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I have been reading alot of the posts about quail and now I have narrowd down my questions this: I purchased 20 baby coutournix quail last weekend. They are Jumbo browns, Texas A&M's, and gold manchurin. At least that is what the guy told me. I hope to breed them so where do I go from here...

For a few weeks we have been laughing at my bantam hen trying to sit on her BIG babies. Well last night when I went to get eggs she was sitting on 3 eggs and the babies and acted broody. Is this unheard of?

I know I read of two less expensive options for feed for meat birds on here but I can't seem to find the post now. If anyone knows of options less expensive than the typical grower feed please post. Thanks from my checking account in advance.

I have a mom who was sitting on 7 eggs and now is sitting on 5 eggs and one itty bitty. I can not find the missing egg anywhere or any sign of the egg. Any ideas?? The baby is wicked cute though.

Snack time!!! Mom sitting on eggs sharing the nest with sister. My garden in severe need of weeding!! Oink!! Oink!! Candy Gobble!! Gobble!! And I guess that is good for now.

I have 4 bantam babies that I do not know the breed of. This is the dad Marvin....... And these are the two possible moms......... And the beautiful babies. Let me know what you think. Thanks!!!

Does anyone have eggs they need tested or eggs for cheap? She is sitting on the only 2 fertile eggs I have. Poor thing.

Will my broody hen give up on eggs if they are not going to hatch or not? She had a totl of 11 eggs. Her coop mate kept lying under her and I was away so my hubby didn't know to take the new eggs so.........one hatched Saturday, one Sunday, and one on Wednesday. When should I remove the eggs...

There has to be a 12 step program for chickaholics. TSC is an evil place and now I have a ton of birds. I love it but my hubby not to happy. He is going to have to build a poultry barn. At least our TSC is out of birds b/c I bought all they had left for a deal. I know.........SUCKER. I...

1) What type of bird , age and weight. 1 black giant, 1 EE, 1 RIR 2) What is the behavior, exactly. They acted normal. 3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. Nope 4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. They...

So I got up this morning with great intentions. Got the girls loaded into the car and then got the car stuck in the driveway. I HATE mud season. Had to wake up my hubby to pull me out. Went to town and then locked my keys in the car. One of my husbands friends came and unlocked it. It only...

So I just finished spraying a couple of my chickens b/c of picking. I think they are bored b/c they hate the snow and won't leave the run. Silly birds. How do you get that stuff off your hands?? I like purple and all but not on my hands. Any ideas on things to do to keep them occupied. I...

I have been getting a wide range of shades of brown eggs for weeks now but yesterday I got a white one. Brahma maybe??

OK so when I went out this morning to let the girls out and check for eggs there was a soft shell egg on the board below the roost. It was frozen which leads me to believe it happened early in the night. Now the weird part was that it had a small tube like thingy that stuck out of one end. It...

How can I freeze my birds other than using that poopy machine of mine?

and it was never cleaned. Once I get it cleared out, what should I do to disinfect? It has not had chickens in it for approx. a year.

a chicken will moult?

Spook - you know your fav place in town. and I was inquiring about egg cartons b/c for some reason they weren't out on shelf. So I ask what sizes they have. The guy behind the counter sends a young man out back to see. The young man radios back, "They are a dozen." I about peed my pants...

I am embarrased to admit that we did our first chicken last weekend and we tore it up. My husband let the scalding water get to hot and then when he put the chicken in the plucker it tore up the skin so he skinned it. Then we ate it. Wel I baked it first. It was awful. So then I read...

and put grower pellets in my girls' feeder. Will they be OK? I switched it and gave them their regular food though. What should I expect?