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the larger birds in these photos hatched and looked all wet. the feathers looked smeared. i figured out the problem (you can see smaller chicks that hatched a few days later are normal in way of fluff feathers), but now they're not growing feathers normally. even though the problem started...

we've got breeder pens, small brooders and a grow-out pen. Fly traps have been put nearby to control flies. I've "poofed" DE every day to no avail. Flies are still a problem. These pens are mostly all raised at least a foot off the ground (brooders can be on ground or raised). the quail...

how the heck to i add water w/o removing the entire egg turner? you'll need to have looked at one w/ an egg turner to understand the dilemma. there are holes in the top, but there is an egg turner and 1/4" screen in the way. there are holes in the bottom, but i'd have to pump water...

what is the storage temp for eggs? House is 70F. Refrig is too darn cold. it is 100F outside. as most people with small breeding projects, i'm saving up eggs for seven days and then setting them in batches. i'm doing this b/c i've heard it is best to keep age groups separate. older ones...

what sex is this bird? how do you tell? either another male or another female pecked the feathers and skin right off this one's head. i culled it, obviously.

Here is the quail breeder pens i came up with. all scrap excepting the wire (my gosh that is expensive stuff!). i saw some large bottle waterers. will those work? seems a lot like the nipple waterers. i'm also thinking to lift the food to neck level. could i stick a square 2"x4"...

Here is the quail breeder pens i came up with. all scrap excepting the wire (my gosh that is expensive stuff!). i saw some large bottle waterers. will those work? seems a lot like the nipple waterers. i'm also thinking to lift the food to neck level. could i stick a square 2"x4"...

one pheasant lives about about 50 pheasants have been saved for breeding (many were A&M cortunix or weak ones that crowed so i culled them). i want to increase this stock fast and maximize number of females. to minimize the number of brooders i'd like to combine age groups. meaning four...

the cortunix quail are three weeks old. can i move them from the brooder to this coop? does anyone keep cortunix on the ground? Thanks!

i've got a styrobator i've used to hatch quail. a buddy has a professional one, but i'd like to try this here first. He said hatching quail can be done with very loose parameters. i'm hoping this is true! on this link: http://buycoturnixquail.com/coturnix-husbandry/ it doesn't list the...

I'll take free chicken eggs of any breed. If you are wanting to practice shipping i'll be your "guinea pig" and give you a full report and frequent updates. it would be a good way to establish your future shipping and packaging works. i won't give a bad review no matter what since i'm...

i've seen caecal pooh but am lately seeing black and oily pooh. i've isolated one chicken and have started them all on Duramycin-10 but wonder if i'm right in saying, "coccidiosis." the black oily pooh's smell doesn't knock me over. it smells like pooh though. the hen has been laying...

i saved this in excel format. it is a spreadsheet i made by combining symptoms from different reference sources. it is not complete but a start towards a diagnostic database similar to what Ole MIss had posted. http://ompldr.org/vNXlxNQ/Poulty%20illness%20DRAFT.xls you can use "filter"...

looking at the photos in the index, i find birds that look more like barred-rocks than a brahma. https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/brahma/chicken/144 i'm not an expert but throwing this out there in case a correction is needed. i could get a photo of our buff brahma tomorrow if needed.

one eye of our silkie is producing FIZZ. Has anyone seen this before? the photo may not show enough, but the white stuff in the corner is Fizz that keeps coming back. THX for any help!

what to do now? it is ten days past the sinus explosion and there is still a huge bump and i'm wondering if it hurts or is still something that needs attention. his strength is back: a side question: it appears our other silkie has a cold. we used isopropyl 'OH to wipe the crust off...

we just got back from vacation two days ago. i noticed the chickens were hiding. today, i found the reason. our favorite silkie has huge growth in his eye socket. it is at least the size of his head. a large yellow growth is protruding from eye socket. again, his eye socket is swollen out...

this doesn't refill. is there an adjustment that should be made?

standing in the yard i heard a noise from behind me in the chicken coop. it sounded like a chicken had run into something or they were playing. i turned around and i saw this buff bramha on its stomach looking like it was "dusting" itself. (a silkie approached it, took a close look then left...

we've two silkie pullets (we hope they are pullets) about 2-3 months old. we just added three std pullets about 5-6 wks old (2 delaware and 1 brahma). the two delaware's ganged up on the silkies repeatedly but the brahma stayed out of it. one delaware, got a predator look in its eye and was...