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    Breed?

    I got these birds as chicks once a local school had completed an incubator project, they were locally sourced eggs but i don't know the breed. They all looked the same (3 in total) but 2 now look very different from the third. Rather large birds but very gentle and curious. The second photo...
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    gender ?

    Always thought the leghorns were males but they naturally have large combs so im unsure.
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    Gender?

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    All gone wrong

    I've used this incubator many times with good success rate. It was all normal till day 10 when the heat dropped to 33 ish Celsius. Its now day 16 and all the way down to 28 and I've placed an insulating bow around it which doesn't seem to have a great effect on the temperature but has increased...
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    Gender?

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    Adding a chick to a mum hen

    Recently my silkie starting sitting on some eggs so i let her hatch them out. My other hens started to lay next to where she was broody and she would tuck the extra eggs under her. i had marked the eggs to remove the added eggs before they started to mature, i happened to miss a couple that had...
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    6 month

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    Bloody poo and clear discharge

    I’ve had 8 out of 18 chicks die in the last two days. They have all been covered in bloody poo. They’re all around 8 weeks old. However, it seems to be spreading to my older chicks (around 11 weeks) who are separated from the smaller chicks as the small ones are in a cage within the main...
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    6-7 week old chicks. Gender?

    Looking for their gender. And some advice to do distinguish gender in chicks for the future. Much appreciated.
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    Mystery egg...

    I went to collect the ducks egg but I found a tiny egg in its place, the same colour as the normal eggs. Can ducks lay small eggs on occasion? What's happening? This egg is as small as my quails eggs.
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    Help! Mysterious predator

    i spent ages building a new run for my quails. It has wire all around even on the bottom but this morning I went and found 3 gone one dead and holes in the wire. I don't know what the predator is and if anyone could help me identify it I can take action. Thanks
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    How much space does one adult golden giant quail need?

    Just wondering how much space does one quail need. Do they need more feeder space the more quails you get and do you need more drinkers. What is the smallest group you can get? They are social animals?
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    leg problems with month old Turkey chick!!! ASAP

    Hi my month old Turkey chick hatched very late 3-4 days after the usual time so it was always going to be weak however it's legs have spragled one leg is strong whilst the other is spread out by its side. I have tried taping its feet together and even wrapping it up with a bandage to keep its...
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    Turkey chicks only one

    I have been incubating Turkey eggs, it was a whole day over what it recommends so 29 days and one finally hatched. Only one has hatched so far not holding any hope for the other 5 but this one Turkey chick won't stop chirping! Is the chick looking for a mate? Is it easy to raise just one Turkey...
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    what size wire for quails?

    the question is in the title
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    Turkey eggs incubation

    i am about to get some fertile turkey eggs through the post and i was wondering: how long do you settle the eggs?which way up do you settle them?which way do you incubate them? and how big are the chicks compared to chicken chicks?
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    Sexing 4 week old quails

    Hi i was wondering if anyone could tell the gender of my quails.
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