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Broody Behaviours?
Howdy all, firstly I am sorry if this all sounds silly. So I am fostering a chicken chick (3-4 weeks old now?) who was surrendered to a rescue, probably looking to adopt. Not sure if she was incubated artificially. so my first question is, can chickens loose broody behaviors if incubated? I...- Lildia
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The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long
Anyone out there from Australia that knows anyone with fertile quail eggs??? Who can get them in overnight? I was going to pick up new eggs today but the people we reserved eggs with 2 weeks ago, told us today they didn't have any fertile eggs as we were driving down to go pick them up...- Lildia
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The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long
Hahaha, surely a keeper!! makes me think of my husband, he has never bred anything in his life, and is going about analysing our quail everyday and selecting which ones of best temperament should be bred :D (we only have 3roosters and 7hens...)- Lildia
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Ended 2013 Easter Hatch-a-long Contest #4 - Cutest Baby Fowl Picture
I know I can't join in (...yet?...) but my lil guy just incase we can From Australia, a lil' 1 week old quail :)- Lildia
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The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long
ooohhh, sorry, thank you- Lildia
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The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long
Here from Brisbane Aust, My husband and I are going to join in :D I predict 7685 eggs to set- Lildia
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All laying but one...
As the title says, all my quail are laying but one... And I am a little bit concerned, This girl I bought with the rooster and unknown of their ages, then I got another 4hens around 6-7 weeks of age. The ones I know the age of are laying... I am just worried she could be pretty old, or if... -
Just Starting Out...
Cheers guys and especially tocrowsranch! Ur really my mentor in all this!! =D So....Ahhh!!! It happened! Today I found my first egg! And a moment ago I just found my second!! Ok, so I read somewhere that someone said for hatching quail it is better to wait for a couple of months into the... -
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Hello from Brisbane, Australia
I guess I should have done this a bit earlier, but HELLO! Everytime I google an enquiry, I always seem to find this site, so here I am~ My husband and I bought a few quail, (slightly on impulse) and now learning heaps...we both owned and know how to care for heaps of animals...- Lildia
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Just Starting Out...
well, I can't see anything crawling around anyone, so I assume that means no mites... someone has diarrhea, can't pin point if it is this one....can't see any other symptoms... but a bit of weight loss, which made me think worms... Is laying on the side a symptom? She just seems to lay on her... -
Just Starting Out...
One seems sick =/ I was picking them up to move them out for a bit whilst I clean out the cage, and one of the girls...just felt weak This one coming from the farmer, I'm affraid among the masses she picked up something.... So before I accidently kill off everyone, is it okay to worm them? -
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Quail Egg peeling machine (youtube)
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Just Starting Out...
Ah, Thank you! very informative... a bigger coop for them it shall be for them then -
DAY 0... / Hatching has begun!!
Good luck! Your posts are not discouraging at all, I am new to everything about birds and quail, and will most likely be in your position soon enough! More so, it is slightly encouraging to not be disheartened when the eggs don't hatch... I never knew it could be a common problem -
Just Starting Out...
Hey All! My husband and I always chatted about having quail, and one day in the markets we spotted some Jumbos for sale, and just bought two straight away! After a week, we extending our flock couple of days ago (went to a farm and suppose to only get 2 or 3 more hens, but the man was really...