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    Hen eating manure yuck

    I don't mean there's some manure devouring my hens, but rather a favorite hen of mine is now suddenly pecking at and I'm assuming eating other quail poo. This has been a very bright hen. Up until this point, I assumed it was my brightest lol. It lays a big solid egg pretty much every day, and...
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    Easy popular beginner recipe?

    What do you recommend as a first recipe for processed quail (thawed from frozen) for a beginner? Thanks
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    Processing related question - drying before freezing?

    After soaking for 24 to 48 hours, do you super dry your meat before freezing to help avoid future freezer burn? If so, what do you use for the drying? Paper towel/ towel/ time? I'm new so I'm curious about best practice etc. Thanks
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    Head twitch after laying

    I've noticed that two of my falb fee hens sometimes have brief episodes of up and down head twitching or head spasms right after laying. Has anyone noticed before? Is this a known thing? After 2 - 5 minutes, they seem back to normal, 100% fine.
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    Cooler helper in incubation

    I just wanted to share that I am using my entry level incubator one more time while I source out an upgraded version. In doing so, this time I placed the incubator inside a used cooler, you Coleman picnic style that I purchased at thrift shop, and I just can't believe how stable my temperatures...
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    Hatching app?

    I'm wondering if quail keepers are using a hatching or flock management app, and if so, could you please recommend one that you like for android?
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    Fertile yoke check

    I'm new to checking coturnix eggs for the fertility "bullseye," as people are calling it. This morning I cracked open yesterday's 4 eggs from my four layers. #1 Double yoke, one yoke was cut by my scissors. I do not see a dot in the remaining yoke so I'm assuming this was an immature egg...
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    Unsolicited Coturnix Pics

    Here are some pics that I put together of my second hatch. It's a follow up to the pics I posted of them as hatchlings. Observations, comments, insight, feedback.. all are welcome. Also, which one is your favorite?
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    roo over-breeding its favorite hen

    My one scarlet roo is only giving attention my one scarlet hen, while ignoring the three falb fee hens in the breeding group. Some of the other hens are trying to get his attention, but the scarlet hen is definitely playing hard to get. My concern is that today I now see a small bald spots on...
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    skin balloon

    It's amazing how much and how quickly you can learn about coturnix just by diving in and starting. The support provided here is a major part of that rapid learning. Thanks everyone. The latest for me is that I just noticed one of my new 3 week old chicks has a large skin ball formation on the...
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    Roo violence.. head injury

    Okay so the adventure continues. My 3 roos (5 1/2 weeks old) have been in a bachelor pen for about a week now, but today I discovered one down with the top of its head bloody. It's looking like a brain injury also as the injured roo is having difficulty standing and balancing. I haven't looked...
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    First egg!

    Happy to have collected my first ever egg today! Earlier today in another thread, I reported one of my hens making a new sound just like a cricket, repetitive and not quiet. Not panicky really, but definitely new. I speculated that she was either calling out to the recently separated roos, or...
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    Some quick questions

    Some quick questions 1. Is it normal for males to try to mount each other in their bachelor pen? I realize now that I should have ideally separated the feather-sexable (and obviously crowing) roos at 3 weeks. I left it late to around 5 weeks so they are very used to having hens around. (I've...
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    Crooked neck

    My second hatch has wrapped up. I had four with curled toes and all four seemed to resolve quickly. I can no longer tell which chicks had the issue. Is it normal for some chicks to have this problem temporarily after hatching? In the first hatch about a month ago, one chick seemed to have...
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    New Chick Pics

    Here are pics from my new coturnix hatch (they hatched the same time as MamaBirds_Quail's new hatch) I know it's too early to tell in many cases, but just for fun, I'd appreciate any insight on what colors you see here. There are way more than I expected, although I was aware that these would...
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    The Muppet Show!

    Any early color guesses? :lau
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    A quick Scarlet/Range ID question?

    I have two roux chicks (the breeder has confirmed that both are indeed roux), but we can't yet confirm whether they are Scarlet or Range. From day 1, they both looked kind of identical, with one just being bigger than the other, but at 2.5 weeks we noticed that the bigger one had lost 95% of...
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    manure trays in Canada?

    For the Canadians out there, has anyone come across any type of large sheet pans, metal trays, drip pans etc. that can be used in your own cage build? They seem quite challenging to source here. Thanks
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    A molt at 3 weeks old?

    Hello everyone, is it normal, or at least not uncommon, that 3 week old coturnix chicks suddenly start shedding some feathers? There are no bald patches or injuries. It just went from no feathers to a ton of feathers in various sizes from tiny to bigger ones like 2 inches long etc. I had read...
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    Best practice for hardware cloth flooring?

    Hey everyone, I've been researching what flavor of hardware cloth creates ideal flooring for adult quail. 1/4"x1/4", 1/2"x1/2", or 1"x1/2" etc. In one place, I read that flooring absolutely must be 1/4'' x 1/4", while another experienced breeder seems to use both 1/2 x 1/2, and 1 x 1/2 flooring...
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