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    Ducklings not eating

    Hello, I just had 8 ducklings hatch this week and they seem to want to drink a lot and make a mess, but they haven't eaten hardly anything. I'm not seeing a lot of poop either. I got them chick feed that's unmedicated like I was supposed to. Not really sure what to do.
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    First Egg = Super Aggressive Hen??

    Yeah, we have the nest boxes and fake eggs set up. So far all they want to do is poop in them, but hopefully that will stop too.
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    First Egg = Super Aggressive Hen??

    I was wondering if it could be something like that. I knew she wasn't broody because she left her egg laying in the mud (plus I've never heard of a hen going broody instantly). Thank you!
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    First Egg = Super Aggressive Hen??

    Hello All, We just got our first egg yesterday from one of the Rhode Island Reds. This chicken in particular has been extremely friendly and loved to be pet, but now that she's had her first egg she has become hyper aggressive. She's even attempting to chase us (we don't react) and she has...
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    Mating and When to Expect an Egg

    Thank you! That was super helpful!
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    Mating and When to Expect an Egg

    So I have some chickens that I hatched on Thanksgiving. They are close to reaching the 5 month mark to begin laying eggs. Recently I've noticed the rooster is starting to mount the hens and a couple of the hens are being very receptive to it while others just run off. I wasn't sure if those...
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    Quail Noises....Odd Quail

    I just wanted to update everyone about the quail croaking. I have 4 quail and all of them are female. All four of them croak like frogs and all of them make very loud sounds. I've never heard a male quail crow, so I'm not sure what that sounds like, but in case anyone ever finds this in a...
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    Quail Noises....Odd Quail

    Very little, but there is some.
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    Quail Noises....Odd Quail

    I thought all of them were female...the other three have a much larger section off spots on their chests while this one just has a small (maybe 1/2 inch) band. He's definitely not like the pictures I've seen where it's completely rust colored starting at the neck. A male would be a blessing...
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    Quail Noises....Odd Quail

    I have 4 jumbo coturnix quail. As far as I know, they are all female (they all have chest spots). Now the quail with the least amount of spots is making a weird croaking sound. She isn't crowing or anything like that. The other three chirp or trill while this one sounds like a really small...
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    Feeding coturnix

    I feed my quail un-medicated Turkey Crumble (28%). I found it at Family Farm and Home, but I think they sell it at TSC as well. They love it and they have been on it for over 2 months since birth.
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    Rhode Island Red Question

    This isn't super important, but I was curious. I had 3 RIR's hatch a couple of weeks ago and immediately I noticed all their beaks were different. One chick has a standard yellow beak, one is dark brown tipped and the other is completely dark brown. They are exactly the same age, so I was just...
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    JUST FOR FUN NOVEMBER HATCH–A–LONG!!! 2015

    I hatched two batches this month! Final Count: 3 Rhode Island Red 1 Ameraucana 3 Blue Splash Wheaton Ameraucana 1 Barred Rock 1 Wheaton 1 Orpington/Ameraucana Cross (I think) This was the second batch. They were all supposed to be Blue Splash Wheaton Ameraucanas....but there were surprises...
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    Unheard of Leg Problem in Chick

    I pulled him up this afternoon to take him out and his joint was badly swollen and totally not functioning. He was pretty small compared to the rest as well. Good news is we just hatched 5 more chicks yesterday, so we have a decent flock to begin with.
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    Quail Hatch Soon!

    From what I have read, quails only have about 1 day stored up in their yolk that they absorb (whereas chicks have 3 days). As soon as mine were fluffy I took them out, showed them the water and didn't even get a chance to show the food before they ran for it. They are total pigs as chicks. We...
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    Unheard of Leg Problem in Chick

    I'm gonna have to cull the little guy. The splint helped the hyperextending, but he twisted his leg so it sits naturally pointing directly to the right, away from him. Then I took the splint off and his leg is worse than ever. He's gonna have to go, poor guy. I did everything I could think of to...
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    Quail Hatch Soon!

    Haha, no worries! We'll get some eventually! I hope your birds do well!
  18. 2boys1homestead

    Unheard of Leg Problem in Chick

    I thought it might have been a slipped tendon, so I took the chick out and tried to put it back into place using instructions from a website I found. I could not seem to feel anything out to place nor did I feel the tendon itself move back into position. I could be doing it wrong as well, I have...
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    Unheard of Leg Problem in Chick

    No, I'm not gonna do surgery or anything on a 3 day old chick. I don't want it to suffer though, that's what I was worried about.
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    Quail Hatch Soon!

    I totally forgot to update this!! We had a total of 6 hatch. Number 6 died almost immediately after hatching in the night, we have no idea why. Number 5 got splayed legs so bad and so quickly that he did unmendable damage to himself, so we had to put him down. We have 4 total almost a month...
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