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Our Great Pyrenees puppies are 8 weeks old now. We had 5 leave in the last 4 days and there are 5 boys that...
I had to reset my password by contacting admin and I imagine they were so busy that I just got on today after verifying my identity by describing my PMs which I had not committed to memory but at least I was able to give sufficient detail to prove that I am who I said I was, lol. I was also...
I have Texas A&M quail too and vent sexing is not as easy as I thought it would be but maybe they are not sexually mature yet. I have been doing the the sit and watch for a crow and then band method but with so many popping around it is hard to tell where every crow comes from and no crow does...
I know some of you wanted to know more about the puppies. Three (females) of the 12 are taken (#6, #7, and #12) so there are 7 boys (#2, #3, #5, #8, #9, #10, and #11) and 2 girls (#1, and #4) available at this time.
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I am feeding a lactating Great Pyrenees and her 12 puppies now that they are getting puppy food a couple times a day so the feed bill is going to be insane here for awhile!
I really like the Quechua type so he probably did catch my eye! I am trying to get the original Easter Egger back so the further they get from the original the less likely they are going to work for my project. I had some faults in some of the pullets I raised that made them undesirable to me so...
Absolutely! I would not risk bringing in anything that has been vaccinated or exposed to vaccinated birds because they are carriers of disease. I could take the risk of opening my closed flock for unvaccinated birds from a healthy flock.
I had two hens from different breeding that I put...
It is so tempting to take the risk on healthy unvaccinated birds but then I would not know what I was hatching. I have some really beautiful colored Easter Egger chicks hatching this year and I want to see how they come out. It seems silly to have a rooster for only 4 hens and technically I...
If you can brood them outside that does cut alot of mess because the ground will absorb the water. I wash our grass and dirt with the hose when the rain does not flush it enough and the worms take it from there. Obviously the larger the area the less concentrated the waste will be to manage...
That is not legal so you can fight it unless someone else owns the home where you are living. If having birds is not unlawful where you live and you are not neglecting your birds you can't be penalized for the actions of your neighbors.
Have they been vaccinated for anything? Are you NPIP? Are they true to type with beards, muffs, pea combs, slate legs, and laying true green (not muddy green or olive) eggs? I may be able to quarentine for 30 days before putting them under my rooster. How much are they?
Our Great Pyrenees mama is inside with her 12 pups so we can keep an eye on them and make sure they are all getting a chance to nurse. This is the second tome she got into my bird room and killed my chicks so I am starting over again! I just got a taller fence that I did not think she would...
The best way to get hens is to get a straight run of chicks and deal with the roosters. Once breeders invest in their pullets and rehome the cockerels, they want to reap tbe rewards of their investment rather than losing money to sell pullets or hens. The only time I sell hens is to replace...
My second bag I bought is actually what I should have had the first time so I think they loaded out the wrong feed on my first order. Now I need the 20% for my older quail outside and the 30% for the younger quail. I can give the older quail some of the 30% mixed with their 20% feed but it...
I should have looked at the tag on the bag but I thought I had the right feed because it has "Growth and Plumage" printed in large letters. I realized my mistake too late so I want to make sure I get it right for my 2-week-olds.
I called the feed store and their turkey starter is 30% but I don't know if it should be fed to quail or if it is just for turkeys since this feeding chart lists Startena as quail starter feed.
I bought game bird "starter" at our local feed store and now that I emptied the bag I am looking at the tag on the bottom and I think I got the wrong feed. I asked for "starter" yesterday when I got another bag of feed and that bag is the same thing. It says growth and plumage on the side but...