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    I have a few quick quail questions

    I've had chickens for years and recently I've been doing research about quail. I have a couple of questions that I have not been able to find answers to, but I'm sure you guy know the answers. I noticed a lot of people use a cage or coop of some kind with a wire mesh floor, so apparently it...
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    Olive egger eggs are very tough to crack

    I have a 1st gen olive egger from a Black Copper Marans and Americana. She lays about 4 green eggs a week since the end of October. The eggs are very hard to open but its not the shell its the membrane. The shell cracks like normal but then the membrane is so tough to open to allow the egg...
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    Lost a bird. Questions about chicken fears and warning calls.

    I lost one of my layers today. They were all in the run (1x2 welded wire fence with bird netting over the top) and I found one up against the fence minus a head and some chest feathers pulled off scattered outside the fence. Looks like something ate on the neck and chest. The roosters crow so...
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    How warm is your cookie tin water heater? Looking for

    Has anyone taken a thermometer to their cookie tin water heater? I'm interested in what wattage bulb you have, the diameter and depth of the cookie tin, and what temp the outside of the cookie tin is. I made one today. The tin is 3.5 inches deep, 10 inches across, and I used a 60w bulb. I...
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    Could this chick have come from a Silver Laced Wyandotte?

    I Picked up 5 silver laced Wyandotte chicks yesterday. Seller had a SLW Roo and 10 SLW hens. 4 chicks look like SLWs. Last one looks like kind of gold laced but not sure. Seller had red sex link roosters too but I don't think it could mate the SLW and turn out this color. All are a week or less...
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