How should I go about wintering my quail pen? Will they be ok if I just throw a tarp over them or rig up some kind of tent structure? I’m mostly worried about them getting buried under snow, but I’m in Canada so we can get -30C.
I have a small spare room that would be easy to heat to the necessary temperature for brooding chicks, was wondering if this is an option vs using a heat lamp or brooding plate? Thanks!
Hello,
I recently got a little giant incubator and I’ve had some major problems. The temperature doesn’t remain consistent, first it dropped to 25C when the thermometer on the incubator read 37.7C. It dropped for a couple hours however, there was still movement in some of the eggs so, I...
Recently got some 3 month old Ameraucana and noticed some mottling in their eye, 2/3 have this. Was wondering if it’s something for concern or just genetic. Doesn’t really look like the mareks examples I’ve seen.
Thanks.
well there is thin person selling emu chicks in my area and i was wondering if they would need heat during cold months as adults, i know the need heat when they are chicks but what about as adults it gets like -30 C here so its pretty cold. and what about food whats a good brand or mix? what...