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  1. ggschulz

    Thinking of raising quail for meat, but...

    Chirping and "clucking" will be the extent. I honestly don't think a rooster would be a huge problem but your neighbors might disagree. Good luck!
  2. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    Even my relatively mature hens will lay a rubber egg from time to time, especially during times of stress. We had a heat wave come through (went from low 90s to almost 110) and because of a malfunction in my misters, I lost a number of hens, but some of the hens I didn't lose have laid some...
  3. ggschulz

    Free 4 week old Olive Egger Pullet - CA

    Do you ever make it south towards Fresno? I am south of Fresno, but get as far north as Merced or Turlock for work with some regularity. I just processed the rest of my meat birds, so I have an adjacent pen to my laying hens that would allow her to be segregated from the hens, but still be...
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    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    I have tried to fix prolapsed vents and one of two things seems to happen for me, whether I help or not: 1) It fixes itself 2) It gets worse and you have to cull I have actually had pretty good success, but you need to isolate her from the rest of the covey. The others will pick at her and...
  5. ggschulz

    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    We have the same issue in Tulare. Hopefully they can fix both cities at once.
  6. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    I've had a few of those myself. It's usually with younger hens that are still trying to work the kinks out. 10 bucks says that it is a double yolk. I only had 1 hen that was seriously injured by 1 of these. It's almost a survival of the fittest rite of passage in my flock.
  7. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    I did 41 on Saturday and skinned them all. I'll try plucking at some point, but my free time is limited....haha
  8. ggschulz

    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    I have a few different recipes I use to pickle. The sweet ones with beet juice are usually everyone's favorite.
  9. ggschulz

    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    Eggs to hatch or eat? I guess the answer is yes to both...haha. I did some culling over the weekend, but am still cranking out 30-40 eggs/day. I have most of the hens with roos, so I have hatching eggs available. Still verifying fertility on some, but I sold some to a neighbor who had a nice...
  10. ggschulz

    California - Northern

    When I was in High School, I named all my show animals (hogs and dairy heifers) after ex-girlfriends. It was a little awkward when Belle (the ex-gf) read the stall card of my 1400 lb Holstein heifer at the county fair....
  11. ggschulz

    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    I have 3 Standard Rex does and a buck, and also a White New Zealand buck. The Rex/NO cross throws large framed, fast growing bunnies for meat. I processed my first from that cross over the weekend and it looks great! Also, I found a home for my Light Sussex roo. He got an 11th hour reprieve...
  12. ggschulz

    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    I'm here in Tulare! I have RIR, Barred Rock, White Leghorn, and EE hens with a RIR rooster and lots of quail and rabbits. Welcome!
  13. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    Has the aggression stopped?
  14. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    Just that some people have a hard time with things like that. I've never trimmed a beak myself, but have heard it can help. My numbers are high enough that I can just cull troublemakers. I would search beak trimming and see if that is something you'd bed comfortable with.
  15. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    Assuming you don't have enough quail to justify just culling? I have a pen of hens I have kept around since they are great layers, but they won't tolerate a rooster, as in nearly killed two of them. You can trim the beak if you can stomach it. If either is injured, you need to separate the...
  16. ggschulz

    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    I posted this in the No Cal thread, but if anyone needs a Lavender Orpington or Light Sussex rooster, I have one of each available in Tulare, CA. I have asked $50 on Craigslist, but am open to negotiating or trading for hens, eggs, chicks, feed, whatever. I want to start a flock of LS, but...
  17. ggschulz

    California - Northern

    Mine has put me on hatching-restriction after about 3 straight months of the 'bator running with Coturnix Quail. So, I ordered Cornish Rock and Red Ranger chicks from the hatchery to raise out.... She never said anything about ordering chicks....
  18. ggschulz

    California - Northern

    Anyone need a Lavender Orpington Rooster? He is 5 months old, crowing and active with the girls. He just doesn't fit our program. I have him listed on Craigslist for $50, but can negotiate or would make a trade for a laying hen(s), chicks, broilers, etc... Get creative. I'd rather see him...
  19. ggschulz

    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    My latest batch turns 6 weeks on Sunday, so about the same age as yours. They are A&M, Pharoah and Tibetans. I noticed the first egg in the pen today, and some of the boys have been crowing for 10 days or so. The whole pen is for "freezer camp" so I have not been paying much attention, but...
  20. ggschulz

    Lavender Orpington & Light Sussex. Sex?

    These two were hatched 10/31/13, so they are about 20 weeks. I was sure the Lavender Orpington was a hen, then she "crowed" last week. May have been the "hen crow" I'm reading about as she looks NOTHING like the pictures of roos I have seen from others that hatched in this group. I'm leaning...
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