do all of that but I think we are hopefully past the critical.point. all the rest seem to be thriving. I added a snack of meal worms yesterday for them to fight over and they thought that was great lol. Just a few but they...

Yeah I try to let them do it , but 24 after external pip and no progress is usually a really bad sign . Either you try to help or count it as a loss. My heart just can't watch them fade and not try. I'm about 70/30 to the positive on the ones I have helped including ducklings. I'm not a pro but...

Oh no that's disappointing. Any advice to help them out?

So my last 2 chicks were ready to go. Internally popped, one externally popped the next day nothing on the other. I waited oh so patiently (not) for him to zip or show any progress. The next morning no progress at all and the other had still not externally popped. I caved. I just can't listen to...

Really? That's surprising- they sell them all over the I ternet? I will check with fish and game, I just wanted to do right by them. Thanks for the info

Thank you so much! I only did the drench for 2 days but then when I lost a couple I put it back in to see of it would help These are ones I rescued from the wild so I just want to do my best for them .

Hi There! They are on a commercial game bird starter mash. It seems as if all are eating and drinking but with this many it is hard to know for sure if each is eating. They move about pretty freely- sometimes closer to the heat sometimes farther. no pasty butt that I have noticed but there...

I checked through the threads but did not see anything. I would love to know from those of you that have hatched Valley Quail specifically- what is your survival rate after hatching? I hatched 17 eggs beautifully- no problems at all. They looked like they were doing fantastic. Day 2-3 a couple...

Thank you. I read that mortality in the wild can be 80 - 90 percent so I don't feel too bad lol.

Well we lost 2- they were feeling puny and I tried giving a drop of nutridrench a few times a day but they were just not going to make it. Still 15 doing well!

I want to join the next one!! But I want turkey eggs!! how does this work? do we set the same day? Or just set to hatch any day that month? I just hatched out valley quail eggs and waiting for 5 chicken eggs to hatch!

found it at tractor supply- heading there now!

I will see if my feed store carries it