Looking to ger a dozen or so hatching eggs. Colors don't matter and they are for farm use so no need to be from show stock or anything like that. Let me know if you have or will have some available and what the price will be.
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What causes chicks to die late in development? I had a batch were only 2 hatched so I eggtopsied the rest. Several looked like they were on day 16 or 17 then I had 4 who had broken the inner membrane but didn't manage to pip. Is this a incubation error? I have more in the bator and want to fix...
I am looking to get bands to help keep track of my birds a little better. What are people's experiences with leg or wing bands? I've heard leg bands tend to break after awhile plus if you want to band chicks you have to change them frequently while the birds are growing plus you need different...
So I'm incubating button quail for the first time I set 20 shipped eggs 3/21. I candled them for the first time tonight and pulled 5 clear ones and I went ahead and eggtopsied them. If they had started and quit I would see veins or blood spots correct? Two of them just had watery yolks, two...
Has anyone ever had trouble with their candler being correct/accuarate? I just candled my eggs that are 6 days along. I had 12 silver wayndotte eggs my candling light lit them up nicely but it didn't look like much was happening except for in maybe two. No veins just bright clear eggs. In my EE...
So this year I decided to set eggs early. Because of that I couldn't find any local ones so I had to go ahead and have some shipped. This is my first time with shipped eggs so we'll see how things go. I've had my little giant still air going for about two weeks already temp holding steady at 101...
Today all three of my hens laid their first eggs yeah me! Is that usually how it goes? I'm used to chickens where they don't all lay eggs on the same day like this. Also do quail lay eggs daily or not quiet.
Looking for some mgb eggs would love it if they came out of blues, splash, or blacks carrying blue. However I would be interested in other colors just as long as they're from purebred birds.
I am getting a few coturnix and button quail next weekend and have a few questions.
1. I've read button quail are monogamous so they only breed in pairs correct?
2. How big a cage would you use for a breeding harem of coturnix quail consisting of no more than 8 birds? (1roo-4-7 hens)
3. What...
So I had two clutches due to hatch today and yesterday and nothing happened. So far this year I've been averaging 50-60% hatch rate so this is way unusual. The temp and humidity were stable through out incubation and everything seemed well, they were all candled prior to lock down and had...
So later this week I'm going to go and pick up some muscovy hens. The breeder says she thinks they'll start setting their nest sometime this week if I wait to long. So my question will these hens start laying again after they're in with my drake or will I be waiting till next spring to get...
So I purchased a trio of OEGB over the weekend and have some questions on their colors. Also I'd like any opinions on their quality. The roo is lacking sickle tail feathers and I don't think the angle of the tail is quite right, but other than that what else does anyone notice about them. I...
I have a 5 day old chick that has twisted feet so he kind of walks on his knees. He's eating and drinking fine and moves around good though this weekend when everyone else goes to the coop I think he's going to stay in the brooder. I'm wondering what are the odds of him surviving like this and...
I posted this in raising chicks but thought maybe I'd get more answers here. When do most people feel they can sex their chicks? Also does anyone here practice dowsing like some pigeon fanciers do? I'm familiar with several methods and have used it before for determining litter sizes in rabbits...
Do do people here feel they can fairly accurately determine the gender of their new chicks? Does anyone practice dousing like some people do with pigeons?
Not sure this is the correct spot for this thread so sorry if it's not.
My brother just got a few new bantam roos and they need to be dubbed for showing however they are over a year old is it to late to dub them and have it heal nicely?
How long do you all leave eggs in the incubator after their scheduled hatch date?
I have 9 eggs that were due to hatch today as of 11:30 pm I had two pipped to my surprise as I didn't get the impression any where going to hatch (my uncle could always hear them peeping and scratching about 24hrs...
Anyone know of people breeding yokahama chickens or of hatcheries that have them? I know they are not a common breed and so far I've only found one hatchery that supplies them.