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    Please help?!

    I posted a couple days ago on https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help.1540747/#post-25998710 I need help figuring out what to do with my coturnix hen - pictures attached to original post. She is getting worse, but I want to know all my options. I’ve been trying to apply some numbing...
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    Help!!!

    I think I need to cull. Texting with one hand, holding coturnix hen with other.
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    Help with Goldens

    Disclaimer: currently have these in a hutch inside - daily highs are in the mid 90s here and rising. This weekend marks three weeks since I hatched these from an order of italian eggs. I have 9 total and need some help in sexing them. I am more familiar with pharoahs and know that the solid...
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    Color help

    I hatched italian eggs, but some of the chicks are golden/brown striped and others are yellow/black striped. Just curious if all italians are like thus and if not, what did I hatch?
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    Differentiating Birds

    What are your methods for identifying certain birds and telling them apart from others while they age? Current chicks are 1 week and I need to keep one out of the rest, but don’t know the best way to ID the bird. Leg band? Nail polish on talons? Idk, just spitting random ideas. Please share your...
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    Lame Chick

    This chick cannot stand on it’s own. I build a quick brooder for it out of desperation because it was getting trampled in the other brooder. I dont really want to cull, but I need help. Any ideas?
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    Call These Colors - Quail ID for Me Please?

    Here are some pictures of a friend’s quail. I am new to colors and wanted to make a call, but we don’t agree. These originated from Southwest Gamebirds variety options. I believe the golden is a calico or manchurian, and I think the white is the new calico fee line that they released.
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    Weirdly Thin Egg Shells

    So I typically have consistent shells, but these eggs are smooshy. I just picked 5 eggs tonight, 2 wish have that smooshy situation I’m asking about. Does that mean I need to provide more calcium? I have them on a layer feed, but I’m interested in thoughts and advise. I’m posting a picture of...
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    Please Advise!! Major SOS

    I was referred here by @cherrynberry for help This was my first hatch - this little one has part of his intestines outside. It’s the only one with this condition and I have no clue what to do. They are coming out of the incubator in a few hours with a brooder ready. I don’t think this little...
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    First Post - Here for Help

    I guess this is the first thing I’m supposed to do, learning how to post - I’m a millennial with no social media. Imagine that… Anyways - in the middle of my first coturnix hatch. Thus far, 9 of 18 eggs have hatched. Two more are hatching. One of the nine has the intestines half out, it was...
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