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    Sick week old Peachick * Help *

    I have a peachick who has had a rough start. It was stuck in it's egg and I helped it out. It has curled toes and I booted them and they are now pretty straight. Things were going well and today I noticed he was very lathergic and has a runny white poop. I gave it some sugar water and egg yolk...
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    What Gender are my Coturnix Quail? *Pics*

    These are four week quail that I hatched from eggs bought at the local auction labeled "Japanese Quail". What gender are these and what type of coturnix quail are they? Thank you!
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    Candling Bobwhite Quail Eggs ** Photos **

    I've been taking photos of my Bobwhite quail eggs during incubation and wanted to share. I'll contiune to post photos as they develop! Day 1: Day 4 Day 5 Day 7 Day 8 Day 11 Day 12
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    Peahen trying to mother turkey poults?

    Our six year old peahen was recently introduced to our five-six week old turkey poults. They are separated with chicken wire. She stays near them, watching them closely, and when one was making a lot of noise she followed it around and opened her mouth very wide (as shown in photo). Is she...
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    Our First Coturnix Quail Hatch

    My dad & I bought two dozen Japanese/Coturnix quail eggs at our local auction. We ended up with 20 at the time of hatch. They should have hatched between June 8-10 but didn't start until June 12. We had four hatch on the 12th, 2 hatch on the 13th, and 1 hatch on the 14th. The last one to hatch...
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    Our Free DIY Duplex Coop (Photos)

    My dad and I (he did the building and I did the designing) created this duplex coop for free! We started with this shelf my grandmother once used for canning in the basement. Then we turned it into this coop with materials we already had! We still need to paint it and add some finishing...
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    Storing Fertile Peafowl Eggs

    My peahen laid her first and second eggs! I decided to take them to incubate them because the first one got smashed. How do I store all the fertile eggs until I put them into the incubator? How long can I keep them before needing to be incubated? I'm trying to wait as long as possible because I...
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    How to prepare for peafowl mating?

    Hello! I have a peacock that is 15-20 years old. He was hatched by my grandmother's peafowl when I was a kid. Now my husband and I have inherited him and we got a 6 year old peahen for him a few months ago. When we introduced them he bowed when she was near him and never tried to be aggressive...
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    My Four New Hens **Pics**

    I bought four hens at the local livestock auction Thursday night. Here they are: Gertrude: Black Betty: Ginger & Blanche:
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    Is my hen a Buckeye?

    This is Elaine. She was hatched in August (2011) from a mystery egg. I'm new to chickens and always thought she was a Rhode Island Red but then noticed she has a pea comb. She also has some black feathers. I think she is a Buckeye. What do you think? Thanks!
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    Chicken won't go in at night or use roost

    My hens have been in the coop since they were about 6 weeks old. They had a heat lamp on until recently. They are now full grown and it has been fairly warm here so I unplugged it. When the light was on they all went inside at night and roosted. Now three of my hens go into the coop at night but...
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    Transporting and Integrating Peafowl Questions

    We have a peacock and have found a peahen for him. We need to drive an hour to pickup the peahen. My husband and I both have cars but my father has a truck we could borrow. What is the best way to transport her back to our house safely? What do we put her in? She is six years old so full grown...
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    My two hens are laying! (Pics)

    On Christmas day my mom gifted me a bright red egg basket. Two days later my hen Fred gifted me her first egg! Then a few days later her sister, Freddy, started laying. Here they are (Freddy on the left and Fred on the right) when I got them from our local livestock auction. The chick in the...
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    What breed(s) are my three chicks?

    I bought three chicks at the livestock auction Thursday night, for just 60 cents each! I have no idea how old they are or what breed(s) they are. Here they are visiting the garden today. Any ideas of what these chicks are? Chick A - Light feathers, green feet Chick B Chick C Thanks!
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    4 Day old Black & White Chick. What breed?

    This little cutie hatched 4 days ago. When he (or she) came out of his shell I noticed his black & white beak. After he fluffed up I saw his fuzzy legs. He reminded me of a little penguin. Sadly he passed away today. You can tell he doesn't look too good in these photos. He slept all the time...
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    Lucy the Pitbull & George the Chick

    Our 4 month old pitbull and our 5 day old chick. The start of a cute friendship.
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    Smelly Incubator! Why?

    Starting Monday night I had eggs start to pip. It's now Wednesday and I have six chicks in the brooder. They all hatched Tuesday. One chick hatched today and is still in the incubator. There are a few eggs in there that haven't done any piping. There is one egg that I just noticed had pip and...
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    My First Hatch! *Hatching Update!*

    Today is day 19 and I am so excited and nervous for my first hatch. I'm a preschool teacher and a few months ago my students and I tried to hatch 12 eggs at school. After hatching I planned to take them home. Well, the children (3-5 years old) kept messing with the incubator and we had a very...
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