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    A dove wheezing <.<

    So..... I have my dove twilight *yes I know..* And When I sat him down I noticed a faint wheezing coming from him... He hasn’t done this before at all. Is he getting sick? He’s been a happy healthy bird but then there is the wheezing Anything you guys know? XD I’m kinda puzzled why he’s wheezing.
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    6 eggs in two days?

    So I have one of my hens lay 6 eggs in two days... I always look in the nesting box daily but these two days were really weird.. The first day I found one egg and nothing else in the nesting boxes... but when I came home today I found Five all together in the nesting Box. My others Aren’t laying...
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    Dove picking up habits?

    So my ring-necked dove has been picking up some strange habits. I keep her with the quails with her own little perch and they get along fine, but I noticed that she started picking up some behaviors that the quails usually do. When she’s eating food she will peck at the others and they will move...
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    When to candle eggs?

    So I have some eggs under a broody hen and I really don’t know when to candle them? Should I do it on the 10th day or 14th? The eggs are fertile just I don’t know when to candle them. Any information?
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    Broody hen?

    So... today one of my hens laid an egg and.... She kept sitting on it I moved the egg to a different nesting box because that one was dirty and she went straight back to sitting on the egg.... My other hen tried to take over her egg to sit on and.... She would not get off the egg then the other...
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    Any good incubators?

    So... I am planning on buying An incubator to put my fertile eggs in rather then letting my Chickens and quails sit on them ( mostly Quails). I really don't know any good incubators that can hold a lot of eggs, Any suggestions on incubators?
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    Rooster not doing his job? or hens not listening to him?

    So... I have a Bantam Rooster and Either the hens don't listen to him or he is not doing his job. Now He has been Mounting one hens but the other mature one whom is bigger than him he is not, the other one is not of age yet so He is also leaving her alone. Now the bigger hen will Squat but the...
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    just got a dove and i kinda need some help Xd

    So.... I went to a flea market and I saw a ringed neck dove whom looks like a s'more. and I'm like " AWWWWWWWWWW It's so cute .W. I should give it a home." and So...…….. I got the dove it's a female and I have her in the same cage as my quails so I put another cage inside that cage and put the...
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    Why is my rooster small?

    So... I have a rooster Whom is small ._. he has all his feathers and his comb is bright red and fully grown but Why is he so small? like just take your hands and make a circle boom that's how big he is and plus he is like 1 foot tall ._. does it have to do with his breed or is it just the...
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    Bullying?

    So I have a top hat hen whom has sorta been fighting the other hens in some way or just scareing them away from the rooster or from the nesting boxes. Now she is warming up to hawk and letting her be around the rooster and in the nesting boxes but the brown hen whom is bigger than her and older...
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    Thinking about getting some turkeys

    So.... thanksgiving is coming around and 1. I don't kill or eat my birds. But I'm thinking about getting some turkeys. I can let them live with my hens and rooster with no problem but is there anything that's bad about that? my quails enjoy the hens and the chickens are very nice. IS there...
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    Female, Male, Agression?

    So I have two lovebirds one of them is my profile picture whom is named sparky, But I have been having a few questions. So Sparky is a real sweet heart and this is his second mate because his first one passed away, Rose ( that's her name) is fairly mean but loves to have all the attention. At...
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    Not laying

    I have two Texas A&M Quails and one male, my females are 6 and 7 weeks old. I have not seen one single egg yet, I know it's winter but shouldn't they have laid their first egg? or is the male causing Stress? Any suggestions?
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    Chicken depression or what?

    so... I had a hen die due to fowl fox and her closest flock mate was another hen named hawk, Now I have been noticing that hawk has been avoiding most of the others apart from the rooster. She also likes to have something on her right wing which that's where sparrow would be if she were alive...
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    What Breed is this hen?

    Hello! I have a hen that I have not seen before, We call her hawk because at first we thought she was a rooster but then she was a hen. So we just stuck with the name, I have been wondering what type if chicken she is. here is a picture of her, Sorry it's a bit dark outside and I had to use...
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    pecking Order or Bullying?

    So I have 2 Female quails and 1 male, at first they were in a small cage for a short while then I moved them to a Bigger cage. I Started noticing that the male would make like this weird sound like constant chirping or something and the females would go running around like they were trying to...
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    A bit about Myself

    So... I Just Joined this wonderful community, and it's very Awesome. Now a few things about myself.... 1. I am fascinated with Birds In fact I Own two lovebirds, Three Quails, three hens, and a Wonderful rooster. 2. The breeds I have of the hens are a common Brown hen, a Top hat hen and the...
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