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Thanks for the info everybody! I appreciate the responses.

I'm in the planning stages for building a small coop. The roof could be covered by a plywood sheet that is 4'x8'. If I just painted it, would that be enough to handle the rain and sun? We have mild weather here in northern California so I don't need to be concerned about snow. The roof would...

What is it about the vanilla tree air fresheners and Avon Skin So Soft bath oil that repels flies? Anybody have concerns about how the scents/chemicals are affecting the chickens or eggs? I imagine the bath oil is intended for exposure to human skin and must be okay. I wonder what the long...

Thanks for all the replies. I believe the 80+ hens were bought as part of those "Rainbow Layers" assortments from Murray McMurray. Other breeds included Black Australorps, Easter Eggers, Barred Rocks, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Light Brahmas, RIRs ... Here is another breed that I don't know...

These hens are at a local farm. What breeds are they? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for all the responses. We'll try to minimize humidity and temperature fluctuations. Hopefully we'll have a better hatch rate this time. Fortunately I only need to just have a couple chicks hatch to have this experiment considered a "success" in the minds of the children. I will...

This will be my 3rd time hatching out chicken eggs for my second grade classroom. Last year I hatched out 11 out of 20 eggs. 3 of these were born with deformed feet and couldn't walk properly. Of the eggs that didn't hatch, most had development at some stage with some having what appeared to...

Thanks. They are having their last meal tonight.

This weekend I am planning to process some chickens. When should I remove the feeders from the pens? Night before? Couple hours? Day before? I'm trying to search for this info here but I'm not doing a very good job of finding it. thanks in advance.

I love your 3rd pic with the feline checking out the quail.

Yes, I was talking about the top one. Thanks for the help!

Thanks Mrs. AK Bird Brain for the responses. No worries LilRalphieRooMama. Are Coturnix eggs available to be shipped year round? Or is there a season when they are not available? Also I'm thinking about buying a quail breeding pen like on this website...

Thanks for the info about the noise. Last night I was reading about an ammonia smell from their droppings. Is that true? I don't want my neighbors annoyed by any smells coming from my garage. They think I'm weird enough with my geckos, tarantulas, and 9 snakes. Still researching, Ken

After reading online a little about Coturnix quail I've got this fantasy I can raise them in a rabbit pen in my garage. I'd keep them for eggs and meat. Because I live in a suburban townhome with neighbors attached right next to me, I wonder if noise will be a problem. 1. Will males be...

I have no idea what the dark ones are. All the birds in that pen except for the 2 turkeys were from the "rainbow layers". I would have asked for help id'ing the darker birds but I couldn't get good pics of those.

Thanks for the quick replies. I appreciate the help. Here are some random photos that didn't make the first cut. They might show the birds at different angles. Anyways, it was hard to take photos of these moving creatures. Okay, not a chicken, but a bird that might not make...

For my summer job I've been working at a local farm. We have a small flock of about 40+ hens. We collect about 3 dozen eggs each day. I can identify some breeds like our Rhode Island Reds, Black Australorps, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter eggers. The rest I have to throw my hands up in the...

These are chicks I recently hatched from eggs collected from a mixed flock including Australorps, Easter Eggers, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons...

One more chick did hatch out last night. I still have one small beak poking out of the shell. This was the first beak I saw poking out about 32 hours ago. Hopefully it will crack out by tonight. The last egg is my Easter egg and I haven't see any evidence it will hatch. We'll see. So 9...

Thanks for the feedback and advice. Raising chicks isn't rocket science, but after reading various books and websites it seems like there are so many things that can go wrong in the incubating and hatching process. Anyways I did remove the incubator's vent plugs before dinner. A few hours...