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  1. MadamContrary

    Silkie Cockerel Went Broody...

    So I give up trying to sex these birds. I swear this was a boy! She (I seriously can't believe it) has been sitting for two days now. I know I have a male in the group because the eggs have all been fertilized. She is determined so far, can't get her to budge and she started ticking at me when I...
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    Quail color help, Sparkly from Pansy stock

    Pretty sure that's sparkly modifying, but is it Pansy too? I can't remember which locus sparkly is on. I have two with this coloration, if I'm lucky I have a male and a female. They hit maturity with fall hitting so no one is behaving like a boy, not a single call out of any of them, just the...
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    Run Away Chicken Breed

    This bird showed up in the yard today. It's very fast, haven't been able to catch it yet. I assume it belongs to a neighbor. Going to find the owners, I'm just curious about the breed. It's pretty small, about half the size of my EE hens. I sold 3 flock members yesterday, and my girls were...
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    3 POL Dark Brahmas Corpus Christi Texas

    3 POL Dark Brahma hens, hatched 4/16/21. One is laying 2-3 eggs a week the other two have not started laying yet. Brahmas are known to be good winter layers and will continue to grow in size for another year and a half. These girls free range a tenth of an acre and are not suitable for...
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    Things you wish you knew before breeding rabbits

    I just scored a free 7 cage breeder set up for rabbits and I have had the idea of breeding on the back burner for the past year because I've been very focused on breeding quail. So now that housing is covered, and I have the feed on hand already from other uses, I see no reason to wait on...
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    Silkie Sex Guessing

    So classic Silkie guessing game. I have thought this white bird was a cockerel from the beginning, but at six months no crowing and a flat comb. It also holds it's body pretty low, just like the bird I think is is pullet. It's at the top of the pecking order. No hard feathers in the tail and...
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    Waiting on my first MyShire eggs!

    So eggcited! 😁 Discovered MyShire has an auction page. I have been wanting Fee birds for awhile, I have one so far out of two different color assortment hatches, and I couldn't resist bidding on some Grau Fee Tuxes 🤩 Now the waiting begins. My hubby is going to be giving me some serious side...
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    What's with the "Stacker" no turn hatching methods?

    I'm a member of a couple incubation groups on FB and there's a group called "Stacker Hatchers" they advocate no turning at all and place eggs from any number of types of fowl all together. I've always been under the impression that turning is vital for days 3-14 for normal development. Quail...
  9. MadamContrary

    Identifying Coturnix Colors

    New babies are nearly feathered in, I'm very excited to have some new colors to work with! I'm still learning all the actual color names, and I'm having a harder time nailing the subtleties of patterning. I'm thinking Falb Fee on this one? And I know I have some Roux dilute. But, are the...
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    Chick down colors

    These are new stock from unknown parentage and I can't wait to see if any are different colors than what we currently have! They are Celedon, don't know if they're pure yet, excited to be getting started on a new project again 😊
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    Corpus Christi, Texas Silkie and Silkie Easter Egger crosses

    2 day old Silkies, white and buff, unknown parentage, but was told many should split to splash. 4 day old black Silkies and black Silkie - Easter Egger crosses. The father of the 4 day olds is an extended black Mother is white, and EE Mother red partridge. Asking $4 each or 5 for $20. Can...
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    Purina game starter, much smellier poo?

    My usual feed is on back order so I had to run to TSC to get something and all they had was Purina. This is day two on the new feed and the smell is overwhelming! Kind of like rotting garbage, but not quite. Chicks will be a week old on Tuesday, never had this type of smell issue before. What...
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    Silkies in both of my NR360s - Hatch-A-Long

    So I have had a year full of Cockerels!!! I have wanted Silkies forever and this was the year I finally got some and they ALL turned out to be cockerels. My two hatches prior (of different breeds) ended up all cockerels except for 2 birds. So I think all these boys (I can't keep in my area) have...
  14. MadamContrary

    Silkie Gender, too soon for streamers?

    11 weeks old from Hoover's Hatchery. Are those streamers or just an immature/juvenile crest?
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    14 week old LF Cochin squatting already?

    This bird has been the most skittish bird from day one, hated to be handled, ran squawking if you even took a step in her direction. Suddenly today she jumped up in my daughter's lap and refused to be put down. I couldn't believe it when she brought the bird into the house in her arms! I had...
  16. MadamContrary

    1 week old quail avoiding heat completely

    I've been raising quail off and on for the past 8 years, this new batch of babies has been very intolerant to heat. Day 1 they were fine, day 2 I had to turn the heat down already because they were avoiding it, day three I switched to a heat plate versus the ceramic emitter and they seemed to...
  17. MadamContrary

    EE showing Cockerel red?

    This bird is much more intensely colored than my other two EEs, as usual it was a sexed pullet. From the top the pattern seems to still flow evenly but, from the side all I see is that orangey/rusty color. I swear it's hackles have gotten lighter, but maybe it's just the deeper reddish tone that...
  18. MadamContrary

    First dry Coturnix incubation, half have huge air cells.

    Not sure if this belongs here or in the general incubation forum. I live in a very humid climate and have always added water to the incubator as per the instructions, using a NurtureRight360. I've had great hatch rates, 85%+. I had read about dry hatching being superior for quail in some...
  19. MadamContrary

    Bantam Frizzle Rooster in need of home in Corpus Christi, Texas

    This guy just turned 4 months old and started crowing. I was hoping to get at least one batch of fertile eggs from him before the neighbors started complaining but, my girls are not laying yet. I figured I'd try to re-home before we processed him, seems such a waste being that he's a bantam and...
  20. MadamContrary

    9 1/2 week odd breed code from MPC, possible pullet?

    So this bird has confounded us from the beginning. It was hatched from eggs from my pet chicken's "Diva" breeder. The egg was labeled BBCO there was nothing on the breed list to match, my assumption was buff brahma cochin mix, I've gotten a lot of mixed opinions on both breed and gender. It is a...
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