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A neighbor found a chick in the street in front of his house, so naturally he thought it was mine (we live in a city so we are one of the only houses with chickens). It is not, but I wrangled her up nonetheless and have her quarantined in the garage well away from my existing birds. I’ve posted...

I’m on my third year of coturnix quail keeping and all of my previous coveys started laying by 7 weeks old (last year’s started at 5 weeks), but this year I decided to try jumbos from MyShire. 3 of my 4 12-week-old hens are laying and have been for a few weeks. The last hen, however, has not...

Thanks to my black copper Marans laying her first egg a couple days ago (her 2nd egg is in this pic), I’m getting closer to that elusive egg rainbow. Clockwise from the top is my Alchemist Blue hen’s egg, then olive egger, Welsummer, and finally, that BCM stunner. The Welsummer and BCM are new...

...no matter how many “first egg(s)” you find. 5+ years in this hobby and I still squeal with delight when a spring pullet lays her first egg. Like today, when my 24-week-old Welsummer pullet, Ellie, laid her first tiny terra cotta egg (green eggs from my older hens included in pics). *squeal!*

Free to good home; one Alchemist Blue hen (1.5 years) purchased as day old chick from Alchemist Farms in Sebastopol, CA. I am relocating and new town allows only 6 chickens so I need to downsize my flock. She is a reliable layer of light green eggs. She is a Marek’s carrier so Marek’s...

Hello! I have some new (to me) color varieties in my covey this year and I'm hoping to get some clarity from the quail experts (that's you guys) on what I have...I'm fairly confident I have Tibetan, rosetta, and tuxedo-ish versions of the two, but the difference between Tibetan and rosetta is...

Hello! I have a 16-week-old Russian Orloff pullet with a swollen left eye area that is stretching her eyelid out. This popped up within the last 24 hours as she did not have this swelling yesterday morning. There is no bubbling/discharge at the swelling site and she is showing no other symptoms...

Hi all, looking for some help from the experts on what color(s) I may have in my recent hatch...I'm fairly certain I have (will have) quite a few tuxedos, but not sure about the lighter colored chicks...thanks!

I picked up 36 coturnix hatching eggs today from a local source; do they need to be rested (like shipped eggs) prior to placing in the (already prepared and running) incubator? Thanks!

Last month, I picked up chicks at the feed store; a Russian Orloff, Welsummer, and what was supposed to be a California gray. Now that the CA gray is four weeks old and feathering out, there is no barring whatsoever and when I looked back at pictures of her when she was just a couple days old...

Full disclosure: I have a DNA gender test pending for this 3-week-old chick (and results should be forthcoming any day now), so I am curious what everyone thinks this little dude/dudette might be. Stats: Breed: black copper Marans Age: 3 weeks old Source: brought home as day-old straight run...

I have three days old chicks (hatch dates 3/11-3/12) that are available (for free). They are all from A Rusted Roost, NPIP certified farm in Penryn, CA. Chick #1 is a mystery chick; may be Marans/Marans mix based on feathered legs. Chicks #2 and #3 are most likely a Silverudd and Orpington but...

I have three days old chicks (hatch dates 3/11-3/12) that are available (for free). They are all from A Rusted Roost, NPIP certified farm in Penryn, CA. Chick #1 is a mystery chick; may be Marans/Marans mix based on feathered legs. Chicks #2 and #3 are most likely a Silverudd and Orpington but...

I am lucky to live very close to one of the only poultry pathology labs in the state of California, so when I lose a bird (which does not happen often, thankfully), I can have a thorough necropsy performed for only $25. I am attaching a recent necropsy report for my oldest hen as I am sure...

While tending the quail hutch and checking birds over this evening; noticed some raised scales on one of my hens. The dark splotch is just dried poop with some sand from their dust bath stuck on. They are in the middle of molting, so I’m not sure if they are just shedding their old scales or if...

Hi all, I have an almost 5 year old barred rock hen who weighs approximately 5 lbs. Today, while bathing her (for a poopy bottom), I picked a chunk of white rock-like substance off of her comb. It was embedded in the flesh and left a pockmark on the comb after removal. The chunk was...

After almost a year with a small rabbit hutch I converted for use with quail, I recently had a larger, custom hutch built. Moved it into place and got it set up today and am very happy with how it turned out. Looking forward to spring to hatch more eggs and build my covey up again (currently...

Looking for a woodworker/carpenter in central California (I am near Modesto but will travel just about anywhere in the valley from Bakersfield to Sacramento) to build a quail hutch for me...I have photos and measurements of what I want, just not very handy (and don't have necessary tools) to...

Might be a weird question; but is there anything I can add to my quail hutch to help them wear down their ever-lengthening toenails? They are on sand (all-purpose which is fairly course and I thought would be good enough to keep their nails worn down) but they don’t seem to scratch nearly as...

I have access to quail layer crumble with the following nutritional breakdown: I know with chickens, the higher calcium content in layer feed is not ideal for males, so I’m curious if the same goes for quail. This will be fed to four females and one male, by the way, and they are being...