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My button quail hen has raised two batches of button chicks. When she went broody a third time I decided to experiment by putting coturnix eggs under the button quail. Hatch day was yesterday. Three of the five eggs hatched.

How old do Canadian geese need to be before they start laying eggs. Information online is contradictory. It says 1 to 5 years depending on the site.

Anyone out there interested in crested turkeys? One of my Eastern wild/Midget white poults has an odd crest.

Most of my Call duck flock are of fancy colors: blue, black, silver, and chocolate bibbed; snowy and chocolate snowy; and white. They have started to lay again and I've enough ducklings. If interested, the eggs are $55 for eight; shipping included. If I have an abundance of eggs, extras will be...

A friend has coturnix quail that are suspected of having Coccidiosis. Is it safe to give them medicated chick feed that has Amprolium in it?

I have a Midget White hen that is currently hatching eggs. When I checked her earlier, it was obvious that an egg went bad and broke. The whole nest and eggs was a stinking mess. I changed the nesting material, but left the eggs as they were. There are 11 that are pipping. What would be best...

I have a few Ancona eggs that have internally pipped last evening; all but one this morning. The egg that hasn't internally pipped is alive. The air cell is at the pointed end, and it would seem that the duckling's bill is not. Normally, with shipped eggs, that have been so badly disrupted by...

Orphans-parents killed by dogs and goslings rescued by passerby.

These two started laying eggs a month before turning two years old. They are now brooding eggs and are just a bit over age two. They are brooding turkey eggs as their own are infertile due to my peacock not surviving the winter. Their nests are on the roof of a coop; a roof top garden where they...

A while back I saw a couple posts from people inquiring if a blind bird had any chance of survival. Meet Star Gazer. Star is a 1 to 2 week old turkey poult. He is the same size, weight, and development as his normal siblings. Star is disabled. He hatched with a deformed head and beak. One eye...

One of my peahens has gone broody on infertile eggs. Does someone in the Jackson, Lexington, TN area have peafowl hatching eggs to sell.

This is my first peafowl nesting season; of sorts. My peacock died last winter with respiratory problems. My two peahens just turned two years old and one has a nest of four eggs and recently started to brood. The nest is on the roof of one of my coops that has a rooftop garden. A safe as place...

I have a fairly small flock that carry all the feather type genetics; smooth, frizzle, and silkied. They range in size from 7 to 14 ounces. My last hatch of chicks weighed in at 10 grams at hatch. Most of my birds are splash and mottled. $50 a dozen with shipping included. PM me if interested...

My 2 year old peacock has come down with a respiratory problem; he is gasping with each breathe. Since peafowl are fairly new to me and have never been ill I am hesitant to treat him without someone of experience guidance in what to do. He has been fine until this morning. The weather here has...

I am new to keeping goats. Today I noticed that one doe has a very developed udder and is about as big around as she is tall; maybe more so. It seems a sure thing that she is pregnant with her first kids. The weather here has been dropping into the teens and twenties at night and I am worried...

Good Morning Everyone. Last month I had a serama hen hatch two chicks. I always bring them into the house in order to give them a good start. When the chicks were about a week old the hen, overnight, became unbalanced and wobbly when she walked. Her vertical tail was/is carried down. A few days...

My first call/mallard ducklings. My mallard duck is a cross of some kind. The ducklings dad is a Call drake. It will be interesting to see how they mature. I did the cross to try for "wild" mallard looking ducks instead of the big, clumsy mallards I have.

I have a Mallard that started laying a while back. I do not have a Mallard drake but I do have Call and Muscovy drakes. I have seen her mating with both. She has now gone broody. The eggs are viable and developing. Has anyone out there incubated Mallard/muscovy hybrid eggs and know the...

Has anyone had experience with having chicks shipped from Ideal Hatchery?

I've been raising Phoenix bantams for a couple years and thought it interesting to find others who are also raising Phoenix. These chicks just hatched yesterday-five chicks all together.