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  1. backyardmomma

    Did quail coop brainstorming

    I want to make indoor out door quail coop like this but 6 high. But I want to expand the back of drawer or add a box or something to add talent 1sqft two would be best so I cab house a trio in each. What free or dirt cheep ways could I go about this. I have a large grow out pin but I want to...
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    Quail feed questions

    I have a source of barley from a local distillery I read it should be 24% protein. I may use this is as a base for feeding my quail what else should I supplement with iT? I want the cheapest but good quality I can. I am on a shoe string here. I want to do fodder too China seed and beans lentils...
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    Need advice before Saturday

    My friend is getting me a incubator will be her Saturday. She will order 12 muscovy eggs breed of her choosing. I have read the article her incubating and hatching muscovys. I will read it every night tell my eggs come. I am looking up everything I can. Incubator has no auto turner I am not...
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    I hope.not.to.offend

    I am looking for the most respectful way to cull ducks. I about to Incubate some eggs. And well frankly I don't want to scare them before death. This is very important. I don't want to kill them but I want my food to have a real life. And to feel loved tell the moment they are needed. This is a...
  5. backyardmomma

    Moscovey

    I have a friend who is going to invest in my micro urban farm. Starting with moscovies. I am having a hard time finding out details like what to feed them and minimal space requirements. I have a good size back yard and will partially free range. I want to hatch from eggs and I want to keep a...
  6. backyardmomma

    Just for fun-How was hatching and raising done back in the day?

    Before electricity and pellets and commercial products of all sorts, how do you think people raised chickens? From egg to hen/cock.if you don't know tell how you imagine they did it.
  7. backyardmomma

    taking in an emergency flock of chickens and a duck need help not much time.

    At some point today or tomorrow i am taking in some chickens and one pekin female duck. It may be a few days or few months telk my friends are back on there feet. So i know about chickens but little about ducks. She has a little pond and eats chicken feed and lots of kitchen goods but what about...
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    planning on using no commercial feed, info and advice needed for chicks.

    Hey i know we don't all agree but i have my reasons for not wanting to by commercial feed. It is a life style choice i am working on. I will be growing fodder and meal worms possiblely duckweed (if i find it ) and one day black soilder flys. But i don't know when these items will be ready. I...
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    need help with egg storage for diy incubation

    I have searched the thread and read several post didn't find what i was looking for. I am fostering chickens for a unknown amount of time. In trade there giving anything i need for making a incubator and brooder. Now all i need to know is how do i save up eggs or is it best to just add new eggs...
  10. backyardmomma

    foster a flock and getting my own!

    Hello this is the first real year i am starting my backyard homestead. I have been around and worked with live stock off and on most my younder years. We spent 3 years co raising chickens for my old neighbors. I did most the work. Miss it so. In a day or two i am fostering a duck, a rooster, and...
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