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  1. BluebirdHomestead

    the button quail thread

    Figured I’d jump in on this thread and ask if anyone here is particularly good at identifying button quail mutations....Would love some help with a few that are more unusual than the typical wild type, golden pearl, red breasted, etc. I haven’t been having any luck getting help beyond the basics.
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    I want to see your Button Quail set ups!

    I have some Buttons hatching out soon and need enclosure ideas for keeping pairs! Show me your set ups for inspiration! Pic of my quail eggs from Fat Hen Farms.
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    Rooster Beauty Contest (Weekly)

    Yay!! Thank you!!
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    Rooster Beauty Contest (Weekly)

    Forrest, my Blue Wheaten Ameraucana. 💙
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    January 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    Hello all, Haven’t dropped in to a hatchalong in a year or so, but felt like saying hello! I have 4 full incubators and am excited for this first hatch of the year. I’ve been taking a break since mid summer.
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    Brooding outdoors in the winter?

    Okay thank you both. That’s all I needed to hear!! I think I’ll hold off until spring.
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    Brooding outdoors in the winter?

    Hello all, haven’t been on here in quite some time, but figured I’d get some good ideas here. Does anyone here brood outdoors year round in a cold climate? I’d love to hatch some chicks this fall to grow out over the winter like I did last year, except this season, I don’t have our heated...
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    Help with a Broody!

    Yes, it’s been long enough of her sitting?
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    Help with a Broody!

    I have a hen that has been sitting on dummy eggs for about 5 days. She’s pretty committed to it. I have to force her to leave the nest for food and water and she’s not happy about it. What are the odds of things going okay if I swap her dummy eggs for ones that are supposed to hatch on the 12th...
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    Bobcat proof

    I would love all the tips I can get about how I can make a coop bobcat proof. Thanks in advance.
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    Breeding Silver based black to Gold based black?

    I’d like to focus on breeding my black ameraucanas seperately from my blues. I have a question for those of you who breed blacks. What happens if you breed a black that is silver based with one that is gold based? Can you tell if you do so? I don’t plan on doing it intentionally, but I can’t be...
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    Tips for someone who wants to process extra roosters.

    Hi everyone, Since times are hard and chicken is a bit hard to come by, I’d like to start processing my extra roosters instead of giving them away. What are some tips you wish someone would have told you? The breeds will be Marans, Ameraucanas, crosses of those two breeds, and then a hybrid of...
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    22 I think.
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    What would I do without you! Haha
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    Omg you’re totally right. I was calibrating in the wrong direction. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    I literally calibrated it -9° and it shot up to 102°. 🙄 What the heck? I seem to have honed in by setting the room temp to 80-85 and the set temp to 96.5° and then it finally drops to 99.5° on the trusted therm. Not sure why it’s doing this with both of my incuviews but I guess as long as I can...
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    The room is about 72 and I have the darn thing set to room temp “80-85”. And it’s happening with both of them. So annoying!
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    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    Gah! Stopped getting notifications and got way behind again! Hope everyone has been having awesome hatches. I have 2 incuviews full of eggs right now. Due on the 27th and 28th. Set almost 30 of my own eggs and only had 3 clears. Pretty excited by that. Can’t wait for the first babies from my...
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    Will I be able to tell EEs from Ameraucanas apart at hatch?

    Yeah that’s what I was afraid of. I’m going to figure out who’s laying blue and take her out.
  20. BluebirdHomestead

    April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

    Pic of my cute little OE from Sky Girl Farms. So in love. On another note, I recently put my 3 EE pullets that are almost at the point of laying in with my Ameraucana Cockerel. Well...i don’t know what I was thinking. I assumed they would lay green, not blue like my Ameraucanas!! And then I...
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