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  1. matt swenson

    chucker and guinea hen eggs wanted, cape cod

    will trade or buy. i cant find local eggs to hatch. will trade lodging at my cape cod motel if you want a cape escape or shellfish or just good old cash. would also consider other cool birds. thanks matt
  2. matt swenson

    emu chick help

    so two of my sketchy eggs actually hatched, which is cool. now some questions, as i got my other chicks 2 weeks old. question one, how soon before they are on there feet? did you guys brace their legs? question two.. how long before chicks take a drink. book says two days? same question...
  3. matt swenson

    need emu eggs

    been trying everywhere . either people are out or no call back. anybody have or know of fertial eggs for sale. i know there is ebay, but that seem sketchy. anybody have any luck with ebay??
  4. matt swenson

    how long till there will be noticeable egg development?

    i have emus, and last year tried to incubate 20 or so eggs but they were all infertial. my hen is laying again this year, but i still havent seen them mate. i see mating behavior, her getting in position, him beside her, both on their knees..etc. but havent seen him "mount her" (sorry if...
  5. matt swenson

    quail laying shut down

    i was getting 3 dozen eggs a day, then had a raccoon attack. now no one is laying. like only 2 eggs a day. it's been two weeks since the attack. wondering if it the attack combined with the amount of day light. do birds need light to keep laying this time of year? lost mainly males in the...
  6. matt swenson

    quail with tremors??

    got a quail that seem to fine, visual inspection, can find no injuries. another quail was pulled through the wire last night by a raccoon but this one seems perfect. good feathers,fat and healthy, plenty of water in pen, eyes look good. age about 6 weeks old. has tremors unable to walk...
  7. matt swenson

    What is she??

    Bought these eggs all supposed to be guinea fowl, but there were some chickens mixed in. Some eggs didn't make it, some chicks hatched some keets hatched. A few chicks eaten by a raccoon , an other was hawk food, then my emu stomped a guinea fowl to death. So outta 12 just this hen and a...
  8. matt swenson

    Intruder!!!!! or not.

    went to bed around 10, and suddenly awake at 1:50ish. Could it have been a noise that woke me? Maybe,but I can't hear anything over the window Air conditioner. Then I see a light under the bedroom door, then it's off, then on again. Then off. My son is away at a friends house,and the only other...
  9. matt swenson

    the poop on quail poop and and egg question

    i used to think my emus were poop machines, but i think if you scaled up a quail to 150 lbs, they would out poop an emu any day. so now that i have a surplus of quail manure, question...is quail poop "hot" like chicken poop. i don't smell that ammonia smell, of high nitrogen chicken poop. i put...
  10. matt swenson

    search but found nothing ...laying boxes

    so i search "quail laying boxes" and didn't find a thread. have corturnix (never can remember how to spell it) quail. assuming ,because there are no threads about it , you can't get quail to lay in a box or one spot. so just to make sure i'm asking......can you get quail to use a laying box...
  11. matt swenson

    Fatten or eat now?

    hatched out 90+ quail first of may. Now crowing and got my first egg to day. So I have way too many males and going to cull off at least 30. Will they put on more weight or are they good to go. What is the usual grow out time for meat birds? Cortinix quail. I could pen them in another pen for...
  12. matt swenson

    waiting....

    something , most likely a raccoon killed my hen last night. so ..got a bell rigged to her remains and waiting for the guilty party. actually sleeping in a bed in the guest bedroom to accomplish this. you know how you put a cheap mattress in the guest room. really uncomfortable. it's a wonder...
  13. matt swenson

    coturnix: types

    hatching some coturnix,so been doing some reading on them. if i understand right, from egg to maturity in 6 to eight weeks. So you could have a new generation every 10 weeks, give or take. over 50 generations in less than 10 years. correct? seems like a a great opportunity for some selective...
  14. matt swenson

    cortinix hatch info

    looked in the sticky but couldn't find the info...no saying it's not there . so i'm being lazy . please point me to a thread where i can find all i need to know about hatching cortinix. also i know i'm spelling that wrong but again i' being lazy
  15. matt swenson

    Looking for love in all the wrong places....

    This guy trying to make a move on Taylor. All the while Elvis trying to get through the fence to stomp him to death.
  16. matt swenson

    How old to sex a quail

    title really says it all. Cortinix (not spelled right)
  17. matt swenson

    The poop on pigeon poop?

    i search around in your threads and didn't find anything, if the info is there point the way, if not...... Pigeon people what's the truth about pigeon droppings. I was brought up that pigeon dropping had dangerous brain or lung worms that would kill or cripple a human. There is even a family...
  18. matt swenson

    early??

    so i put my guinea hen eggs in the incubator on feb 26, at 99.5. thought they take 26 to 28 days. one hatched today. candled them all before putting in and none had anything started. have five unhatched. should i still turn the others? also my source was sketchy at best. what do the...
  19. matt swenson

    forgot to turn eggs

    so I've been collecting and storing emu eggs is the basement, til i get enough to put in a new incubator. unfortunately they sent me the wrong parts so instead of starting a second batch of 6, I now have eight, and the parts still haven't arrived. I've been told you can "stock pile for up to a...
  20. matt swenson

    anyone got laying quail in MA?

    looking for quail eggs to hatch. anyone in Massachusetts??
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