Hello I have a six week old bantam cochin that I believe has wryneck or was injured by other bigger grow outs stepping on him? He was fine until a week or so ago and now seems to not be able to look up. His chin is up against his chest😓 He is still eating/drinking and other then his neck and...
Hello one of my 3 day old coturnix is running around/chasing the other chicks pecking there head and tails and seems to be bullying all the chicks especially a crippled chick with splayed legs. is this harmless fun or a sign I should cull it for aggression? ps I use a read heat lamp and have a...
Hello one of my 3 day old coturnix is running around/chasing the other chicks pecking there head and tails and seems to be bullying all the chicks especially a crippled chick with splayed legs. is this harmless fun or a sign I should cull it for aggression? ps I use a read heat lamp and have a...
Hello one of my 3 day old coturnix is running around/chasing the other chicks pecking there head and tails and seems to be bullying all the chicks especially a crippled chick with splayed legs. is this harmless fun or a sign I should cull it for aggression? ps I use a read heat lamp and have a...
ok thanks m leg strength but just abey ill try the cup idea, he seems to have some leg strength but keep trying to jump forward every time i put him on his feet
Hello a few of my chicks seem to be having legs problems.I didnt cradle the eggs this time so the chicks spent the first 14 hours after hatching walking on other eggs in my brinsea advance(my stupidity)
Problem 1. four seem to have there legs at a forward angle almost like there knees wont...
This hatch i tried to get the chicks to inprint on me so i hand fed them for the first 4 weeks, I didnt think it was working intill this morning when I walked past the pen all the quail started scambeling to the wall to say hello.
Hello I have a batch of coturnix that are almost 4 weeks old and are getting a bit cramped in my small brooder. All of the quail are fully feathered but small. In the past when I have hatched in the fall and early spring I keep the quail indoors in till 6 weeks but with the weather being warmer(...
Hello I am on day 17 of hatching a new batch of quail and I'm unsure of what bedding I should be using, the pine shavings I bought for this batch seem awfully small and I'm worried that the chicks might either eat them or won't have enough support to properly gain their legs. Also my eggs seem...
Hello I need help! a batch of eggs just arrive in the mail and I realized that I forgot to clean the incubator a few months ago and left a couple of unhatched eggs in it. What do I do? If I use bleach wont it leave fums? and how can I sterilize the heating element/ fans? would dial soap work?
Hello I am having some proplems with my hens! I have four 9 month old hens in a 12 square foot cage and this morning i found one with head wounds and another hen with dried blood on her chest. there both from the same hatch and have always lived peacefully together. I dont want to kill the hen...
Hi can coturnix quail and ducks live near eachother? I have a quail pen about 15' away from my old chick coop and was wandering if i could have free range ducks? The quail pen is about 3 feet above the ground so im not worried about bullying but i know you cant keep chickens with quail.
Ok thanks for all the help I think instead of having all the walls made of hardware cloth ill make them solid with plywood and some old glass windows i have left over from a previews progect and leave cloth covered windows at the top to help ventilate the cage. Some one told me to make sure the...
Hi I am going to bring a few hens indoors to breed, I have build an indoor pen for them but am not sure what bedding to use, I very much dislike having to buy and deal with pine shavings and was wandering if sand would work indoors or would it smell and grow bacteria even if I scooped it daily...
I just bought the silvers a few months ago, very cool but the line isn't very cleaned up yet out of 11 chicks in my last hatch 4-5 were silvers. Can you explain line breading? I kind of get the idea of having three groups and switching between groups every generation, but I don't really understand.