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    Would Anyone Support This?

    i'd try it but urm...i dont wear bra's...im a boy you see...hmmm boxer-brooder is an idea after incubation though...
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    button quail disaster!!!!

    I went to work this morning and came home to find my brooder light off, my 5 day old button quail had been in this state for i assume 6 hours, i opened the lid fearfully to find 4 huddled in a corner and 5 appeared lifeless, in a state of torpor, a temporary hibernation that birds and certain...
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    Ok, so how many chickadees is the right number?

    i'd go for 10 hens you wouldnt need more if it was for personal use
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    Excited!!! But what are my odds for girls?

    why dont you just buy two hens?
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    Could I use a card board box as a brooder?

    plastic is easier as the cardboard gets all soggy from their water and their urm..poo lol but if you can replace often im sure you'll be fine
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    Rooster Eating Baby Chicks :'(

    i'd keep the chicks seperate for the first 6 weeks or so until they're big enough, and then you have the dilemma of the rooster attacking any males in the future, they could have been runts he was trying to protect his flock by killing but this is a dilemma i think most people face i certainly have
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    I NEED HELP FAST

    i did a dry incubation on my button quail and hatched 7/8 chicks
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    $40 Brooder -

    very nice looking tidy brooder, plenty of air and heat and light, congrats have a non slip mat down
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    getting the incubator up and running again Just want to make sure my memory is right

    temp is fine i personally do dry hatches and average at 90% hatch but like you say everyone is very different sorry i couldnt be more help
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    Male chicks cry?

    haha me and my friend discussed that last week, a big house everyone works for their food, growing, selling, sharing the bills yet everyone having their own space i'd be up for that, i was watching one on tv before i started getting into it all and i thought it was fantastic, you want rain...
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    Male chicks cry?

    i've been reading up on them just now on wikipedia lol never had heard of them before wonder how much they cost to buy? i'd love something like that, you wouldn't have to worry about bills lol hope it has wifi access though hahaha. bad thing about it is you'd have Greenpeace practically making...
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    Male chicks cry?

    i'd love to be in the south of france with a vinyard and a farm with my own food growing and my chickens and others hahaha love it! i got into it only recently, to try and become a bit more self-sufficient so decided one day on a whim to buy some fertile eggs and make an incubator, now i have 15...
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    how long does the pipping stage go on for after the first pip help please

    everytime i help a chick it ends up with bad feet! so i try my hardest not to do it anymore :)
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    Male chicks cry?

    im only 25 lol what birds do you keep at the moment? most of my mates think i have a screw loose or two i want a good quail farm by this time next year thats my dream, maybe a couple more exotic birds to go with it :)
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    Male chicks cry?

    hahaha i think thats when my landlord might start having an issue are they some sort of emu?
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