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  1. paleochick

    incubator to brooder new coturnix chicks question - ASAP

    I am new to coturnix quail. I have new chicks (just hatched this AM) but also have four other eggs in the process of hatching. Do I wait and move all the chicks into the brooder at the same time or as they hatch? What I guess I am trying to find out, is what is the longest time newborn...
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    Day 19 Coturnix hatch

    So I started a post yesterday to ask about not hearing any pips or seen eggs move. Was somewhat concerned. But just before I hit 'post' by daughter screamed (yes she is a tad dramatic) that one of the eggs had a crack. Took egg out of the incubator and heard tapping. This morning coturnix...
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    New Coturnix chicks

    I am currently incubating 12 coturnix eggs. I am new to quail so I was wondering if a brensea brooder will work for these chicks? I had it for my chicken chicks and loved it. For safety reasons I don't want to have a heat lamp. Thanks
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    Help on hatching two eggs 3 days apart

    I have a hen that has hatched one egg successfully and has one more to hatch (fertile). The chick is just over 24 hours old and I expect the other egg to hatch within 24-48 hours. Is that too long between hatchings for the hen and chicks to do well? Hen is not sitting on egg as much as she...
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    Unusual egg question

    I have three eggs under my broody hen (not hers, from another chicken) and when i picked one of the eggs up it felt like something was moving inside (as I slowly turned the egg if felt like something moved from one side of the egg to the other). Has this happened to anyone before? I couldn't...
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    mealworm question

    I just got a bag of mealworms from the local pet store and was told by the cashier that mealworms if swallowed whole can eat there way out of a chicken. I have never heard of this and cannot see how this could even be possible. Has anyone ever heard of this?
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    Roo???

    I have a 4 week old EE that does not look like my other 4 week old EE. Popcorn is bigger and has a comb that is pinker. They have feathered out at the same rate so I am confused as to whether this is a roo or pullet. Can't have roos at my house due to city regulations and I live close enough...
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    Roo?

    EE about three weeks old. Looks bigger than other EE I got at same time. If it is a roo has to go elsewhere as the city has a strict no roo policy. Any thoughts. [/IMG]
  9. paleochick

    Frizzles and silkies

    How young can either silkies or frizzles be sexed? Someone local is selling some chicks but I only can have pullets. Any suggestions? Or will I just have to wait until someone crows.
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    Frizzle and silkie chicks

    Does anyone know at what age you can tell sex of these types of chicks. A friend has some chicks and I want to get one but can't have a rooster. Will also post in the "what breed/gender forum". Thanks
  11. paleochick

    Sick one week old chick

    I have a one week old EE that within the last 12hours has become very weak, stopped eating and drinking, keeps eyes closed and holds her head to one side. Other 5 chicks are so far just fine. Tried to feed her water with electrolytes and ACV but she wasn't interested. It is almost like she had a...
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    Sick one week old chick

    I have a one week old EE that has within the last twelve hour become very weak on one side, is unable to stand, holds head down to one side, keeps eyes closed and won't east or drink even when I try with an eye dropper. If I had the describe the symptoms I would say it is very stroke-like...
  13. paleochick

    Missing chicken

    I have a two month old chich (splash andelusian) that went missing from the pen yesterday. She has a history of flying over the fence and I was going to trim a wing this weekend. Went to put the flock (all 7 of them) into the coop and I this one missing. It was raining so a search of the yard...
  14. paleochick

    Arrival of new chicks

    Got 26 chicks today, 15 EE and 11 random (so far I have identified RIR, black giant and brown leghorn). All were so happy and healthy which is better than previous three orders. I had ordered fron two separate hatcheries and lost over half of the shipment. Most were dead on arrival with more...
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    Any ideas on the breed?

    Ginger Eona MaryAnn Cloud Have fun identifying. Oh and I am hoping all hens as that is what was supposed to be shipped. Thanks
  16. paleochick

    Moving chicks outside

    This has probably been addressed somewhere but here is my question. I have 3 week old chick about half feathered out. It is about 60-65 during the day and around low 50s at night. My coop is well insulated and I only have two young hens it it right now so lots of room for others. Coop is off...
  17. paleochick

    chicken protection

    I am new to chickens and have a question about the coop and yard. I have an enclosed coop with an enclosed yard attached. I am putting up a fenced area in my yard to let the chicks out during the day. I was not planing on putting a roof on the fenced area but after reading so much about...
  18. paleochick

    New chicken mom

    I just got my first two chickens; a Rhode Island Red hen and a currently unknown buff colored hen. Originally ordered 6 but one died in shipping, one right after and then two other a couple days later. The remaining two are beautiful, a blast to watch and growing every day (they are two weeks...
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