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Michael, really? I totally love DE. I don't dust the pen unless the girls are out free ranging. It has worked wonders for us..no flies or undesirable coop/pen insects and keeps poop smell way down. Maybe because our pen is sand could be why it works for us? Our chickens are healthy, no...

Hello! I realize this is off the topic, but I saw "Cochin Thread" and couldn't resist. Is it me or are Cochins one of the SWEETEST breeds? Our poor Cochin Boots got her crown picked at pretty badly. She's been separated from the others (5 hens) for almost 2 months. Everytime I let them free...

Hi, JJMR always has good advice! When the temps dropped to freezing I did put out our heat lamp out for the quail but they didn't seem to care much either way. I guess with enough coverage (branches w/leaves and wood shavings) they're warm enough. Hey ~ if you want to give your girl up, we'd...

BTW, hurray for your dog that is awesome!

Hi all, Like you Rain Wolf, I too am in Seattle (actually east of). We have 2 Coturnix - 1 male, 1 female....interesting story, in short, they weren't planned. - OK, so we have them in a 4x4 pen with sand, leafy branches, and wood shavings. They're in a corner of our aviary which is protected...

Thanks for the feedback! I sort of figured we needed more females to keep him happy. It sucks because we hadn't planned on getting any other birds at this time, so our 'quick fix' (for what we thought was a female) was to get another female to see if she'd stop calling out every night..it...

Hi all, OK, so we have a male Coturnix that won't stop mounting our female Coturnix. I them them separated in a 4x4 pen because it got so bad that he pulled out all her feathers on her poor little head. I've been searching online for info., but can't find any that really answers why he's doing...

That's interesting, one of our Easter Eggers won't lay in the coop or pen either. She waits until we let them out to free range and lays her eggs about 10 feet away from the coop between our house and a huge fern (she dug herself a dirt/rock nest). I'm pretty confident she does this because she...

Thank you for your replies! It's been 2 nights now and we haven't seen nor heard from our male...I thought for sure our dogs would have caught his scent by now, which tells me he hasn't come into the yard and that worries me. He's been cage raised all his life so I don't think he knows how to...

Hello, Our male Lady Amherst (2 y/o) got out of our pen and flew into our wetland area. He's been in there for about 5 hours (I'm pretty sure he's still in there because I heard him whistling for his mate). Anyway, we're leaving the pen open tonight (we left our female in the pen, but put her...

strawberries and our dog to stop trying to herd them!

Hi, We just started juicing vegetables and are wondering if feeding our chickens the leftover pulp is ok - or even if there is any nutritional value left for them. Has anyone ever tried this? - We juiced carrots, tomatoes, celery, and brussel sprouts... Thank you! Jane

Hi all, Thanks for the support. I've been contacted by someone on Craig's List in the Seattle area regarding adult Coturnix, so wish me luck. LovinMyPeeps - I sure wish we had gotten her as a chick, that way she'd be used to being handled like our other birds....we've only had her a couple...

Thanks for the tips! I'll make sure we get a 'full' adult vs. newly matured. She's such a cutie pie, and we feel badly she's alone. So, do you know if you can have 2 roosters of completely different breeds in the same pen?

Hi Iamcuriositycat, Thanks for responding so quickly! We are in the Northwest (Carnation, WA). I've posted a "want ad" for our girl, so I'm hoping to get some feedback soon. She makes a lot of noise, which I understand is her trying to call in more quail. We didn't purchase or ask for her...

I agree with Wolfwoman! We have 2 mixed breeds, one is a herder - the other retriever. Both keep predators at bay (whether they know it or not). We have 2 acres and our 4 chickens free range with the dogs outside during the day and we haven't lost any of the chickens. Our retriever mix has treed...

Hi, We have a 2 year old female Japanese Coturnix Quail that needs a friend. Does anyone know of or have one or maybe 2 for sale? We'd take a rooster, but aren't sure if we can have another rooster in our pen (we have 4 chickens (hens), a pair of Amherst pheasants, and the 1 single quail)...

Hi Kikescove, Thanks for your comments! I think she's on Amherst eggs (I just assumed they were), if she's on the chicken eggs, she'll be sitting on them for a loooong time (we don't have a rooster). I have to say, we are really excited since we read that Amhersts aren't big brooders - and...

Hello, I hope someone else is or has experienced our current situation: we have a pair of Lady Amherst Pheasants that cohabitate with our 2 egg laying hens. Our chickens and pheasants have lived together for almost a year. Our chickens are just a year old (we got them 1st) and our pheasants are...