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    Really overdue peacock egg?

    I had 11 peafowl eggs in the incubator, have been candling them, but it looks like only one developed. I was keeping an eye on this one and the embryo was growing, could see the blood vessels, but no movement. If peachicks are due to hatch in 28-30 days, then this egg is now 4-6 days overdue...
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    HELP HELP URGENT DISASTER!!

    So a couple hours ago I accidentally spilled some water on my incubator and now it's gone whack! I tried to wipe it up but I don't know if it's still working or not because the temperature shot waaay up after that and I tried to readjust it, thinking I might have knocked off the temperature...
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    One legged quail with recurring infection, maybe bumblefoot-what can I do to fix it? Prosthetic leg?

    I have a pair of bobwhite quail, and the hen lost her leg last March. At first I didn't realize that she was even missing a leg, and within a few days it healed over and she was able to hop around just fine. Over the months, she started adjusting to the missing leg and was able to walk on the...
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    What's the difference between adult feed and chick feed?

    I thought the only difference was that the chick food has more protein than the adult for growing chicks, but recently I noticed the chick food actually has less protein than the adult. That's probably because the chick feed is for chickens and the adult is for turkeys. But is there any other...
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    Keeping peacocks and quail?

    I'm getting some peacock eggs in a week, and I have a flock of 11 bobwhite quail. I'm thinking I might have to house them both together temporarily until I can build a bigger pen for the peacocks. Will this present problems? I asked the folks on the peafowl forum but they didn't really know. I...
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    Getting peacock eggs in a week!

    Somebody is offering me 6-10 peacock eggs for free, and wanted to give me even more. I agreed to take them, but don't know anything about raising peacocks! I am new to raising birds and currently have 11 bobwhite quail. I am glad to accept them, of course, because I was looking for a larger bird...
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    Raising grouse

    Don't know if anybody on here has seen this or not, but here's some good information on raising grouse from a study done in 1958. http://ww2.dnr.state.mi.us/publications/pdfs/HuntingWildlifeHabitat/Reports/WLD-library/2400-2511/2427.pdf Planning on eventually raising and breeding grouse. I have...
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    Thinking about getting a guinea for my quail

    I'm thinking about getting a guinea to protect my quail, for example to get rid of snakes, mice, and to alert to predators. I have a small flock of bobwhite quail right now, and I love the little guys, but they're so quiet, last night a skunk was trying to get into their cage and they just sat...
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    What temperature do 4 week old bobwhite chicks need?

    Can I take them out of the brooder yet? And when can they go outside? They're getting a little too big for the brooder and trying to fly out and I have new chicks hatching I need to make room for.
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    Why am I losing chicks? :(

    This is the second chick (bobwhite quail) I've lost before it hatched, the third from this hatch. The first chick I lost suddenly less than a day after it was born, I figured since its mother was sick it might have caught the same bug. The second chick I lost while I was gone for a couple days...
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    First night outside and it's pouring!!

    I've had a pair of bobwhite quail I've kept inside for the last 2 months. For the last 2 weeks, they've been in a cool basement. Today is the first time I moved them outside-they're in a little wire chicken coop-and there's a horrible thunderstorm, it's pouring rain. Do you think they will be ok...
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    Newborn chick just died-had a sick mother, concerned about the health of the flock

    My little chick that just hatched this morning just died, and I'm trying to figure out what happened and what I should do. I got a pair of bobwhite quail in March, and they started laying eggs daily right away. I have been putting them in the incubator, and 2 hatched about 4 weeks ago. Those...
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    Quail with a high fever and infection

    Noticed that my quail hen was losing feathers on her back and panting a lot late last night, and this morning I took her to the vet. They said she had a high fever of 107.5 and if I had waited any longer she would've kicked the bucket. The vet put her on IV, gave her a cold bath, a few...
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    Ideas on keeping predators out?

    We have lots of predators here, and when my parents raised chickens, it was one of the main reasons they gave it up. They couldn't keep the predators out of the fenced in area. We get raccoons, skunks, weasels, bobcats, coyotes, wolves, foxes, bears, mountain lions, hawks, owls, and eagles...
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    Keeping quail and ducks together-also peacocks, partridge, pheasants, and grouse?

    OK, so I know that this question has been asked and answered lots of times before, and I have read those topics. But I need some more information before I can come to a conclusion. Now, I have a large backyard area. It is an open field. Within the open field, there is a small fenced in area...
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    Chukar chick is freaking out

    Hi, this is the first time I've ever raised poultry and I don't know what I'm doing. I have a pair of chukar partridges. They've laid maybe 15-20 eggs so far and have been laying almost every day. The only problem is, they'll take care of the eggs for a couple days or so but then they have a...
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