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    Local incubator use?

    I don't know if there is any rules about this or what but I was wondering if someone in the SoCal area would be willing to incubate 100-200+ JMF jumbo eggs for either some of the chicks or compensation for electricity and time. I will have a brooder so once there all hatched we can take care of...
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    Male quails fighting

    Males don't do well with males in the presence of females. It can work but requires much more space and something along the lines of 1 male for ever 3 females at the very least. The females and males can be very happy kept in single sex groups out of view of each other. At this point some...
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    FEEDING GINGER POWDER TO CHICKEN SAFE OR NOT

    As far as I know yes. I think fresh is also good for improving apatite when ill, but I would not just take my word on it. I know people take it for nausea in particular among other things.
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    Modular Quail pen

    Thank you so much for the helpful info! So this style should be better? I am going to be using using pvc pipe with gravity fed water supply. There will be around 100 or more quail on the one system when in full production. It also freezes here. So something like 3-4" up should be for the...
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    Modular Quail pen

    Oh yeah whats the pros and cons between these horizontal water nipples. And this style.
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    Modular Quail pen

    I am going to try and keep this simple I have been doing a lot of research and I should of been keeping more notes and going back I am having a hard time finding the info on most of this. Is 2 inch over 2 feet enough of an angle for eggs to roll out? How big should the hole be for even a...
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    Tics on my Chicks

    I was told by a vet never to use heat to remove them because they vomit(can introduce vectors) as they are removed in this way same as leeches. I was told to grab them at the base of there mouth parts with either tweezers or that green tool then twist them in a few circles and they come right...
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    Housing Males

    Reducing the hours of light down to 8 hours a day is what I read others do for longer term keeping. I think it makes them think its dead of winter and they go out of the breading frenzy, calming down.
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    Im too old for this :(

    Birds brains, song birds and parrots in particular, the part of there brain in charge of calls are closer to our brains(the part we use for speech) then almost all mammals. Because of this I know they are prone to many things we are, like song birds with stutters is a thing. Its really fascinating.
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    Im too old for this :(

    Please keep us up to date I am particularly interested in finding out how it goes as this is just from some side knowledge picked up from my ecosystem study. The base of my knowledge goes Soil life, then Macro life Flora, Fungi, Fauna and in this case Fauna behavior which is extremely deep and...
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    Moles and rats

    I like to use water traps that reset themselves. Bit of work building them but they kill and kill and kill. Two trap types come to mind, putting something that floats in a bucket with a bowl that can float too. Fill the bowl with food in the middle keeping it filled with food for a few days...
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    Im too old for this :(

    Have you tried swapping them so the trouble makers are penned and she has run of the pen. I am no expert but in animal behavioral study having the time to get comfortable with ones surroundings is often the deference between being bullied and not. The only risk I can think of if they are the...
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    Quail toys?

    The thing that binds to our tongues that makes peppers hot is much like the stuff known as "Grape Flavor" basically the stuff that contains nothing natural not to be confused with the real thing. If you put something with Grape Flavor over food you don't want birds eating and as long as its on...
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    drug of choice to help prevent wound infection & dosage info. needed

    I personally worry about creating drug resistance in diseases unless there already is an infection. I would apply one of these given in order of what I consider best to not as good. Raw honey(hard to get a hold of the real stuff unless at a farmers market), non pain relief antiseptic, Vaseline...
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    Yeast aid in Vent Gleet treatment/prevention?!

    Where to start... I was wondering if anyone has tried live or nutrient/brewers yeast in the treatment/prevention of Vent Gleet, it works on most animals for yeast imbalance? From what I read its good for early treatment to prevention of spreading. It works in the seance that yeast varieties...
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    Coconut?

    I use a small cleaver to open them, I go around the part I want to remove, slamming the blade in as far as I can generally get it without struggling or risking myself then then once I got a line around the nut( or around the top if I am getting the water) I then drive the corner of the cleaver...
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    Quail toys?

    If you want to grow some things that are forgiving. For container/pot: *Seeding types of mint *"Miners lettuce" *"Corn salad" *Prolific tomatoes like "Currant" types *purslane *Small prolific hot peppers like "bird eye chili" the hotter the better In ground: *Non staining verities of...
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    Quail toys?

    Stuff to stimulate natural urges like picking through edible Weeds, herbs, live insects I know of some people who add some feeder fish to a trough some times. Some birds will chase laser pointers as well others are afraid. This stuff is kinda generalized and I would do your own research as I...
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    I NEED HELP WITH MY NEW KING QUAIL

    That will do it one male is bad enough they are kinda lucky that they all where not bloodied. The feathers they should all fine by winter after they malt but maybe before then and as for the eggs its normal not to lay a couple of weeks to just under two months because of stress but I am fairly...
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    plants to feed chickens

    Mindbogglingly big list, knowing the general area you are would help a bunch. as stated before Dandelion is pretty much guaranteed to be available as well as most types of clover and Amaranth like lambs quarters. there is a lot of ins and outs too like wood sorrel looks like clover but isn't and...
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