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    Keeping quails, allotments and the law!

    Has anyone else had a problem with trying to keep quails on their allotments? I have had to start a petition to keep mine. Hope it works... Here it is https://www.change.org/p/witney-allotment-association-allow-allotment-holders-to-keep-quail-as-set-out-in-the-allotment-act-1950 Would...
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    Spacing for coturnix quails

    Hi there, I have a spare cage which is 5.9 sq ft. How many quail can I comfortably fit in this area? Warmly, Richard
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    Pyjama party and pooping in the nest box!

    Hey all, All of my chooks bar one sleep in the nesting box instead of in the roosting compartment. That's 1 amber, 1 nera, and 4 pekins all in the nesting box which is 1x3ft. I have no real issue with it, except for all the poop in the morning. I would like the bedding to last more than a day...
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    Dolly and the mouse (pest control)

    Its early evening here and I just put the chooks back in their pen and scattered some corn about as a bedtime snack. I was amazed and disgusted with what happened next. Our new amber girl, who goes by the name of Dolly, caught a mouse and was being chased around by the other chooks. She ate...
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    Cat food and egg laying

    Hi all, I have three Warrens who used to be barn hens until 3-4 months back. After a month, one started laying almost daily, the other two look a lot more healthy, but have produced nothing. Now I know not to expect much from these girls as they are in the retirement, however if there was...
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    Which bantam to incubate quail?

    Hey guys and girls, I have my new cock quail today and have some girls coming for him in a week or two. I know that these hens won't go broody or sit on their eggs and I cant really afford an incubator at the moment. I want to experiment with broody bantams, but not sure where to start. I have...
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    Finally! We made bread and cheese!

    Well, I say finally, but we had attempted bread before but it always turned out like bricks. The cheese was so easy that my wife and I will now make it regularly it we can find a reasonably priced source of milk. We didn't weigh it out, but I was guessing that we got 500g from about 4 pints of...
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    Broody bird - what to do.

    Hi all, I guess I am looking for a bit of a step by step here. I have a bantam hen who started to go broody yesterday. I read somewhere online that I should try and move her to a nest out of the other chooks nesting box, which I have now done. However, she doesn't look as settled. Its only...
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    Bantam Hatching Eggs in UK

    Hi there, I am based in Witney in Oxfordshire, UK. I have my first broody bantam and would like to stick half a dozen eggs under her to see what happens. Can anyone help please? Warmly, Richard
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    Bantam Hatching Eggs in UK

    Hi there, I am based in Witney in Oxfordshire, UK. I have my first broody bantam and would like to stick half a dozen eggs under her to see what happens. Can anyone help please? Warmly, Richard
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    Can you help me sex these 12 weekish Pekins please?

    Hi there, I have just been to pick up these lovely little (what I hope to be girls) pekin bantams. Can any of you hazard a guess as to what sex they are? You can view all four of them here. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151926392545214.878455.644010213&type=1&l=9e096ace86...
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    Glorious Gloria the chicken v's Jessie the spaniel

    Need I say more?
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    Moany bantam

    Hi all, We have ourselves a moany bantam today. She is about 19-20 weeks old (we think) and has just this evening (we're in the UK) started to make a moaning sound. Its not loud at all but I am just wondering what it could be. The only thing that my wife and I think that it may be is that...
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    Quail ordered!

    Hi all, We've only had chickens for a few weeks, but now we are preparing for the arrival of our new quail which will be ready to collect in early August! We are very excited. I have built housing for them and now its just a waiting game :) Here is the house that I built...
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    A rude awakening - Please advise

    Hi all from the UK. About an hour ago at 5am we got a rude awakening when one of our new girls (ex-barn/batt hen) started squawking very loudly. I have since locked her back in the roost with our other broody hen and all seems quite. There inner run is very secure, so we were hoping that leaving...
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    Any ideas on my new girls?

    I have some new bantams and ex-batts. Any ideas on the breeds of both? Here are the pics. Thanks for looking :) Ex-batts: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151832942120214.867209.644010213&type=1&l=40ea914354 Bantams...
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    Hi from Witney in the UK :)

    Hi! Finally, I joined this forum after having it on my 'to-do' list for about a month :) Although I kept hens as a boy, this is the first time keeping hens as a rather big boy... We have had 2 bantams (Peanut and Cucumber) for a week and a half and picked up 3 ex-batts/barn hens just...
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