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  1. sammit

    How to put weight on a thin chicken?

    sadly i dont know the father (guessing it was the wyandotte).. mum was an isa brown x silkie and quite small. these ladies are double her size and have just started to grow into their feet. i bought a product called avitrol which has praziquantrel (spelling?) in it on the advice of another...
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    How to put weight on a thin chicken?

    Hey guys, i have 6 chickens (2 modern game bantams, 2 phoenix x jap bantams and 2 wyandotte x). the two wyandotte crosses are about 4mths old and havent started to lay yet. we are just starting to warm up now and they have begun to moult. when i was doing a check over them, i noticed that one...
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    Help with breed?

    thanks! i asked another chicken breeder and they said wyandotte in them for dad as well.... so since that makes 4 people with your answers, im going to chalk it up to dad being a wyandotte!!! thanks very much for the compliments. the ginger one is Nemu, the black modern game is Luci and the...
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    Help with breed?

    Help please! I have these two pullets, mother was silkie cross (5 toes, feathered legs) but she looked like a really small brown. father was who knows what.. just wondering if you could help me ID what these might be? Im in australia. The black chook in some of the photos is a modern game...
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    Baby quail, when to remove lights?

    Ive introduced many different lots of quails to this flock over the past 2 years without problems. All of the birds I have put in there have been over 8 weeks old though and in groups of 6-10 birds (i cull most of the males once 12 weeks hence the lower numbers remaining). The run is outside and...
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    Baby quail, when to remove lights?

    I havent had the lamp on during the day because of that risk. When should I be taking the light away at night time? Or is it warm enough/and they are old enough to have it removed now?
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    Baby quail, when to remove lights?

    Hello! I have some baby japs that are 11 days old. Im in Brisbane, Australia and was wondering when I should be taking the lights off them?? The currrent day/night temps where I am is around 33C/23C. They are almost fully feathered. Also, when would be the appropriate age to introduce them to...
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    Coturnix with swollen lower eyes?

    http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma_gallisepticum_infection_in_poultry.html that seems to fit her issues.
  9. sammit

    Coturnix with swollen lower eyes?

    Ok i think it might be something else.... She has just started to vomit and her eyes are bubbling, the liquid in them is like foam. Not sure what the heck is going on.
  10. sammit

    Coturnix with swollen lower eyes?

    There has been a few issues with one particular female and the rooster. This girl is quite small and prefers to sleep up on top of a paver brick i have in the back of the pen, which is where the roo has made his territory. I have seen the roo peck at a few other girls so it might be time to...
  11. sammit

    Coturnix with swollen lower eyes?

    Im in australia and run 15 quail in a ground pen (just a bit of background info). 14 females and one bloke. One of my ladies this morning is quiet, has both eyes swollen but only on the bottom lids and her cheeks are puffy (kinda like when a person gets mumps). Ive seperated her and put her on...
  12. sammit

    Egg Peeler

    older eggs work a lot better for peeling. fresh ones just stick and crack and split due to there not being much air inside the shell. but i crack it all over and then grab the fat end and pinch the air bubble there. almost comes off in one piece.
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  14. sammit

    Can anyone tell me the colour please?

    understandable. i wouldve thought male too if i hadnt have known her age, seen the remaining chest spots and flipped her over!!
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    Can anyone tell me the colour please?

    so pharaos can be that colour? ive never had a wild type with the deep red chest before. most of mine have had cream breasts with the males turning slight orange, but never this red!!
  16. sammit

    Can anyone tell me the colour please?

    can anyone tell me what colour this little girl is please? vent says female and she still has chest spots, although she is about 2wks off starting to lay. she has two white flight feathers so that would make her a tuxedo??
  17. sammit

    Is this bumblefoot?

    hmmm gout is an option i never even thought of. thanks for the suggestion, ill do some research on it now. one of them seems pretty lame with it, walks a few steps on the backs of her ankles and then sits down.
  18. sammit

    Is this bumblefoot?

    hey guys, was just given two hens. they both are laying and both have weird solid lumps on their feet. its not a swelling, more like a hard lump. no obvious signs of infection or open wounds, not hot, no weeping. the birds were kept on a solid floor with a straw base that was changed regularly...
  19. sammit

    quail egg call/sounds?

    here you go! this is one of my hens laying. i have several that do this. some just lay and walk off, others make this cry, some of them try to sit the eggs. each is different, but i hope this helps!
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    Quail Entertainment

    i have found mirrors make mine agressive. ive had to remove them. i have all females and there is a very established pecking order. i dont really think they see the bird as themselves but they do see them as a threat. i would like to get mine a little hut. they currently have a wooden ramp and...
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