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Treatment for wry neck
Hello I have a six week old bantam cochin that I believe has wryneck or was injured by other bigger grow outs stepping on him? He was fine until a week or so ago and now seems to not be able to look up. His chin is up against his chest😓 He is still eating/drinking and other then his neck and...- calcifer
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chick aggression
Hello one of my 3 day old coturnix is running around/chasing the other chicks pecking there head and tails and seems to be bullying all the chicks especially a crippled chick with splayed legs. is this harmless fun or a sign I should cull it for aggression? ps I use a read heat lamp and have a... -
chick aggression.....
Hello one of my 3 day old coturnix is running around/chasing the other chicks pecking there head and tails and seems to be bullying all the chicks especially a crippled chick with splayed legs. is this harmless fun or a sign I should cull it for aggression? ps I use a read heat lamp and have a... -
chick aggression.....
Hello one of my 3 day old coturnix is running around/chasing the other chicks pecking there head and tails and seems to be bullying all the chicks especially a crippled chick with splayed legs. is this harmless fun or a sign I should cull it for aggression? ps I use a read heat lamp and have a... -
splayed legs or???
Hello a few of my chicks seem to be having legs problems.I didnt cradle the eggs this time so the chicks spent the first 14 hours after hatching walking on other eggs in my brinsea advance(my stupidity) Problem 1. four seem to have there legs at a forward angle almost like there knees wont... -
Is it to early to go outside?
Hello I have a batch of coturnix that are almost 4 weeks old and are getting a bit cramped in my small brooder. All of the quail are fully feathered but small. In the past when I have hatched in the fall and early spring I keep the quail indoors in till 6 weeks but with the weather being warmer(... -
Quail brooder bedding and incubator time
Hello I am on day 17 of hatching a new batch of quail and I'm unsure of what bedding I should be using, the pine shavings I bought for this batch seem awfully small and I'm worried that the chicks might either eat them or won't have enough support to properly gain their legs. Also my eggs seem... -
How to sanitize a incubator fast
Hello I need help! a batch of eggs just arrive in the mail and I realized that I forgot to clean the incubator a few months ago and left a couple of unhatched eggs in it. What do I do? If I use bleach wont it leave fums? and how can I sterilize the heating element/ fans? would dial soap work?- calcifer
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Hens aggression and injury remedy
Hello I am having some proplems with my hens! I have four 9 month old hens in a 12 square foot cage and this morning i found one with head wounds and another hen with dried blood on her chest. there both from the same hatch and have always lived peacefully together. I dont want to kill the hen... -
Can quail and ducks live near each other?
Hi can coturnix quail and ducks live near eachother? I have a quail pen about 15' away from my old chick coop and was wandering if i could have free range ducks? The quail pen is about 3 feet above the ground so im not worried about bullying but i know you cant keep chickens with quail. -
indoor coturnix sand bedding
Hi I am going to bring a few hens indoors to breed, I have build an indoor pen for them but am not sure what bedding to use, I very much dislike having to buy and deal with pine shavings and was wandering if sand would work indoors or would it smell and grow bacteria even if I scooped it daily... -
NEED HELP NOW day 16 and in lockdown humidity is 90%!!!!
Hi I added water to all three water(two side ducts full and a little in center duct) ducts right before initiating lock down and when i got home from work it says it is at 90%!!!! and has been for 8+ hours I opened the lid slightly and can hear pecking sounds . should I open the incubator move... -
PLEASE help! quail eggs are not hatching is there hope?
Hello I bought 50 rare color mutation coturnix quail eggs from a well known farm, usps delivered them to my house 2 days later and I took them directly to a chicken breeder to hatch them (I am not very good and the eggs were expensive). today is day 18 and none of the eggs have even piped... -
4 week old quail help with rowdy males
ok so this is my first time raising quail and so far so good but now that they are getting older two( assuming male) are getting rowdy! the two just learned how to crow and are now chasseing all but one of the 6 remaining birds around the brooder pecking at there heads and backs, so far there... -
Sick chick
Hi I hatched 9 coturnix chicks on may 16th and they have seemed relatively healthy but one is feeling under the weather, It started heavily panting about three days ago, I gave them sugar water and have been keeping an eye on them, none of the other chicks seem to be sick and it is still... -
Help hatching quail
Hi I have read a few post on hatching Coturnix quail but they each seem to be a little different, this is my first hatching experience so please excuse stupid questions. I started my eggs at around 10 am on may 31 so I think today will be the 13th day, I have no illusion that I will have a high... -
help with my first qail hatching!
Hi I have read a few post on hatching Coturnix quail but they each seem to be a little different, this is my first hatching experience so please excuse stupid questions. I started my eggs at around 10 am on may 31 so I think tomorrow morning will be the 13th day, I have no illusion that I will...- calcifer
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HELP! fit's time hatching and eggs will arrive in 2 hours
Hello please help me. Last night I set up my little giant incubator (with fan kit) for the first time, so far i have the temp at a steady 99-100 but the humidity wont go above 50%! It has all of the water channels full and its been running for 12 hours straight buy wont go up, I tested the...- calcifer
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male with no hens
Hi will males fight if there are no femals? For example if i end up with 12 mqles over the next two hatchs can i put them all in a batchiler pen far away fom my femailes with no fighting. -
Help please! coturnix tuxedo color mutation?
Hi I am getting ready to buy my first hatching eggs and am wandering how true to color mutations breed? I have spent a lot of time looking at different breeders and it seem to me that different breeder flocks have slight variations even when they are supposedly the same color mutation, Is there...