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  1. CascadiaRiver

    Pre-built shed to replace old Coop?

    I live in the rainy PNW and our 16+ year old large shed is finally getting reclaimed by mother nature (water damage, neighbor damage, wear & tear, plus old design & things we'd change now that we know better lol). We also have an old tool shed that I would like to replace with one of those small...
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    Hesitating with dispatching them

    I've pushed off dispatching twice, just a total shutdown 🥲 I was extremely confident going into this, but now that it's time to buy a nice pair of shears and sit down and do it, I'm second guessing myself. What if I don't have the stomach to eat them? What if I feel sick gutting them? I wanted...
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    Quails fully feathered! Unexpected colors!

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-colors.1673548 They grew up so fast! Some for sure ended up as expected, but I sure am surprised at the variety and some of the weirdness going on here! My pharoah hen Razzle had a prolapse issue with a weird egg, I'll make a post with a photo...
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    Bloody poop- babies, what do I give them?

    I'm a little bit panicked right now, we haven't had coccidia before if that even is what this is. I'm going into an hour long work meeting so I can't go get anything right this moment but once it's done I'm running to the nearest feed store or pet store, wherever I can get some little medication...
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    What color (#10)

    Other chicks & parents are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-colors.1673548 #10 this chick is light/cream in color with a slightly darker/orangeish head and light patterning. She reminds me of how her mom looked as a chick (below) Mom: yellow with darker near the...
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    What color (#6, 7, 8, 9)

    Parents & other chicks are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-colors.1673548 All of them are tuxedo/pied of some kind #6 is very red in comparison, I'm guessing rosetta/tibetan #7 is darker #8 is also darker #9 is almost greyish, light and silvery in comparison...
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    What color (#4-5)

    Parents & other chicks are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-colors.1673548 #4 & #5, the darker one I am assuming is just pharoah! #5 is lighter than any phraroahs I've hatched so I'm assuming they'll be more red or lighter in color but of similar pattern
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    What color (#1-3)

    Parents and other chicks are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/quail-chick-colors.1673548 Chick #1 has a red eye shine, and appears to be more white than the other two Chick #2 is mostly white with some faint spots on the head/butt so I am assuming it's a double pied/"A&M"...
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    Quail (chick) Colors?

    Hello! Of the about ~30 eggs we set, we got 10 wiggly happy babies! I was really hopeful for some fun colors but honestly I'm awe-struck by the variety we got! And a little bit confused... can anyone help me figure out what we got? Of course I know it'll be much easier once they're feathered in...
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    🥁🥁🥁... Two Fertile Eggs 😭

    Well, it's officially lockdown, waiting for the humidity checker to recalibrate to see what I gotta raise it to, but after setting 15 eggs we have a drumroll please ... Two. I candled them all and it was obvious, 13 looked clear, you could see the yolk floating in the white, and these two were...
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    Quail in a Tractor (part time or full time?)

    Photo just as an explanation to the idea. I have a bunch of old "pieces" to a rabbit hutch, it's sturdy hardwood & hardware cloth secured into a "tube" (12-16" tall, 24" wide, and 5-6' long). It basically looks like this below but longer & hardware cloth all around. I have roofing I can add to...
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    Color ID

    I'm gonna be met with a bunch of funny looks talking about my "grey bird" as we lovingly nicknamed him, as he decided to no longer be grey lol as you can see in the chick photos he was very grey as a chick and had matured into all of this pretty reddish color, most red on chest among the tuxedo...
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    Breeding quail on a tiny scale

    And by tiny I mean 4 birds :') the feed store isn't selling any more this year, and there's only one other person nearby whose selling them for $15-20 a bird which to me seems too much, I swear it used to be $5 for a pharaoh. I can't currently justify $140 on a few hens right now unfortunately...
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    Color ID (& sex if possible) Coturnix

    Hello! My babies are getting all grown up way too fast like quail often do, and while everyone is still being peaceful and so sweet (honestly the most mellow quail I have ever owned.) I am more curious every day who's boys & girls. I figure at least one is not feather sexable so I am fine...
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    Is this Celadon?

    Hello! I very much just have 3 pet quail currently but I would love nothing more than to breed them (probably next spring). We started with a little rooster who we got from the humane society as a stray, he was a dusty golden color who faded to a sort of platinum white. We incubated some eggs...
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    Coturnix Color? Beige to White

    Hello! I rescued this stray Coturnix from the humane society a few months back, "Mr. Pretty Lady" (thought it was a hen, its a cock lol) was golden when we first got him, but has since molted out into a steely-white. Not quite as pure white as Coturnix I've had in the past. Some of the family...
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    Male or Female? Mystery "naked" 4w/o chick

    We got Rudie (Rudy the Ruby Red Rooster originally, but we changed it to Rudie in crossing fingers for a girl) from a feedstore "Assorted Bantams" bin, straight comb, yellow legs, dark red feathers, I am assuming bantam RIR/Rhode Island as other options seemed too exotic for WilCo to stock...
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    Treating Mites in a Quail

    Hello! It's been a long time, but I need some poultry advice! I'm taking a quail home today who seems to be fairly happy and healthy, however she absolutely has mites. The mites are believed to be northern fowl mites, they're nestled up in the feather bases in the area under her vent. Our vet...
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    mycoplasma? hen with swollen ears...

    I've done some light reading on MG... extremely saddened. Our ladies are getting old now, we've been losing some here and there this year (unfortunate timing with a lot of other awful things happening) from different causes, and after everything seemed to have settled down... one of our younger...
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    Soft Shelled Eggs

    I have a hen who has consistently laid soft shelled eggs during these past few months I've owned her. I'm not breeding currently because of the cold weather here but come warmer weather in spring, is there any tips on what I could do? I've been giving their breeding enclosure extra red grit and...
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