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I came on here looking for info on hinnie ducks and saw this, and 2 hours later and way past my bedtime, I'm sitting here with a full heart and a huge smile on my face. Steven and Michael, your baby is so gorgeous, you must be so proud! Not just of the baby, but of each other for all your...

Where is she bleeding from? You might put some vitamins or electrolytes in her water just to give her a little boost. Or give her some yogurt or mashed boiled egg. In my experience (I've only had quail for 18 months), they are hardy little things, but if they get infections from wounds they do...

Great article! Thank you. I'm just about to get some ducklings and had some questions, I've had muscovies before but youe article covers more than I remember, thanks again!

Yes, that's a nice looking one, I like him and the first one. Looks like, as usual, the boys look prettier than the girls But looks like a good start to your aloha project.

with so many boys you're just about ready to open a fried chicken stand What an interesting range of colours and styles, which cockerel are you thinking of keeping? Sorry to hear about your chick cull

I'm not really able to answer your questions, but didn't want to see your post unanswered. I do think that it will be quite tricky for your little goldens to mate your larger browns: the males in general are smaller and sometimes have a hard job holding the female in place long enough to mount...

The blond one looks like Abe Lincoln

@Kassaundra, so she's a pullet then, do you think she'll stay this dark? She's gorgeous

@AuQuail sorry I can't help you very much, the only time my female quails growl and or attack the males is when they are broody or sitting on eggs and the males pester them too much. Does she have eggs? I do hope your male hasn't lost his eye and that he will recover. As for the humidity...

Stunning bird! How old are they now?

They have incredible healing capacity and are usually excellent patients too. If she's made it this far, shows no sign of infection and is still laying I'm sure she'll pull through. Though will probably be understandably shy of roosters for awhile. I had one that was peckled clear to the skull...

From what I understand you do have a pair, but it's the yellowfaced which is the boy. They are still young and the full colour hasn't yet developed on their ceres. I think the pink one will turn dark blue (indicates boy) and the blue one will lighten to tan (indicates girl). I've found the...

Poor things, I'm sure if these guys make it they'll be the luckiest of the 200 escapees.

have you posted pictures of those fibro rose combed hens on the thread? Would it be possible to ever have a fibro scaleless Ancel

Ok I can't work out how to use the multiple quote do-da, but so many thanks for all this information on fibro and what barring and id does to it, so very interesting. I'm intrigued that some muscles and organs would be darker than others, and that there is a patchy or almost ombre effect...

Thanks so much for this! You are such a treasure mine of knowledge! Yes the cockerel I've been asking about has a neck like this too with dark legs, his fibro is hard to see too. So the id can be bred out then? It's not dominant? And the right hens would be any that are slate legged (given that...

@Kev "In that case the showgirls will be rather easy. A little trick.. breed non fibro birds with blue/slate legs if you can. It's because green and slate legs mean the birds do not have the Id gene, it inhibits pigments in a specific layer of skin, causing the legs to come out either...

@Kev thank you for chiming in! I'm relieved to hear everyone say he's still young. I don't think he has any game in him. I got his grandfather from a local farm and while people here do have old english game, it's not considered desirable to have aggressive birds, plus the OEG are tiny and he's...

@supersymmetry and @Kassaundra thank you so much for your responses, and great questions supersymmetry. The aim for my main flock is harmonious egg production: most of my hens and pullets are naked neck over isa browns (they came from a sideline project from one of the main production egg...

@chickengr thanks! I'll try that. I got it into my head that the older hens will pick on the new ones and that he would keep the peace, but now that you say that it makes sense thanks! Ancel