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    Two Chickens Dead.

    Oh I should note we flipped the tarps in the summer so the side facing out is silver to reflect the heat. This picture was in the winter, so we wanted to absorb the heat, hence the brown side out. The back yard has pretty good shade over the whole area, if the coop was in direct sun, it...
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    Two Chickens Dead.

    So I have raised chickens for 3 years now, never had one die on me, but in the past month I have had two Plymouth Barred Rocks (1.5 years old) die on me. Both were fully intact, inside their pens, plenty of food and water. Both occasions They were positioned under the shade of a tree, we use...
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    Does seperating male and female coturnix impact start laying?

    Charlotte NC, which is a mid sized city of 1 million plus. So I basically only have access to what TSC has and even they looked at me funny when I said I had quail.
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    Does seperating male and female coturnix impact start laying?

    So it seems that the stuff I am using is 6% less protein .15% less lysine 2% less crude fiber 3% more calcium suggestions to fill the gaps?
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    Does seperating male and female coturnix impact start laying?

    Quote: Does anyone know the ingredients in game bird feed? Because like I said, they don't sell it around here and don't know who makes it to look it up online.
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    Does seperating male and female coturnix impact start laying?

    Quote: When it comes to feed, like I said it is Chick starter feed crumbles (for chickens) at 26% protein because it is the only thing available. Someone said to me switching to layer feed might do the trick. Layer feed is about 18%, but has other stuff too. What do people think about this...
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    Does seperating male and female coturnix impact start laying?

    I have 7 week old coturnix, (brown and Texas A&M's) that haven't laid a single egg. At about 6 weeks I separated them males from the females (3 females). Haven't got an egg yet and am wondering why not. Any suggestions to get them laying? -pen is about 5 square feet for 3 females -indoors at...
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    Quail bullying on one quail

    Thanks for the help guys. Would it work if I took all of them out, put them in separate cages for a week or so then put them all back at once in the original cage?
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    Quail bullying on one quail

    I have 5 week old quail, cotournix, last week one of the males pecked one of the females so badly her head started bleeding. I pulled out the males from the main cage and put the injured one in her own cage till she could heal some. She healed up pretty well over the next three days, she was...
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    Santa hat and a chicken

    She didn't seem to mind the hat while I was holding her, but I put her down and she shook her head until it slid down her neck, then the rooster came pecked at it until the strap broke. They then played keep the Santa hat from each other which was hilarious.
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    Chick Grit?

    I thought if you gave them bagged feed you didn't need grit. It was only when the free range and forage for food on their own. Is this wrong?
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    Santa hat and a chicken

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    Where do Quail like to lay their eggs?

    I just got my first quail a few weeks ago (brown and Texas A&M Cotournix). I built a cage with a 1/2" hardware cloth bottom so I could minimize cleaning (see below). Quick questions: 1. Will they just lay their eggs anywhere? If I don't grab the eggs right away will they peck them? I...
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    Mandarin Ducks in the wild

    So this past thanksgiving I was with my family up in Western North Carolina, up in the mountains. I was walking around a lake in Black Mountain, NC and saw these ducks and was awe struck at how amazing they are. I looked them up, found out they are Mandarin Ducks, from Asia and Siberia. What...
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    New Quail Coop Design and Quail Pics & Videos

    I also have some training wheels from a kids bike that I was thinking of adding so I can scoot it around the yard so the droppings can be evenly dispersed and the grass better fertilized.
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    New Quail Coop Design and Quail Pics & Videos

    Just got my first quail (4 Texas A&Ms, 2 Pharaoh Couturnix) and I have built a hutch for them, let me know what you all think! Video of the design: Video of the baby quail:
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    Is a 2x4 okay for a roost for RIR,s

    Quote: When people say "round the edges" how much do they mean? like sand it down a little or router the edge? or what?
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    Bottomless Coop Details?

    Quote: My current coop has the attached run with 3 inch buried fence, no issues yet, but I want to move to this design so I don't have to clean up crap. Could you put a single strand of electric wire around the base to do the same thing? Have a solar energizer on the tractor so no cables needed.
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    Bottomless Coop Details?

    First off I live in Charlotte, NC, so pretty warm (winters sometimes get below 30, but not often). I want to build a movable coop for egg layers that has no bottom at all, it will just have nest boxes and roosts. For the few nights it does get cold I might design it so I could slide in a floor...
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    Padlock System Design: A better way to raise chickens?

    Quote: Paddocks have advantages over chicken tractors...and chicken tractors have advantages over paddocks. They are different systems with similar goals. If you've got active foragers, good forage and enough square feet/bird, I think a paddock system will be both sustainable and efficient...
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