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    What day do your coturnix quail hatch?

    Usually 18-19. I shut down on 22. I always crack open every egg because the idea of burying someone alive kills me. Haven't found one alive yet.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    This is the only thing I found that might be stinging nettle. I'm not very familiar with that herb.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    Not that I'm aware of.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    Thanks for your help.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    Ok yeah that's definitely fermented feed then. Will report back in a couple of days.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    Ok I will do that as soon as I get home. By wet food do you mean the fermented feed? Usually the girls eat that over the dry pellets.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    Yaaay! Thank you! Yes, when I read answers the first one is always "we need more information" so I wanted to give everything I had.
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    Hen not eating. Hiding in coop. Red scaly skin.

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) around 1.5-2 years old buff orpington. She feels thin. Empty crop 2) What is the behavior, exactly. I noticed about a week ago that she wasn't really hanging with the group. She's been...
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    Concerned Parent

    Oh dear. I'm so sorry. Bumping this. Hopefully someone can help you.
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    Getting quails to eat fruits and veggies + lonely quail

    The only vegetables I can get my quail to eat are alfalfa sprouts. I usually buy them, but I just bought a sprouting kit. My daughter picks wood sorrel flowers for her pet quail and she eats them right up. So you may have resources in your own backyard.
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    Concerned Parent

    Yaaay!!! I have been following this thread sweating waiting for an update. I'm so glad! :wee
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    How can a kid make money during quarantine?

    You could also try Craigslist or I have this thing called nextdoor - it's an app. Always odd jobs on both of those. Check Craigslist on "gigs". Help an old lady move, sort out boxes, mow a lawn, watch a dog for the weekend...etc. I see all of that on there. The other day a woman offered to pay...
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    How can a kid make money during quarantine?

    How many do you plan on keeping? This seems really expensive. We built a coop for way less and I keep 30 hens. Could it be a possibility that you are over-estimating the cost, because this seems like you would have enough.
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    Any spinners out there? (Yarn)

    Right off the seed?! You know, I bet that would work! It is fairly straight. I grew the green kind. Elene's Green or something like that. When I was pulling the seeds, I demonstrated twisting by hand to my husband. Don't know why I didn't connect that mentally. I'm going to give it a go!
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    Any spinners out there? (Yarn)

    How was your experience? I'll try to look that one up. I've never spun anything before, and when I was researching spinning cotton specifically I kept running across the Navajo.
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    Any spinners out there? (Yarn)

    I just grew cotton for the first time! I'm an avid knitter and crocheter. I'm wanting to spin it on some type spindle. Maybe Navajo. I hope to eventually get an Angora bunny, but I do like the cotton because I live in Florida and they make great bikinis! Not too many sweaters and scarves around...
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    Duck eggs in the mail

    Oh wow! Ok, that seems pretty straight forward. Thank you for your detailed response!
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    Duck eggs in the mail

    So I ordered 10 Cayuga eggs from Metzer farms. I have never mail ordered eggs before, and in fact have only incubated eggs once before. They were quail eggs that I collected myself. I got 28 chicks from 36 eggs. I monitored the temp and humidity obsessively. However, I did do a dry hatch. There...
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    Integration oddities or normal behavior?

    It so is. I have completely been following this for the drama and what happens next. Plus the sweetness of it all. that's it! We're starting a reality show!
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    Water Cups vs. poultry nipples

    We used to use nipples, but switched to cups. Whenever I let the girls out to free range, if there was ever a bowl of water out, they would attack it and drink like mad. My husband read somewhere that they dunk their waddles in the water? Not sure if that's true. But we put in a cup waterer, and...
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