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I have 3 female and 2 male coturnix quail. A month ago I was getting 3 eggs a day but now I'm only getting 1 a day. Does anyone know why they have quit laying? jackie

We finished up the rest of the cornish X and these are the things I have learned. 1. I will do it again 2. They taste great 3. Fix the tractor somehow so it's easier to move instead of taking 4 of us. 4. Have 2 feeders instead one just one 5. Order my chicks in Sept instead of Oct. 6...

DH and I processed 4 of the 34 of our cornish x today. They weighed 8 to 8.5 lbs before process and 3.5 to almost 4 lbs afterwards. I didn't realize it would be that much of a difference. But we did use different scales before and after. They will be 8 weeks old Tuesday. We tried pything...

My 36 cornish x were 6 weeks old this last Tuesday. They have have bloody stool. Ok, I used the powdered milk suggestion. I used apple cider vinegar in the water which seemed to work but then it seemed to get worse suddenly. I bought some Sulmet as MP suggested and the lady at the feed store...

I got some fabric from freecycle and it smells like an old house. A lot of it is tapestry. What can I do get the smell out of it. jackie

My cornish x are 4 weeks old. We were feeding them game starter that was 28% protein. So my husband bought game conditioner which is 20% protein. It was pellets and not mash. Is the the pellets ok? Is the game conditioner 20% ok? They still have a little bloody firm stool. I was...

I'm noticing some bloody stuff in my cornish X chicks. Could this be coco? I have not lost one since the 2nd day I got them and they are 3 weeks old. I read where https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=101288 So I moved them to their outside tractor and mixed up some milk...

My cornish x were 2 weeks old yesterday and the largest weights 15oz and the smallest is 10.5 oz. Does these seem right? jackie

sorry after looking at the search references I decided not to write it down. jackie

Last week I got my meaties and I talked to my niece and her husband has 40,000 meaties coming in the morning. He inherieted a chicken farm from his grandfather. So he is going to give a few chickens to my sister at 7 weeks and I will give her a couple of chickens around 8 weeks. Then let the...

I went in with my neighbor on an order. He ordered 25 and I ordered 40. They sent 62 birds so I guess I will call them tomorrow to tell them they missed 3. I got them sorted in rubbermaid tubs. I called my neighbor and he told me he couldn't pick his up in the end of next week. He's got...

Sunday I was staying with my parent to give my sister a break. I was cooking breakfast. I was cooking eggs, store bought because my parent won't eat fresh eggs, when my DD walks up and asked "yuck what's wrong with those eggs?" I told her nothing. She answered yes there is look at those...

Why is it that I can post something and maybe 1 person will respond but Purple Chicken (I really like the guy) or other popular people can post something and a 100 people will respond? It's like high school all over again. The popular people can sneeze and everyone in the room will offer a...

I have a crested duck sitting on a bunch of eggs. She is not a large duck and I feel like she can't keep them all warm. The house she is in is very sturdy and the roof comes off so I had my DH help me take to roof off and check on them. She is not sitting on all of them but she does have most...

Back in June I bought 3 peachicks. They have been outside in a very secure pen. They survived Gustva and Ike and now they are dying. I don't understand. jackie

I have 2 toulson (?) geese that I got at a day old. We kept them in the house until they got too big for the brooder. We would take them outside with us and they followed us around. When we put them out we put them with the 2 ducks we had that were about a month older. Now they are huge...

who all have facebook? It's a great place to chat if you want to chat one on one. jackie

I am so discourage right now:( I have lost all of my french cuckoo marans, buff silkies, a turkey, and several other chicken to a fox. Thank goodness DH shot it. Then I've lost 2 buff orphingtons to heat. It's been so hot. I had 100 cortunix quail eggs and 30 hatched. My parents have been...

I just came up from the barn and coops to help DH settle in. We have had several chickens killed lately. He has hung the hammock, has his bug repellant, flashlight, shotgun, pistol and cellphone. This morning I found a rooster head (corn flake, a lavender color leghorn) and a body in the tree...

I have some cortunix eggs in the bator. It smells really bad but how do you tell which egg it is? I have about 100 eggs in the bator? Do you candle quail eggs? What day? Thanks in advance. jackie