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    Incubator lost power

    Just posting this in case someone else experiences the same. I was incubating some chicken eggs normally and on day 10 or so I checked on the eggs to find the incubator power completely off. I wiggled the plug and it started working again but the temp had dropped to 85 which was pretty much...
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    Coturnix recessive feather color

    Is there a feather color that is more recessive to most of the others? For example, if I hatched only 1 quail with colors I like (from eggs so I don't have knowledge of the parents), is there a particular feather color that will be more likely to be recessive so I can try to cross with and get...
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    Maran chicks - cuckoo vs black

    I have received some ‘dark brown egg layer’ chicks through the mail and I can tell 4 are likely Marans. They are possibly French black or cuckoo. Is there anything that distinguishes the chick breeds? I’m assuming I won’t know until the wing feathers get long enough to see if they are barred or...
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    I tried wooden eggs to keep hens laying in nest

    The photo is not my hen. But you get the idea. I was taking all the eggs and sometimes a few hens would lay wherever they wanted. I left some wooden eggs in the nest & it seemed to fix the issue. All hens laid in the nest - the same nest for some reason. I only started this about 2 weeks...
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    Tips wanted after receiving shipped chicks

    Hi - I had some chicks shipped to me for the first time late last year. They arrived in bad shape and I only saved about a third of the chicks. I was reading some different threads to determine what I might do to get better results when ordering chicks this year (I like to get them so they'll...
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    How bantam breeds are created

    I feel like there is a thread already, but my searches are returning 900+ pages and the first couple of pages do not contain the threads I'm searching for. My question is how bantam breeds are created in first place. Are the full sized lines crossed with existing bantams that are closest to the...
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    Question about Breeder Club for Bantams

    I would like some clarification about the different poultry associations and their standards. Are the main 2 in the states the American Bantam Association (ABA) and American Poultry Association (APA)? Or are there other significant ones to be aware of? I have bantams only and it sounds like...
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    First Time for Mail Order Chicks

    I ordered some mail order chicks for the first time and they are arriving today or tomorrow. I saw a post where crackle suggests extra heat and only heat lamps. I only have a dozen bantams coming - I hope to get about 6 hens to keep since we can't have roosters here. My question is if anyone...
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    Coturnix - When switching roo, how long for eggs to be fertilized by new male?

    This is a question about coturnix quail. I have a male & 3 hens in a cage. I switched the male out & want to hatch its offspring. How long do I need to wait so that the eggs laid are not left over from the original male in the pen? Some animals store the DNA of the male for a while and I...
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    Tiny quail chick

    I have 14 quail chicks that are about 2 weeks old. One of the chicks is about half the size of the others But it seems to be eating fine. Does anyone know if they usually catch up in size later? i have a few grown quail and the males are a bit rough once they came of age.
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    4 day old chick has leg issue

    I hatched some cotournix quail eggs and one that looked awful has survived and is hard to pick out now. One that looked fine yesterday has a leg out of place today. The brooder is lined with rubbery, holey drawer liner. I think this one has developed sprawled a leg-but it looks like it’s out of...
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    A&M and mail order eggs

    I have 2 questions. 1 does anyone have an opinion about a&m quail meat vs jumbo pharoah? 2 What has been your experience with hatch rates with mail order eggs Vs local? I have local quail but concerned about inbreeding.
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    Intro, New with Quail Underfoot

    (1) Are you new to chickens quail/ when did you first get chickens quail? About 3 months from eggs (2) How many chickens quail do you have right now? 20ish (3) What breeds do you have? Cotournix in different feather (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard ? for eggs and needed...
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