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Moving Babies Outside
Living In Mississippi With Daytime Temps Running 90 + And Nighttime Dropping To 75 + Question Is, Would It Be Too Soon To Move 2 Week Old Coturnix To Much Needed Larger Outside Wire Cage? -
multiple hatches in grow out pens???
I am getting ready to have quite a few birds in short term grow out pens and it would seem to make sense that as a new hatch comes along and out the brooder, they could go into the same pen and the ones that will be just a couple of weeks away from coming out. Being new here I am asking for... -
Brooder Ideas
Any ideas for a brooder to house about 75-100 babies that will be raised strictly for meat purpose? Can the brooder/grow out be combined? -
Coturnix leg trouble...
My birds are about 9 weeks old and several weeks ago I realized that one of them could not straighten either leg. Both "knees" are swollen and the thing cannot stand. I have just been trying to decide what to do and then two days ago I noticed another in the same pen with the same trouble on... -
The girl's beaks...
I was noticing last night that a few of my female coturnix in a pen with six females/2 males had little bloody spots just on the top of their beaks. It did not look like anything to be concerned about but I just thought I would ask if that was normal. They are about seven weeks old and so far... -
storing quail eggs
Do the eggs need to be kept cooler than room temp if you are just going to eat them? -
Turkey Eggs?
There a friend of mine here in Central MS is interested in Turkey eggs for hatching/raising. Any ideas where some good ones are? -
Attack of the Female
So after being gone for about 7 hours I come home to find a female in a pen with eleven other females and six males (approx numbers) and one of the girls is going smooth off. This has apparently been going of for a while because the males were pretty upset. She was chasing other birds and... -
bird injury
I failed to mention earlier that one of my birds has managed to get a nasty looking sore just over one eye. It looks a swollen blood blister. Can I put something on that or will the other birds just pick and peck at whatever this new stuff is on their buddy? I thought about putting some... -
Quail troubles...HELP
First of all let me say that I am a newcomer to this site. We are just experimenting with raising quail and it seems I know less than I thought. Any feed back from those smarter than myself would be appreciated. I recently (about two weeks ago) purchased close to forty coturnix that...