I don't know how long you've been raising poultry, and you very well may know this, but show stock often does not produce your best breeding candidates. There isn't a guarantee of show quality offspring from show quality parents. If it's an egg or young bird no one can tell you honestly that...
For the grazing boxes I would use something with larger holes than hardware cloth, maybe 1" x 2" ? Hardware cloth or possibly rabbit fencing around the plantings until they are very well established, probably at least two years unless you are transplanting in older mature specimens. I used to...
Did you remove the nest boxes or block them off? How did you try to break her broodiness? There might be things that could be tried but we'd need to know what has been tried without success first.
All other considerations aside you need to be aware that if you raise a single duckling you are likely to end up with a human imprinted duck. She/he will never be suitable to return to the wild. Be careful not to feed waterfowl any medicated feed. The waterer must be large/deep enough for your...
Welcome back. Quail are awesome. We started with them after tasting some pickled eggs at a holiday meal. Their eggs are great for baking (just need to crack a few more). Our grandchildren have enjoyed making crafts and ornaments with the eggs as well as dying them for Easter.
We feed only a...
I've had them taken from under every manner of bloody including turkeys. Snakes are especially good at robbing the nests of brooding birds. But we've also caught crows, rats and raccoons in the act.
The only way I can successfully candle quail eggs is with an LED candler I bought. I wish I'd found it years ago.
I wouldn't worry since that won't help your potential hatchlings or your blood pressure. I will add, in my experience the biggest problems with success in hatching quail are humidity...