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    Hard lump on left side of neck

    I noticed a hen was lethargic, not eating or drinking or coming out of her coop. Her neck looked puffier than normal so I felt around and felt a hard lump or irregularity on the left side of her neck - not her chest. She tried to eat and drink a little out of my hand but she could not lower her...
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    Abandoned by hen at hatching

    We were surprised by a hen and three chicks the other morning in the corner of a horse stall... When I investigated I saw she had a clutch of about 8 other eggs. I waited a day and when I looked again she was elsewhere in the barn and the nest was partly covered in dirt, I'm not sure by her or...
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    Week old quail won't eat from feeders

    I am new at quail brooding and I have two week old quail babies. Today I switched the crumbles from a small shallow bowl to a round feeder with holes since they were dumping the crumbles constantly out if the bowl - now they won't eat from the feeder, instead they're digging through two inches...
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    Timespan of hatching several quail eggs?

    Hello all, I am a complete newbie at this! I have 12 quail eggs that I'm trying to hatch; today is day 18 and I woke up to find one had hatched but since then nothing else, nor any pipping that I can see but some of the eggs are wiggling. The poor lonely one is just wearing himself out wandering...
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