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    Something ate one of my coturnix hens.

    I just went out to check my quail and one of my 8 coturnix quail was dead. there was a quarter size hole right up the bum and all of the guts were gone. I have been having mice in my chicken feed but they were just field mice. The cage is about 5 feet off the ground and at least 2.5 feet away...
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    My egg turner(1611) hova-bator is really loud, how do i fix this?

    I have had a hovabator incubator(1602) and a hovabator egg turner(1611) for about 6 months and now the turner is getting really loud. I just sounds like a motor running, but when i first got it it didn't make a sound. How should i fix this?
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    jumbo coturnix quail sexing?

    I have two jumbo quail that i can't really tell the sex on. this one i don't have a clue on and the next one i think is a male.
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    how to remove the leftover quils from plucking?

    We just pluckled a turkey and we didn't pluck it right so there are like 70 leftover quill tops in the skin. How should i remove them. I was doing it with a needle nose pliers and its hard work is there any other way.
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    can you hang a turkey like a deer

    I have a turkey that is too big to put in the fridge till Sunday so can I hang it outside im in montana so it will get to about eighty till Sunday and it will be hanging in the garage
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    broody hen didn't hatch eggs and won't get off nest

    I have a bourbon red turkey hen that has been sitting on eggs for about 10 days over due and nothing has hatched yet. I don't think that anything will after that long and i would like to get her off the nest and start growing her molted feathers back and get back to normal. How should i go about...
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    where to buy a quail chick waterer

    I tried doing the milk cap but they just keep knocking it over and my mom put a waterer in the pen and 2 of the babies drowned. So where can i get a suitable waterer for quail chicks?
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    hatching eggs for sale? (Quail)

    who has hatching eggs for sale right now?
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    how to go about culling chicks?

    I hatched out some turkeys this year and i have a messed up one and was wondering how i could dispose of it. I had already done one but it was already almost done and a qucik chop did it in. This chick is running around and i don't know how to chop it without chopping my hand.
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    how many chickens can 2.5 acres support?

    I am thinking about fencing off my back 2.5 acres and building a barn and getting some goats. I have 30 chickens already, but was thinking of hatching like 50 or so and making a roost in the barn and letting them free range all day. I wouldn't want to feed that much because 80 chickens to feed...
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    quail egg roll out?

    I am building a quail breeding batteries and i was wondering what the incline should be?
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    Sharp spurs?

    I have a Buff Orphington roo and 4 black australorp hens. I recently got an australop roo and separated the buff with the buff hens and some other random hens that are about to lay. We started finding cuts on the black hens. Well when i separated the buff roo today his spurs were as sharp as...
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    couple day old chick with swollen eye?

    I have a BR chick that is a couple days old. When i took it out of the incubator one eye was closed. It was trying to open it so i did to make sure it wasn't crusted shut. It has been trying to open it. It looks healthy and has been running around with the rest of them.
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    roaches for quail and other poultry?

    I raise dubia roaches for my bearded dragon. I feed them gamebird starter. would they even eat the roaches? Would they be good for them?
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    When to transfer coturnix quail eggs to hatcher?

    Hey i was just surprised by getting 24 jumbo brown coturnix quail eggs and i have seen that the incubation is 17-18 days. i have also seen 16-17 days. When should i transfer the eggs to the hatcher?
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    help eggshell stuck to babys neck!

    I have a turkey chick that is hatching and i needed to help it out because the membrane was gummy and she couldn't push the top off. She has gotten all the way out, but the eggshell is attached to her neck were it was gummy how do i get it off?
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    New young rooster about to join the flock

    I am aabout to go get an australorp rooster and the guy said that it was with his chicks this spring. So i have 4 australorp hens that are a year old and nine assorted hens that are about 4 months old. I have 1 buff orphington rooster and i will seperate him with the two buff hens that would...
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    what end of the egg should be down?

    I have been told by the incubator to put the eggs pointed down and then i heard from somone here that it should be the other way around. I have also been told to have the airsac in the egg should be on the big side and mine are on the pointedside. so what side should be down in the turner?
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    Quail next to chickens?

    Hi i have some chickens (21) and i got a kennel from my sister and i am building 4 pens inside the 10X10X6 foot kennel. I am doing this so i can get my red bourbon turkey chicks out of the house and so i can order some cornish cross chicks. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to use one of...
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    whats the best tom to hen ratio?

    I just got 5 hens and a tom a couple of weeks ago and i was wondering what is the best ratio for them. Should i get another tom? I want to hatch out the eggs that are already in the incubator and keep about five hens and trade the tom i have now for another so not to cause inbreeding. I know...
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