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How to put weight on a thin chicken?
Hey guys, i have 6 chickens (2 modern game bantams, 2 phoenix x jap bantams and 2 wyandotte x). the two wyandotte crosses are about 4mths old and havent started to lay yet. we are just starting to warm up now and they have begun to moult. when i was doing a check over them, i noticed that one...- sammit
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Help with breed?
Help please! I have these two pullets, mother was silkie cross (5 toes, feathered legs) but she looked like a really small brown. father was who knows what.. just wondering if you could help me ID what these might be? Im in australia. The black chook in some of the photos is a modern game...- sammit
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Baby quail, when to remove lights?
Hello! I have some baby japs that are 11 days old. Im in Brisbane, Australia and was wondering when I should be taking the lights off them?? The currrent day/night temps where I am is around 33C/23C. They are almost fully feathered. Also, when would be the appropriate age to introduce them to... -
Coturnix with swollen lower eyes?
Im in australia and run 15 quail in a ground pen (just a bit of background info). 14 females and one bloke. One of my ladies this morning is quiet, has both eyes swollen but only on the bottom lids and her cheeks are puffy (kinda like when a person gets mumps). Ive seperated her and put her on... -
Can anyone tell me the colour please?
can anyone tell me what colour this little girl is please? vent says female and she still has chest spots, although she is about 2wks off starting to lay. she has two white flight feathers so that would make her a tuxedo?? -
Is this bumblefoot?
hey guys, was just given two hens. they both are laying and both have weird solid lumps on their feet. its not a swelling, more like a hard lump. no obvious signs of infection or open wounds, not hot, no weeping. the birds were kept on a solid floor with a straw base that was changed regularly... -
quails legs not working after heat?
i was given a coturnix two days ago after we had a very large heat spike (3 days of temps in the high 40C). according to the woman i got her off, she was fine on the days leading up but then the heat came and she forgot how to walk? shes been in a seperate pen inside my house with her own fan... -
coturnix eating their eggs?
just wondering why my quails would be eating their own eggs? i have them on a 26% protein feed, fresh greens, millet seeds, garden weeds, fresh insects and i have a bowl for shell grit. they only eat the cracked eggs, they leave the whole ones alone. im not worried about them doing it as i get... -
Ivermectin safe for use on coturnix?
is ivermectin safe for use on coturnix quails? i have a few that are acting like they have gape worms. ive seen the dose at 1 drop for old english game bantams but would that one drop work on quail as well? im looking at getting the pour on instead of the water based wormers -
help? quail has been scalped
my babies have reached sexual maturity. i have one male currently in isolation as its clean ripped the feathers off the backs and necks of all of my females and scalped another male. how do i deal with the scalping? the bleeding is fresh, theres a scab forming and the poor bloke looks like hes... -
my hens have started laying! :D :D
yesterday one started and today, another! yay! i finally have eggs again! look at how different they are. the "white" egg is different to the one laid yesterday as the brown is on the other end. im fully expecting another two hens to start laying in the next few weeks... -
Egg incubators for corturnix?
looking into getting a small incubator (around 25-50 eggs) and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations? i live in australia so companies that can post over here would be greatly welcome! im looking at getting one that has a turner in it and ive found one on ebay for $70 but that seems a... -
mutation puzzlers! *pics inside*
i have a few corturnix that are stumping me with mutations, can anyone help me? thinking this one is a cinnamon tuxedo? possible silver? and this is my male Flash. tibetian or something else? one one single white patch anywhere on his body -
eating fertilised eggs?
those with breeding setups, do you eat the fertilised eggs? im looking into getting an incubator and keeping a male in with my hens but i also want the hens to be laying for food... help! -
when do males start to crow?
ive got a mix of 3 week to 7 week old birds. a few birds are starting to change to look male (red breast) and a few growl when i pick them up (ive been told thats a male thing too). but none of them crow. they stand straight upright and puff out their chest and make this loud beedeep beedeep... -
what vegetables can i feed?
ive been looking around and i cant find anything about what veg/fruit i can and cant feed to my coturnix. i have a vegie garden and im wanting to give them the scraps but i dont want to give them anything poisoness. i already know that avocado, apple seeds, citrus and tomatos (both plants and... -
someone broke into my pen and killed my birds.
someone broke into my quail pen sometime today while i was out. they stole (or let out) two of my pet hens, one hen and one roo. and then killed another hen by standing on her. im down to 8, mostly males and none of them laying age. im so f*kn upset and angry. -
help sexing goldens.
can anyone post me a pic please of a golden hen and a golden cock side by side? new to the sexing and i dont want to send any females to the freezer on accident! thankyou! -
leg banding- size?
i have a mix of standard size and jumbo quail and i wanted to mark the females. what is the appropriate sized leg band for them? these will be sexed as adults so it needs to be an open ring. -
back with more quails!
ill start off totally blaming this forum for me getting more of these adorable little flufflings!!! i went to a local breeder today and purchased 10 (which somehow turned into 11 chicks once they were in the pen!!). so here are some pics of the little dears! girls are being kept for eggyweggs...