Our button quail pair hatched out a clutch and we have 9 babies ready for a home. PM if you are interested in keeping as a pet, not as food for a snake or other creature.
I have processed my own birds in the past, but this year I was hoping to find a processor to take care of them. Does anyone know of a processing location in northern New Jersey? I am not going to sell the processed birds, they are for my own consumption (in case that matters).
I searched the threads for information on this and find a lot of "help my chick pipped at the wrong end, help me", but I am trying to find out why it happens, not how to help them out of the shell. I have been hatching for some time, with decent success, until this recent hatch. So far I have...
I am looking for royal palm, narragansett, and sweetgrass turkey hatching eggs. Please let me know if you are interested in selling any. I prefer to ship from east of the mississippi when possible, but will consider a more distant shipment if they are well packaged.
I mean, besides the potential to be overrrun with fowl, how much does it cost to run an incubator for 21 days? I am having trouble determining the wattage for the components (heating element, fan, turner). I know the calculation for volts to watts uses Ohms law so for DC should be watts = volts...
I have a 3 yr old faverolle hen who I recently noticed has a very nasty backside. She has been eating and drinking and otherwise acting normal. I finally had a chance to check her over tonight. She has a chunk of dried poop stuck to her vent and is bleeding from the vent as well. I cannot tell...
I am looking for modern game bantam eggs to set for the Easter hatch along, these will be for my daughter to begin in jr showmanship (she is 7, must get her started early). I would prefer to find some that are closer to my location (NJ) so they don't have to ship too far. She is hoping for any...
I was an innocent bystander, just living vicariously through others that were enjoying hatching, then I started looking. I mean what harm can come from looking at incubators? It would be nice to have one when a broody quits on you or you want to try to get something really rare, right? I mean, I...
So, GQF had the hovabator genesis 1588, turners, and quail rails as a combo (cheaper than separately with shipping) for a decent deal so I went for it. Here is the thing. I have never hatched before, I am a chicken person (although I am looking to get into game birds, pheasant really) and this...
I noticed that she has not been coming out of the coop for a few days. I thought it was because the new cockerel was being a bit to attentive. She was eating and drinking and clucking away at me so I didn't really worry about it. She showed no outward signs of illness. Today I went in (this is 3...
These have been kept outside, but have had a lot of human contact. Their owner had to relocate and is unable to take them.The females have all been spayed, the male has not been neutered. They are approximately 4 years old. They are located in Sullivan County NY (Glen Spey). The owner would like...
I am hoping to make the jump from chickens to pheasants this year and have come here looking for resources and advice. I have been doing a lot of reading on BYC and other pheasant pages, but thought I would ask around for additional advice. Links to particulary high quality past posts and such...
I have a DB rooster and a BR rooster over Wellies, BR, SF, LB, BB, DB, and SS hens. I set some random eggs under some broodies to break them and so far I have had 3 chicks hatch black with reasonably well defined white head spots (some larger than others though). I figure they are either a black...
When the first one died I assumed it was related to the gigantic tumor on her left breast (I posted about this the other day), but I have had 2 get sick since, now I wonder. I have a flock of about 40, most have been vaccinated for Marek's.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the...
I have a hen with an odd mass on her left side. I know that this hen is not going to survive, but I am curious as to what this might be (in case it could have been prevented or is contagious). I think it is just a tumor, like a cancer or some such thing, but thought I would ask to see if anyone...
So, I opened up the page today and all of a sudden was assaulted by a stream of audio ads. I am sure I didn't click on anything that would have launched an ad. Nothing popped up, nothing was showing in the main window that I sould see. Is this a new thing? Has BYC been hacked? Has anyone else...
I know how most chicken keepers dread hawks. I am fearful for my flock from the danger they present as well. We have them around our yard all the time. In addition to being concerned for my chickens, I am also in awe of the amazing skill of most raptors and their intensity. A friend of mine...
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Salmon Faverolle, 1 year, unsure of weight, but seemed about the same as the others and had a full crop last night and a half full crop this morning
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She...