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    Processing quail- Best type of scissors?

    I use poultry shears as well. If you're looking for specific models, we bought two after scouring a bunch of reviews. Both have worked very well, clean kills every time. Both are available on Amazon. (I am not an affiliate, but I always prefer it when people reference exact products they use...
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    Dandichook's Quail Growth Tracking thread

    ...7.5, 8.2, 8.5, 7.5, 8.0 grams Celadon: 7.7 grams Weighed and tagged everybody the day before yesterday (at around 10 days--sorry, been busy!): * 1 Jumbo was assist hatched and had curled toes. We treated it with a band aid shoe and now I can't tell who it was. I assume the smallest since it...
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    Wanting to Raise Quail

    Re: dogs, I think it depends a little bit on how old your birds are when you get them and how you introduce them to the dogs. In our case we hatched all our quail ourselves and the brooder was on the floor in the living room where the chicks were exposed to our dog, us, sounds, vacuum cleaner...
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    Is This Creepy?

    Yep, it's creepy
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    ➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

    A happy sight this morning! This is our first chick hatched from our own flock. 😊
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    ➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

    So it begins
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    Quail foot issue - Bumble foot? Callus?

    Not sure if it's bumblefoot or not, but I had something similar a while back. No pus or kernal, and attempting to remove scabs seemed to hurt them more, so my treatment plan was as follows: Soak feet until completely clean. Follow up with Epsom salt soak. Quick rinse, dip into rubbing alcohol...
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    Freezing fruit for during winter

    Thanks for the info about blanching!! We'll work through what we have frozen for now but will definitely switch to blanching first in the future.
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    (News Article discussion) Lead in BYC chickens/eggs

    Thanks for sharing! Private well water should definitely be tested periodically just in case. I think you're right and getting tested is the first step. I'm not so concerned for us, as our house was built well after the period when lead paint and pipes were used, but you never know. I did a bit...
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    Freezing fruit for during winter

    Good to know!! Thanks. Our green beans have seemed a little tough at times, but I had attributed it to us not picking them early enough. We'll try blanching them and see if it makes a difference!
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    Freezing fruit for during winter

    Woah, cool What a cool thread! Thanks for sharing. It's a whopper, so before I forget, do you mind explaining why you need to boil them before freezing? Asking because my SO and I definitely just threw a ton of green beans into the freezer without boiling them this summer and have been eating...
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    (News Article discussion) Lead in BYC chickens/eggs

    Sorry if this is in the wrong forum! I wasn't sure where else to put this. This news article came up on my feed today from what I know to be a reputable source: Backyard hens' eggs in Australia contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds Now, I don't live in...
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    Is fishtank water conditioner water safe for ducks?

    Sounds like you solved it, but! I would think it would be fine to let the ducks into water with water conditioner in it. Most fish tank water conditioners act by binding with chlorine and chloramine in the water, so theoretically should be pretty much inert by the time it's fully mixed. That...
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    Dandichook's Quail Growth Tracking thread

    I'm using some bands I found on amazon. The brand is iherdsman and they're called "multi-color bird leg bands numbered". I buy the 8mm size, although if I could find them I'd buy 7mm instead (sadly not available unless I order like 10k of them to be custom made and shipped from China). They...
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    Dandichook's Quail Growth Tracking thread

    ...Dress % Notes B006 F Egypt 217.7 Breeder B008 F Pharoah 241.7 Breeder B018 F R Tux 251.3 184.6 73.46% G001 F Pharoah 181 *** G002 F Pharoah 257.2 Breeder G003 F Pharaoh tux 318.8 Breeder G010 F Red 268 190.3 71.0% G015 F Pharoah 305.2 Breeder G019 M...
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    Tips for keeping quail comfortable in excessive heat waves

    Seconding Nabiki's water bottle idea! I use smaller individual serving bottles though and if I put them into their dust bath areas the quail will cuddle up to them. Some of them seem to like standing with their chests resting on top of the bottles, which they can't do with the larger ones, so I...
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    Dandichook's Quail Growth Tracking thread

    I hope so! Our bachelor pad was out of sight of the girls, too. Fight club, all day. 🤷 Very possible! Ours have been averaging around 13 grams (lol i might be obsessed with measuring things, but my SO has agreed to getting some electronic calipers to measure leg diameter, so I'm just gonna lean...
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    Dandichook's Quail Growth Tracking thread

    Thanks for understanding! Oh no. That's not what I wanted to hear! I have been really hoping we just have an unusually violent line. Well, we'll be culling heavily for aggression. After seeing how these males go at each other, that's become more important to us than size. You can't get along...
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    No waste Feeders for Quail

    I had a great deal of success with the feeders on the bottom of the page at this site: Link For chicks I used 3/4 inch holes and for older chicks 1 inch. I just grabbed chicks and measured to their chest height to figure out how high to make the holes. I ended up making multiple feeders and...
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    Dandichook's Quail Growth Tracking thread

    ...was 171.3g. So--yeah, violence has definitely been an issue, even though we have been stocking them at 1 to 2 sq ft per bird. 🤷 Guess they're just ***holes. (We have an order in with Myshire for a shipment of eggs and will be very interested to see how the temperaments of those birds...
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