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Hi there. I'm wondering if chicken vaccine will have any negative effects on my 2 adult ducks? The chickens will be vaccinated for New Castle and Gumboro. The ducks share the yard with 10 chickens and as such have the same watering stations..

Hi all, For the past few days my silkie pullet has been having some clear mucus coming from her nares. A few times her nares have crusted over but that's from the food (crumbles) dust. HOWEVER... A few moments ago she started dripping water from her nose after eating and drinking. A closer...

Hi there. The time has come to move my Chinese quail to their final housing as my new aviary building project has come to an end. BUT I'm left in a bit of a sticky situation. I need to relocate the majority of my quail into the new aviary to start a breeding covey as I don't much like keeping...

Hi there. I have a male Laughing dove in an aviary with about 15 Diamond doves. Today i noticed that the Laughing dove was sitting on the Diamond dove nest. He continued to sit until a wild dove distracted him. The Diamond dove returned to her nest and sat on the egg but once again the...

Hi there. Can anyone tell me what type of duck this is? ABOT

Hi there. I'm curious to know if anyone else has experienced something similar? My Silkie chicks are roughly 2 months old. Apart from the fact that they are too darn cute, they also appear to be somewhat violent toward each other. I've witnessed on numerous occasions that the go at each...

Howdy everyone I was wondering, if any other forced air incubator users are experiencing deaths in the top tray? I use a 352 chicken incubator. 4 trays, temperature and humidity control, egg turner and built-in sterilizing light. My tray setup is as follows: I set my eggs in carton (not...

Hi everyone! I need to pick your brain again 4 days ago a Coturnix Japonica hatched but he just flopped to his side and couldn't do much walking (none actually). To my knowledge there wasn't any complications during hatch, but I did notice some yolk stayed behind in the egg shell...

Howdy fellow birders. So my first 2 coturnix japonica chicks arrived through the night. They're quite busy in the hatching tray. So i only have two questions. Question 1: I have a severly scalped chinese painted male (that has healed beautifully). Could i use him as a guide in the brooder...

Hi all you Birders! I'm just wondering how many of you out there make your own sprouts and who plant birdseed in their gardens? I myself make millet and sorghum sprouts. I also plant mini fields in geyser trays and rotate them between the aviaries. The quail love the sprouts and clean a...

I just woke up to one of my blue breasted chinese painted quail that has bo freaking scalp! He was the smallest boy of 3 with 8 hens. Roughly 90% of his head has been stripped of both feathers and skin. Its just blood, and bone from what I can see. What do I do? He's hardly moving and looks...

Hi there fellow Quailers. I need some advice urgently I recently purchased a large incubator (884 quail eggs), a bit extreme for a beginner, but here we are. Since this morning there have been fluctuations in humidity. It has dropped from 55% to 37%. Upon further investigation I noticed...

Hi there. Quick question... do quail need direct sunlight or will they be able to go without it? My outdoor aviary only gets a few hours of direct sunlight per day as the it's located south of the house. The plants love it, but I'm worried the birds might need more sunlight. Abot

Hi all, Please help out with some advice. I'm new to the bird world and I've managed to keep them quite happy thus far (me thinks) in a large mixed outdoor aviary. The aviary has 8 diamond doves, 17 rain quail and 2 laughing doves. One of my diamond doves recently laid 2 eggs a day apart...

Hi all!! Are the following plants toxic or safe to plant in my quail hab? Dichondra repens (http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/groundcover/dichondra/growing-dichondra.htm) White Edged Swedish Ivy (http://www.guide-to-houseplants.com/swedish-ivy.html) Spider plant...

Hi there! I'm new to the world of quail and loving it, but I do have a few questions and I'd really appreciate some answers. First the my story... Recently I purchased a large aviary (1.8m deep x 3.2m long x 1.8m high with pitched roof), it's fairly big and is standing on my lawn. I added...