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    Shipped eggs super dissapointed!!

    So, Iveread reviews on M McMurray, I remember Martha Stewart endorsing them a decade ago...I feel like they have lost their cred. I ordered a dozen mixed 'special' eggs, wasnt expecting anything crazy, but out of 11 incubated (1 cracked from freeze in shipment), I had ONE hatch this Wednesday...
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    Twisted beak and missing eye...is it hopeless?

    One of my black Coturnix quail hatched with a twisted beak (like a grosbeak bird), and missing her left eye :( It's been 2 days now in the incubator, its running around and vocal like crazy! I've been using a dropper to give magic water, but haven't sen it try to peck food yet. The energy...
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    Quail chick born 'special '

    So I had one of my black coturnix hatch early this morning, otherwise running around, interacting w others, chirping away, but noticed her beak was twisted (like a grosbeak). Upon closer viewing...missing left eye, like born this way and it never formed, and beak twists same way. So this babe...
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    First time, long time...also Newbie Quail mom...worried!

    Hello everyone! I've followed the pages for a long time but this is my first communique...I've officially delved into the world of hatching! Need assistance though, super concerned about my quail eggs. Purchased fertile coturnix eggs and have been incubating in Devopet incubator, brand new...
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    PLease Help! Speckled Sussex Roo Needs a New Home!

    It's getting to the point that my hubs is ready to eat him...and we don't want that! Desperately seeking a home for my 20 week old Speckled Sussex Rooster, hand raised, very handsome, would be great for 4H or just general coop patrol. He's 5 pounds now, and will prob get to 7. We cannot keep him...
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    Hey NJ Chicken Friends!

    Hi all! I know you are out there, probably covertly nursing your flocks despite your neighbors ;) I need a farm home for my Speckeld Sussexcrooster. He's 20 weeks old and the sexual maturity is getting the best of him, and we simply can't have a rooster here in our neighborhood. We hand-raised...
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    20 week old Speckled Sussex Rooster in need of a good home!

    HI all...I am in southern NJ, Burlington County. OUr chicks grew into (unfortunately) two hens and 4 roosters out of 6 (!). Three of the boys got a great farm home, and we tried keeping the 4th, who was quite cuddly, as a house rooster. Unfortunately, it is not working out for us; he needs a...
  8. Chrischik

    insecticide bug

    Hi, I am posting from my wife's profile. So any help on this would be great. We had an ant problem in the house so last week I sprayed some ortho home defense around some of the doors. Well that stuff pretty much kills all bugs that try to enter the house. My boy Mike, a chicken, went to the...
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    Newly Adpted hen...not sure the breed, any ideas??

    So, I was blessed to find a great farm home for my three (!) rooster babies, and in exchange they gave me three hens, two silkies and a third whom I do not know. She's got to be at least 7 pounds, lays brown, huge eggs, and is an all-around "classic" chicken in look and voice. Any ideas as to...
  10. Chrischik

    Hubby needs Help!

    So, this is my first forum posting, officially, as a BYC member. We have six chicks, now 9 weeks old, and unfortunately, FOUR of them turned out to be roiosters, whom we cannot keep, and whom I kinda wanted to process for eating. NOw, we are an animal-loving family, we have lots of pets, and...
  11. Chrischik

    Hello from Burlington Co. NJ!

    HI all, my name is Christine. I'm a chef, wife and mother of a rambunctious 5 year old daughter, and the relatively new mom (first time!) of six Speckled Sussex birds. Looking forward to those in NJ or elsewhere who want to chat chickens, as they've become my new favorite hobby! Our chicks are 9...
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