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    Roosters behaviour.

    Last spring I hatched out some chicks. My luck of having girls is not good so I ended up with only two hens. All the mean roosters got invited to dinner by autumn and I left two gentlemen as I couldn't decide which one to cull. So right now I have 2 hens and 2 roos. I know my ratio is far from...
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    For how long can I feed my chicks with only scrambled eggs?

    The store where I usually buy quail starter has stopped selling it for some reason. So I ordered from another place, but the shipping takes more time than I expected. I came home from work today and found two celadon chicks hatched and more eggs piped. I will call there tomorrow to sort things...
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    Boys or Girls?

    They are 6 weeks old, barnyard mix. First one has strange comb and I have no idea how to determine the gender of that one. Second one has largest comb out of these three, but I have a cockerel with a way larger comb, so still clinging to a (false)hope it's a pullet. Third one I could bet my...
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    Adult chicken with a splay leg?

    I tried to google but didn't have much luck so I decided to post here to ask from experienced chicken keepers. I have a two week old chick who had a lot of complications while hatching and I ended up helping it out of the egg. I managed to correct its curled toes but soon it developed a splay...
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    Quail panting, one wing drooped, lethargic.

    Today I found one of my hens panting and with one wing being drooped. The other wing is fine. She’s lethargic, but still drinking and eating (quail layer feed) and her poop looks normal. My hen is about 1 year old. I separated her to a dim and warm place. She’s not eggbound as she just layed an...
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    Quail lifetime

    I have been a reader of this forum for a long time and I've got a lot of valuable advice from you, so firstly I would like to thank you all for that. I started raising quails this year and I wanted to ask for advice. How long do you keep your quail for laying? I've read that after a year their...
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