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  1. SunnyAlberta

    Duck food for Serama chicks?

    I just got two Serama babies, one days old and fuzzy, the other has feathered wings, at a critter sale on the weekend. I have no chickens now so I've been grinding the unmedicated duck grower I have as feed for them. I also have available to me alfalfa pellets and wild bird seed (that I add...
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    New to Muscovies

    I have recently acquired two one-year-old females. Could experienced Muscovy folks help me out? Formerly they lived with geese, horses, turkeys and pigs. They ate whatever they chose. I've offered them mixed seeds/grains/lentils (a high protein mix my pigeons like), bread, celery, and alfalfa...
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    Incubating quail eggs under pigeons

    I adopted a pair of Show Kings that are supposedly infertile. They just laid an egg and started sitting. I added six Corturnix eggs to the one pigeon egg and the boy left the nest, called the girl and she took over sitting. They seem to be alright with this arrangement. I'm not going to toss...
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    Will they lay eggs?

    I have just adopted a bonded pair of Show Kings as pets. The breeder has told me they are useless to him because the boy has a deformed foot from freezing it and the girl is too small to show. I assume the boy needs his feet to mate? Will the hen still lay infertile eggs? Might they become...
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    Messy food

    I adopted two pet quality Show Kings yesterday. They will live in a modified rabbit hutch with a large attached aviary. Last night I kept them cooped, up, however. I am hoping that they'll get comfortable in the hutch and know its their home. They dumped their food dish over last night. Is it ok...
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    Walk-in aviary with Corturnix, rabbits and giant pigeons

    Currently I have three female and two male Corturnix. They live happily with one large male rabbit. My thought is to get the rabbit a spayed female girlfriend for company because rabbit are social creatures. The rabbits would help to keep the birds warm in wintertime. A pair of giant...
  7. SunnyAlberta

    First Aid

    I am new to Corturnix. Today I got a few hens. One got away on me. A cat or thorn got her before I did. She has a bloody scrape inside a leg. I put hydrogen peroxide on it and put her back with her sisters in a crate outside. Should I do anything else?
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    Button Quail not laying

    I bought two Buttons six weeks ago and haven't seen any eggs yet. One is silver and one brown and both were fully feathered. I don't know when they hatched. They are in a large aquarium in our living room. Its warm in there, but I just added a LED light shining to one side of the glass in case...
  9. SunnyAlberta

    Noisy boys on grass?

    I have two very noisy boys. I won't keep them in the outdoor aviary. I won't bother my neighbours, so I will replace the boys when I can. Does putting them in a lawn tractor quieten them at all? Maybe the can't crow with their beaks full?
  10. SunnyAlberta

    Help me choose, bantams or Corturnix?

    I miss my pet heritage hens, but where I live now the bylaws disallow them. I am permitted Corturnix or I could have indoor Serama bantam hens (or such). My goal is eggs to eat, pets with benefits. I recently bought two "trios" of white Corturnix, but all turned out to be boys. I gave away four...
  11. SunnyAlberta

    We don't need hens

    One of the arguments against allowing backyard poultry is that we want but don't need fresh eggs daily. Do the benefits of pet hens add up? Organic free range eggs can be purchased. Compost can be purchased or made without our own chicken droppings. There are other methods of controlling...
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    11 Year Old proves that higher protein equals larger eggs

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-12/smart-fox-in-the-hen-house/4308226 Eleven year old Iggy Fox has won Australia's national school science award for a research project with his backyard hens. He proved that a higher protein diet contributes to larger eggs.
  13. SunnyAlberta

    Best roofing for low pitch and snow?

    My coop needs some sort of shingles or metal or...? The pitch is low and we do expect snow. What do you recommend?
  14. SunnyAlberta

    Why are you an urban farmer?

    What were your goals when you started? How have your goals changed along the way? Are there goals you've had to abandon? Why?
  15. SunnyAlberta

    Neighborhood outlaws livestock and kitchen gardens

    A new family moved into the neighborhood and has complained about every bylaw infraction. Visible kitchen gardens, backyard poultry and rabbits are being reported. Is a self sufficient -- or at least healthy, humane and affordable -- possible in an area where urban farming isn't tolerated?
  16. SunnyAlberta

    Emergency Evacuation Preparation

    We are on evacuation alert due to grass fires burning wild all around us. Any tips on what to take for our three pet hens? I'm not sure where we would go except maybe an evacuation centre at a community hall in the city. The chickens may have to stay in a dog crate in our vehicle.
  17. SunnyAlberta

    Canada's "Right to Food" Trial Decision on Wednesday Sept 5

    http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=8758 http://carlydunsterlaw.com/right-to-food/
  18. SunnyAlberta

    Thirty Below?

    If you have kept hardy breeds at thirty below, tell us your secrets.
  19. SunnyAlberta

    She won't share roos

    Typo in title. It should say "She won't share roost." Momma is a BO and six weeks older than my other two. There is ample room on the roost for all three pullets, but recently Momma won't move over, away from the ladder, to make room. The younger two huddle in a nest. Thankfully the nest they...
  20. SunnyAlberta

    Wooden snow fence for run?

    Do you know of anyone who has used wood snow fence successfully? Im in a suburban yard where the only "predator" is my LGD puppy who believes the pullets should free range all the time.
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