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    slipped tendon? Please help!!!!

    I had three partridge silkie chicks hatch the night before last...yesterday when I went to place them in the brooder I noticed one chick could not walk. One leg was out to the side and the foot was curled. My hubby looked it up and found a posting regarding slipped tendons in peachicks. He...
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    quail fertility fail?

    So, I incubated, semi successfully one batch of eggs from my quail laid before we culled most of the males. I had at least three males (one extra, sneaky thing) in there, and at least six hens, as that's how many eggs I'd get per day, generally speaking. Last eggs I put in candle clear. ...
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    Frustrated: lost my new silkie:Update!!!!

    So, maybe this wasn't the best thing in the long run, but: I picked up a lavender silkie pullet to appease my serama roo. His hen got killed awhile back when my daughter went to put them in the run...she didn't notice that the top netting had fallen in with the high winds (it's bright green, she...
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    Anyone speak Mandarin?

    So I'm trying to learn to speak Mandarin. I have always considered myself good at language. Yeah... So, first off, which is more universal? Traditional or the other? Also, I am using the rosetta stone program, and though I just started, I'm worried that it will be impossible to correct my...
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    Name my new kitten!!!*update* he has a name!

    Hey guys, I got a new kitten. It's apparently a norweigan forrest cat mix. I need names! I have three cats with names all derived from "kitty" and "cat" I like the following things: video games (final fantasy etc), horror flicks, zombies, vampires, werewolves and anything that sounds "epic"...
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    Brooder Light FAIL ***happy update***

    Reposting this from Breeds. Hoping there are a few other people out there who have had this happen and understand or can make me feel a little better It's been a rough weekend. I have a final to study for, and missed the Nationals, my incubator had a humidity problem, so only two of four...
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    Serama eggs seem to quit right before hatch, whats the deal?

    So I've had a rough time hatching the last month or so. I do hatch in an LG incubator, but the only time it's spiked is the one time I told hubby to watch it after I turned it up and it killed 2/3 eggs I had on lockdown at the time....that was human error, clearly. But other than that, I've put...
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    Mob behavior? Do I have a problem???

    So I have a bunch of Serama chicks brooding it up in my attic. (I'll start there lol) Twice today I've had to run upstairs because I can hear a commotion and a bird sort of screaming..and twice I've found the group of 1 month +birds (13) all chasing around a SINGLE white pullet. I see them...
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    what does it mean when...?y

    A cockerel rubs it's face on you? This one approximately 2 month old cockerel likes to sit on my shoulder, and sometimes he will rub his face/comb ? against my cheek. He's done this repeatedly when he gets on my shoulder. Someone tell me if he's just trying to be affectionate in a good way or if...
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    Omg omg omg eww, but what to do???

    So I bought coturnix eggs from the worst eBay vendor ever, very close to 50 percent broken on arrival, and one that egg-sploded one week in, the day I finally gave neg feedback. So today hubby tells me another exploded, though be didn't bother taking it out after touching it, and that we should...
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    First coturnix eggs today!!

    I found four eggs when I went to check their food a bit ago...I think they may even be early. So what do I do with them? Collect to eat... Or test hatch?
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    Eggsplosion

    How old does An egg have to be to explode? I had some quail eggs off eBay and 1 week in (maybe) I go to turn eggs and discover what the funny smell was...the smell wasn't unbearable but the goop was gross and another egg was sweating....def not happy as fully half were broken on receipt then I...
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    Sad :(

    So tomorrow is hatch day, day 19 for my breeder bought serama eggs. We had a bad weekend, my baby son in the emergency room last night for fever, hubby had drill weekend and left me with kids all weekend with no time to study for Monday quiz in class I'm failing... Anyway I noticed Inc temp was...
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    Feathers and appearance *question*

    At what age do growing chicks stop being hideous scraggly things? And how are their first feathers indicative of what they'll end up with? I have Seramas, there should be a pictoral guide of the chick down color/1st feathers to adult bird appearance like they have for quail!!
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    Getting into a mathematical/puzzle solving mindset

    So, I picked a major that is heavy chemistry, with the accompanying need to pass Calc...but I find myself struggling with numbers. Anybody have any ideas of how to start seeing the places where things fit (if that makes any sense)? My math teachers says that math is like sports, and you need...
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    Young Serama chicks...any guesses??

    So, I'd just love to know the gender of my birds, if only so I can name them. So far I've named one, who I *think* might be a boy just from the size of his comb in comparison to a similarly sized/aged bird. If anyone has any clue what sex these guys are, it'd be awesome. Thanks for the help...
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    Just Hatched Yesterday, Serama chicks straight from the incubator ;)

    13/13 eggs out of Lockdown... aren't they cute? *the one looks freaky because he still has a bunch of membrane attached, we're trying to figure out how to get it off without hurting him*
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    Whats up with this quail? ?

    So my husband told me to post this so I will, even though the chick is eating and drinking, and obviously growing. We noticed when we switched brooders the other night that one of the birds has a lump on their shoulder/chest region and carries his head in a slightly twisted way, kind of like a...
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    2 Day old Quail > 2 week old chicks

    I have 22 quail in the brooder and 5 2 (?) week old Serama chicks in an aquarium with an undertank heater. The Serama chicks have been RUNNING from me the past few days, it's kind of sad....so I scrambled them up a nice egg, breaking it into super tiny pieces since I intended to give some to the...
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    Coturnix hatching today *pics*

    Well we woke up to a couple babies, we're up to five now. As I've mentioned, we weren't too lucky with these shipped eggs, lots of cracks, lots of infertile etc, but its great to see these little guys coming out of their shells. They're super-quail! Anyway here's two pics so far, I'll update...
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