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    Suggest a chicken breed for Pakistan

    I want to keep chicken for eggs and also for meat. I have a choice between Rhode Island Red and Australop. Temperatures in Islamabad range from - 2 to + 43 degrees Celcius. I don't want to use commercial feeds. Please help me decide.
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    Mixing Budgies and Diamond Doves with Chickens

    I want to have a 8 foot high coop with chicken on the ground while Budgies and Diamond Doves on the top. I'll make their nests 7 foot high and PVC pipes for sitting. My question is that will there be any threat of disease transmission to the chicken?
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    All my Quails Killed

    Found all of my 6 quails dead an hour ago. All but one had heads missing and good 2.5 inch whole in the wire mesh cage with wires pulled inside. One bird was eaten in a two inch diameter others just had missing heads, could not find the heads anywhere around.What could it be? Rat, Mongoose...
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    Hen is sick and sitting

    She was not eating well . Now she is just sitting with head down. Gave her antibiotic yesterday that spilled out in a minute. Today I can see a big lump near the neck. I salughtered one some time back with a lump and found that here was a blockage in the food pipe (swelling and growth). Any idea?
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    Suspicious Los of Diamond Doves

    Once I found a young Dove dead with feathers around. I thought the young one had a fight with the parents. No after a few months another one found dead. Looked like electrocuted (though no electricity around) Both feather lower ends had a quarter a cm black areas as if burnt or dried blood that...
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    Japanese Quails don't fly

    Strange topic? Yes, I was told that these quails can't fly,atleast the domesticated ones. I tried today on my quails purchased from different sources and yea they can hardly fly a foot or so, even can't land slowly when released from 3-4 foot height, they land and rollover.All are over 3 months...
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    Quail leg paralyzed

    Onebif my coturnix quails has got paralysis in one leg.jumps around on the other. Its knee down paralysis I lift and drop her foot and it drops without resistance.Any cure?
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    Chicken vs Quail Economics

    A quail eats 36 gms while a hen eats 100gms per day (2.77 times). By weight quail weighs 250gms in 8 weeks while a medium hen weighs 1.5. kg (6 times) in the same period. How is quail a more efficient bird ?
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    Can white partridge breed in cage?

    I am interested in breeding white partridges here in Pakistan. I am told these are difficult to breed in captivity. Any idea how can these be bred like quails? How many eggs per year should I expect?
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    Suggest sex and age of my Quails

    I am attaching pics of my Qutronix (supposedly) , please guide which one is male (Brown head or black head) and when should they start laying, guest the age as I am not aware. Bought two weeks back but not laying. I have only two of these.
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    Is this a Qutronix Male?

    Is this a Qutronux male?
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    Feather loss around tail

    I kept that hen separate for over two months but still there are no feathers around her tail and now a small hole in the skin. It is still the best layer.I leave it open for a while for foraging and dust bathing. Any solution? Will application of spirit do any good?
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    Chicken sitting for a while-Not laying

    My Hans keep visiting nest boxes sit for a few minutes then come out making loud calls puc puc pucaaaac, but no eggs. Once I noted another hen checking a sitting hen under her feathers and on her turn sitting herself in the same nest box for a few minutes and out.No eggs in any nest.I have...
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    Mixing Chicken with Ducks for longer egg period

    My chicken lay eggs for around Nine months a year. Can I add ducks to make up for the chickens' winter break ? This will only work if the ducks lay in the winters in Pakistan area.
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    How calculate flock cycles

    I want to consume 10 chickens a month. What should be my flock size and rotation cycle. In my area, day old chicks are not available from October to February.I'll be raising chicken meat chicken on grains only, no commercial feed. Si ut will take about four months to reach a kg of weight. I'll...
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    Layering to increase coop area

    Can we beneficially increase coop area by adding shelves on one side if the coop for chicken to walk around. This will effectively increase coop area when the space is limited.
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    Why cover the whole coop in Winter ?

    Winter is approaching (0-4 deg Celcius minimum)and I have to keep my chicken coop warm . Do I really need to cover the whole coop with tarpaulin ? What if I get a 2x2 foot brick enclosure and hag a curtain at opening to acomodate my 5 layers ? That will be more manageable an d economical.Any...
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