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    ISO Standard Cornish Chickens

    I am looking for between 15-30 standard cornish chicks, not cornish cross. They need to be decent quality, i am open to colors. I am doing this for a 4h project promoting heritage birds and genetic diversity. PM if you have something
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    James Marie Farms Bird Discussion.

    So obviously James Marie Farms is top dog of the quail in the US. Its very well known. I wanted to start this page as a resource for information on all of his varieties of birds. I buy from Robby (Owner of JMF) weekly, So I will try to order every variety for a personal opinion. I currently...
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    Birmingham Roller Squab Colors

    Hello, I have had my first hatch of squabs yesterday under my pair of birmingham rollers. Mom is almost solid red, and dad is red/blue pied. So the question is, how early can you tell the color on the babies? Right now they are both yellow obviously.
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    Summer Poultry Fun

    Anyone have any fun/unusual plans with their poultry this summer? I plan on taking my Sultan Chicken (Hollow) floating in an inner tube on the river. And then we have the county fair in late august. She will be my 4-H show bird for that.I am also entering my ducks and my goose, maybe a turkey or...
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    Duck/Goose Hybrid

    So.....I have an African goose, and a Mallard drake, thats all the waterfowl I have. They have been mating for 2 years now....I have eaten 4 goose eggs this week and all were fertile.....So now she is setting on 3 of her own eggs along with some others....So in almost a month, If all goes well...
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    Benson Quail Anyone???

    Hello, I recently acquired a pair of Benson Quail, I was wondering if there is anyone else out there with any or whom previously had some. I have dealt with quite a bit of other types of quail but these are my first Bensons and the internet is lacking in info on them....So here they are!
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    ~Sexing White Bobwhites~

    Hello, I have some white bobwhites and I am having a little trouble sexing them. I was told that if they have black on their beak they are males and if not, they were females. Well I put a pink beak and a black beak together and they fought like crazy ....so does anybody know how to sex them?
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    New World Quail

    Hello, I have gotten into new world quail recently, I have had Northern Bobwhites and Scaled quail for a while now, I received a shipment of Valley quail and Snowflake Bobwhite today. I will also soon be getting White Bobwhites, Benson Quail, Mountain Quail, and Mearns Quail. I should have...
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    Whats wrong with my duck?????

    Hello, I have a mallard pair, and my hen is acting sluggish and weak, and she disappears during the day not to be found til evening, I suspect she is nesting, but she is acting sick. She will lay in one spot and just hisses when I come near. I know the eggs arent near but she isnt running from...
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    Aggressive Drake!

    Hello, I have a Mallard drake that is getting very aggressive. I know this is normal spring behavior for a drake but he is getting violent and my mother comes back with welted arms when she feeds. I hand raised him two years ago and he was a house duck for a while, he was the sweetest little guy...
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    My first chicken!

    I have been breeding and raising poultry for 2 years now, and have owned birds for 5 years. But strange enough, this is my first chicken! She is a Standard White Sultan! I got her today and she already follows me around and snuggles with her blanket by my neck :)
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    Vails Quail?

    Has anyone ordered from Vails Quail? Seems like a reputable guy to me but I would prefer to hear from someone who has done business with him. https://www.vailsquail.com/
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    Caponizing Pheasants

    Hello, I am looking into getting a pheasant rooster, Does anyone know if you can capon a pheasant safely????
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    Quail and Pigeons

    Can I house bobwhite quail with some pigeons? They will have plenty of room, just wondering if its ok.
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    Breeding Coturnix Colors

    I have some Rosetta(British Range) coturnix and some tuxedo of Tibetan (Dark British Range) If I cross the two will I eventually get a Tibetan or do I cross the tuxedos until one comes out?
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    Blue/Green quail eggs

    Is it common to get lightly speckled greenish blue egg from a coturnix quail
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    Breeding Program

    I have 7 bobwhite(2 roos and 5 hens) and 14 coturnix of various colors, and 2 scaled quail pairs. I am keeping logs and records of who I breed to who and what the result is (fertility, any defects etc) and I was wondering if anyone has done this before, like made anything interesting such as a...
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    Taming a rescue duck

    I found a duck in the street a couples days ago far from any water of field even, right in the middle of the city. She isnt too afraid of people so I think she was owned by someone, I have been looking for the owner and no one has come up yet. Anyway, if no one shows I want her to be more tame...
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    ~Injured Coturnix Quail~

    I Just got 19 coturnix today and while figuring out the pen accommodation one of then got its toenail cut off. I saw that and a little bit of blood and figured it was no big deal but a few minutes later I found her with her belly covered in blood as well as the leaf litter below her. I picked...
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    Mixing Feed Question

    I mix my own feed and I am adding Red Milo. Does anyone know the protein content of red milo? No internet search has told me and the bag doesn't have a label for the stats...
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