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    I raise meat rabbits as a backyard pursuit, and have just started to keep quails. To cure weaning enteritis in rabbits: To prevent: when you wean, remove water supply, hang up bottle with 1l water and 5ml pepto bismol. Fill the feeder with a standard amount and keep watch that it gets eaten...
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    Saffron

    My favorite saffron recipes: This one works a treat not only with chicken but also with rabbit too and it's highly addictive: http://www.indiacurry.com/chicken/chickenroganjosh.htm He also has a saffron milkshake recipe that is a dream: http://www.indiacurry.com/desserts/meetharaita.htm In...
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    Evil is still around, but he's not growing? *PICS*

    Bun of that age not growing can be a stomach problem which turns up about a week after their mom weaned them, enteritis has a particular smell and the animals has a dirty butt. Not all of them will feel terrible from it(and die), some just get real skinny for a while before it cures itself...
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    Who else misses the good days of movies?

    Quote: Indeed!
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    Tricks/Jokes you play on your spouse (pics)~ submit yours! :)

    Sorry no pic, but a great time was had when I decorated the nasty sisal plant's spikes in the front garden with the Camellia flowers from the bush next to it After covering all the spikes in flowers making it look like it's in full bloom, I then called him out into the front garden to show him...
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    thinking of getting bees

    Google for 'topbar hives'. You can work those without any special equipment, all you need is a veil for the head, a bucket and a bread knife. Also, because you never open the entire hive but just lift out a comb at the time, the bees are very calm, even bees that normally are not so nice tend...
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    The first egg laid by the youngest hen competition!

    I bid 40 days, laid by a golden giant hen, it was proper size too, 13gms.
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    Guess what bird carries the largest egg in proportion to their bodies?

    Quail? Robin? Kiwi? Platipus? Budgerigar? These guys!
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    Cat desertion problem

    Thanks everyone -- but this kitteh is a free roamer and has been all his life, so keeping him in is torture for him. I live in a safe area with lots of gardens and in the UK is normal for cats to roam. Unfortunately he is also is treat resistant, nothing gets him exited, neither fresh rabbit...
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    Quick Egg Selling Rant....

    Quote: I've pre-ordered so I could keep my small brooder busy and because I wanted 60 eggs. So, being able to pre-order and ask for a projected delivery date is a great service I much apprechiate. You're not a shoddy seller, he is a rude customer and if I was you, I'd refund the man and no...
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    Cat desertion problem

    Hi all, I have a kitteh problem. My cat is a neutered 14 year old who has quite a feisty personality. He's been with me for the past 6 years and until a couple of weeks ago, everything was just fine. But then I moved a bunch of laying quail into the conservatory and at the same time, my...
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    Dealing with the heat

    Fill and freeze soda pop bottles, the larger the merrier. Then stick them close to the cage, or in case of the rabbits, just pop them in the cage, and they'll 'snuggle' up as they want.
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    There's one in every crowd! - new pic

    It's just a classic case of anatidaephobia which can only be cured by realizing that every duck is actually wearing a wolf mask. But I'd still check the beast for opposable thumbs disguised as claws if I was you...
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    I'm a JUNKY !!!!

    Quote: The only worrying bit here is the turkey you hatched... and you're still at it, so I guess it was not 'cold'.... and 10 of them... omg, that doubles up as an agricultural gym! Here is my favorite video on how to pick 'em up: Then again, maybe that really is one of the mystical 23lb...
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    What is the angle and how big is the gap for an "egg catcher" crate?

    Quote: You could design it like a piano lid that you can lift up, one lid for each egg catcher. But that becomes tedious to lift up over time, and it's ever so easy to forget to close too. Or, you can think of the quail cage like a wardrobe with inset cages, and that you affix another door...
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    how or where to learn about breeding?

    You can expect to maintain your small colony if you keep buying in eggs every 2-3 generations(so if you keep your hens 30 weeks that's not too often!), but 'breeding' as such is not really possible unless you have enough animals, and even with new blood, you may easily end up with an unthrifty...
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    What is the angle and how big is the gap for an "egg catcher" crate?

    Quote: My eggs are around 27mm at the thickest. So the gap is 3cm, which means, that almost any rodent can get in there, and your best solution is to have a protective door with smaller wiremesh (1/4" keeps mice out) to protect your cage. The egg gap also means that the hens enjoy craning...
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    Thinking on getting white coturnix quail

    I have the 'any colour quail' breed and one thing that is noticable is that the white birds have much thinner skin than the brown ones and also are much slower to cover their backs with feathers, even at 6 weeks old, they have bald patches on their backs, and the feathers there stay at the...
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    Little Nervous

    Quote: 1. Automatic watering system if you have more than 3 cages of anything, quails can use Edstrom rabbit nipples. 2. Detailed workplan/checklist for your caretaker, to make the job a no-brainer and to take the stress off their mind of not getting things right. 3. Set out everything they...
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    Coturnix not all laying eggs

    Quote: I read that as they get older, they lay less and your birds are now over a year old. Or it could be stress, maybe some wild critter is bothering them, check the pen for mice, insects etc. It could even be a fox -- I swear the foxes round here enjoy spooking pets just for the fun of...
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