none of my brown cots are over 10oz but they lay eggs that are 13-15 grams. The largest birds are 8.5 oz. They eat purina layena gamebird feed, with boss sometimes and some other treats. I've been trying to get their size up only hatching the largest eggs and culling the small eggs layers but...
This cage was built first, it contains 2 breeding groups of brown coturnix. Some of it was barn scraps, furring strips, pallet scraps from work.
This one was built from from pallet scraps, furring strip 2x2s, and some 1x4s. The roofing material was a price mistake at lowes so I got several...
the order I got in march 1 of the 6 died the first night, otherwise they have been tough little girls. they are much more friendly than I thought they would be also
our animal control was a joke until the neighbors dog bit me, the neighbors would tell me I had a dead duck or chicken in their yard if I wanted to come get it. I let one or 2 lots free range each day since we have just over 40 acres. One of their 2 dogs came into our garage, a half mile from...
a local feed store here has been getting the pullets from them once or twice a month, there's only one more coming in may hopefully its not cancelled. I bought 6 in march, but the tails seems really bad so far. Do they not feather in very fast? The tail feathers are fairly long but there are...
Its pretty cool you got a solid colored egg too though, one of my oegb just started laying and popped out an egg a bit smaller than the quail eggs and I put it in with the quail eggs. It stood out like a sore thumb :)
My leghorn would attack me any time I picked up one of his hens to inspect them. I would pick up a hen each day and when he came at me I picked him up and set the hen down. After that I would carry him around the coop with me until I was done. It took about 2 months to get him to let me...
I made a walker for a chick like this with an old pair of pantyhose so it could move around while the leg healed. It worked really well for the chick and a few with spraddle leg.