I got 4 new females three days ago and have only gotten one egg from them. I know that it can take awhile for them to adjust, but is there anything I can do to make them more comfortable? I haven’t owned this many female quail before, only one in a pair. I am feeding a 20% poultry feed and can’t...
Hello! I’m wanting to get into hatching eggs and was wondering what the best incubator would be. I would be hatching small amounts and have a budget of $75. Anybody know of anything?
Hello! My friend and I have decided to order some hatching eggs from Myshire Farms! However, I at least am going to need a better brooder system because the Midwest is bipolar. So the hatched out chicks would be staying in the house. I have two cats (one never goes near any birds EVER) and a...
Hello, I’m wanting to get into quail again, but there is only one breeder around me. I would need to bring in new blood with any of the birds they have. Does anyone know a reliable person?
I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried this before... I’m having a lot of trouble getting seed and grain feed is available to me as of right now.
Ok so my 4-h fair JUST got done with and when we brought my layer girls home I did the regular health check (I check for diarrhea, excessive panting, mobility problems, mites, etc.). None of my hens had anything wrong with them. When I came back from auction and was putting everyone up, I...
I feel so sad and worried right now! The gnats are covering my birds and driving them insane and I now have three birds that are sickly. I put vanilla water on them all the time and even spray it in their run. It doesn’t work!! Right now I am feeding the sick ones milk and electrolytes and am...
I’m set to get some snowflake bobwhite quail from a local breeder and would love it if anyone had any information or advice on them! I will be getting some juveniles and chicks. I am in Indiana so I need a license but I'm already working on that. This summer I will be building them an aviary...
I am in 4h and our fair is just over a month away and I desperately need a way to study for chicken showmanship! We sometimes get a packet from the judge but we rarely do and even then it is one that we all have to share. So we are that group of 15-20 7-10 graders taking up an entire section of...
I have discussed this with some other breeders of D’uccles that are porcelain in variety and they all say that the hatch rates are really low. In my (minimal) experience, all my hatched had about half infertile, 1/4 develop and die halfway through, and 1/4 actually pip. I’ve only ever had one...
Hello, I am very new to turkeys and last year I bought six mixed breed poults, of which only ONE survived (the rest either 1. Ran onto the highway 2. Drowned themselves at 6 weeks old or 3. Stood in the rain and ended up freezing to death). Of course, the one that survived was a tom. At the time...
Hello, I am very new to quail and have only raised two courtinix so far. As of right now, I am looking into getting more courtinix and some bobwhite. Before I get bobwhites though, I would like to know if it would be safe to keep the two species together. I would be getting straight run juvenile...