I was talking to a large scale quail breeder yesterday and he said at 73% it was too low. I see so many different variations on what it should be. I have four that hatched and are fine. It’s a learning experience for sure
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I am just getting started with obtaining and raising coturnix quail. We just had our first hatch last night. Unfortunately it wasn’t a great one. Half the eggs were not fertilized and of the remaining 12, only had 3 live hatches. A couple pipped but died before they hatched. In the...
if the duck is a female and was raised with the hens, she should be fine without another duck. However if it’s a drake, you’ll need to get other ducks and keep him away from the chickens. Drakes can kill chickens trying to mate them. Drakes have large, coiled penises and hens will be badly...
i have 21 chickens. 20 hens and one accidental rooster. He was in a “pullet” bin but you know how that goes. Anyway, I just combined my 12 week olds with my 6 month olds. No problems at all. Now all want the top perch. The two on the middle perch took their time getting into the coop and...
Hi, my name is Stephanie. I got my first 13 hens in November and fell in love. So in February I got 8 more. One of them turned out to be a roo so we are hoping he behaves. The first 13 are laying and last night we put the newbies into the coop with them. Very little squabbling between the...