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    What is this chicken thinking?

    WOAH! GUYS watch out this thing just flashed at me. Cant see anymore dont look at it!! Ummm, excuse me would you mind if i borrowed your glasses?
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    So... i got this new necklace, yea its fresh.uhh Wannt meet up behind the coop?
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    This feathering deal is tough business... hold me in this ray of light im gonna nap*yawn
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    Easter Egger club!

    Lol thats cute seems you have created the illusion of companions. No more lonely chick she has a best friend, that seems to always be there when she needs her haha! And as for the quiet i have noticed my new single chick that i got when i picked up a few the kther week is very quiet. May just be...
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    Roosting

    Seems the way i break that is every night when i lock them in for the night i move them off the boxes when they sleep on the coop floor for enough nights they will eventually make it to the roost bars lol. I definitely dont let it become habit. I like my nest boxes clean and eggs clean every...
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    HELP! incubatING JAPANESE QUAILS

    I agree kingmt i dont loose sleep over it i just dont want people to toss somethig out the window that many people use until like you have decided its just not for them. It works for me i just hatched 92/101. Thats with getting rid of non viables. But for me i am small i only hatch 200-300 a...
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    HELP! incubatING JAPANESE QUAILS

    Oh i forgot if its a waste of time for you to candle its pointless for everyone. Ill remember that and i have been keeping great notes, hints the reason i gave advice. Look i enjoy this site because i can get ideas and information from people that try countless things. Trial and error can pay...
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    HELP! incubatING JAPANESE QUAILS

    I would have to disagree the water test is very very accurate sinkers are dud eggs floaters roughly half and more of the egg out of water are dehydrated typically, floaters that have 10-30% shell out if water are viable eggs but may show no signs of life possible death at full term. And floating...
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    HELP! incubatING JAPANESE QUAILS

    One quick note sorry for loading your post! If you are curious about the death it could be any number of reasons like the shell may have had a slight crack causing the membrane to be to dry and tough to pip. The other chicks could have easily turned the egg. Seems alot of people say that...
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    HELP! incubatING JAPANESE QUAILS

    Zayne typically i go 72 hours from pip to the time i shut the incubator off. Typically if they havnt hatched by day 19-20 they will be very weak and most of the time dont make it through the first week. Just my experience though, i keep all my hatchlings in the same brooder and natural selection...
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    HELP! incubatING JAPANESE QUAILS

    Temp sounds completely fine. You can fluctuate from roughly 97f-101farenheight my incubator will typically have a fluctuation of 2degrees farenheight and i have it set at 98 sometimes hits 100. This is my first pip tonight out of 108 coturnix set. All set in the hatch box ready to go. With any...
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    Easter Egger club!

    Anyone want to put a sex guess on this little one lol? Im feeling a little roo in the making. Just about 2 weeks maybe 1 and 1/2? But such a cool little one will be the first chicken with feathered legs for me. The breeder said it was americauna/ faverolle. Aka favracauna? Same as my other two i...
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    Easter Egger club!

    Wanted to share the new addition of easter eggers. Just purchased today from a local breeder. She said Hen was a salmon Faverolle and rooster is a Amaracauna = Favacauna Saw the parents beautiful birds. What do you guys think both hens or the white and black man be a roo lol? I think he is a...
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    Roosting

    Once a week i spray a little poultry protector on the bars and use a scraper to knock off any debris then just a clean wipe holds down any mites and is natural.
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    Roosting

    They are a trip but all love this roost.
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