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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...

It has been many years since I raised caged birds but we got some parakeets in trade for a rooster and then added more to start a colony since I have a huge bird cage. We just had our first egg hatch and there are three more eggs in the nest. I know they hatch days apart but this first one...

When I hatch chicks and ducklings I write the date they are set and the expected hatch date on the top (air space) of each egg with pencil. Due to the color blotches on the quail eggs and the fact that they are so tiny I have recorded the expected hatch dates in a memo document on my smart...

I just got 18 two-week-old Texas A&M Coturnix quail after doing alot of research and spending months considering breeding and raising quail. I was going to start by hatching shipped eggs but I am not sure how they would fare so I found some chicks from someone local. I have already hatched...

Our Great Pyreness LGD is eating our duck eggs and I need to be hatching them to pay our feed bill, not feeding them to the dog! I picked up some black plastic buckets with black lids for free on Craigslist so my husband cut a hole in the lids and layed the buckets on their sides with fresh...

Has anyone successfully raised BSFL (black soldier fly larvae) on quail poop? I want to start raising both this year and it would be awesome if we can feed the quail poop to the BSFL to eliminate waste and grow the BSFL together somehow. I have been reading that quail poop is high in amonia...

I raised mealworms for lizards but I did not feed them to chickens because I did not think the chickens would eat them before they burrowed and escaped to produce beetles. I have been looking into starting up again but then I saw a comment about BSFL self-sorting for feeding and the flies...

We have a nest of duck eggs that made us laugh. I don't know if the hen rolled the apple into her nest or if she laid her eggs next to an apple. What do you think?

I usually hatch our Australian Spotted duck eggs in my Little Giant still air incubators with automatic egg turners. I use dry incubation because it is humid here and I hatch in a separate Little Giant incubator that is slightly cooler with increased humidity. I hatch both ducklings and chicks...

I have four young white Call duck drakes that I won't be keeping so I need to find someone who would enjoy them. They do not appear to be show quality but they are nice ornamental pet ducks. I am considering taking them to the auction so I thought I would list them here first. The picture is...

I finally found the best tubs to make into duckling brooders for my ducklings that are off heat at room temperature. I initially use heating pads under tubs and they help keep the ducklings dry because they dry out the spilled water and poop on the shelf liners but I have been having trouble...

I feed my ducklings wet Flock Raiser until they are feathered and outside, then they get dry Flock Raiser. I wet the feed so it is easier for them to swallow without having to mix water with it themselves. I have been doing it this way for 3 years and it works for me. Someone else who raises...

Has anyone ever tried using olive oil or vegetable oil, etc. on baby ducklings to mimic the oil they would get from the hen? They are so much fluffier when they have oil on their feathers and they lose it quickly with frequent bathing. My ducklings get daily baths and they also love showers...

I have been watching the nests where I have hens sitting on eggs but the first hen lost her ducklings to the crows (her nest was right under a tree where they can see everything below) and the second hen must have got off her nest too long during incubation because all but two eggs were rotten...

I have a pullet with a torn lower eyelid. At first I thought it was from a stick or something she ran into but now I suspect my younger rooster pecked her eye. She has been in a cage for over a week so I can treat her, although I suspect she will be blind in that eye, and we were going to let...

I was looking at a bird site trying to figure out how much Ivermectin a chicken can tolerate over a short period of time and I found this on a bird site: Signs Of Ivermectin Poisoning The clinical signs of Ivermectin poisoning are: excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye lethargy stupor...

I hatched this chicken three months ago from eggs I bought from the breeder. It is supposed to be a French Black Copper Marans (Wade Jeane's line) but I also hatched Barnevelders from the same breeder. The comb was smaller than my cockerels and it had not turned red when their's did but it was...

This Barnevelder chick hatched this morning with a bulge that looks like a combination of intestine and yolk. I have left it alone because it is doing well otherwise and the other chicks (Barnevelder and Black Copper Marans) are not bothering it. Should I try pushing the prolapse inside the...

I just posted in the duck section but I never introduced myself. I am currently breeding Australian Spotted ducks because I only have a big backyard for my love of animals. I used to live on acreage where I had horses and raised all types of livestock, poultry, waterfowl, and even exotics. I...

I am working towards hatching eggs from my greenhead Australian Spotted ducks since they are a rare and endangered breed that I want to protect and promote. The first eggs I set were a mix from three drakes so I can't keep any of the ducklings for myself, not knowing which line they are from...