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This seems like a simple question but I've had a very hard time getting it answered. I understand that a hen will lay an egg about every day- with or without a rooster having bred her. That isn't my question. What I would like to know is whether a hen has to be bred after every single egg (ie...

Hi Folks. I've had a few chickens for a few years but still consider myself very much a beginner. Therefore, if what I am posting about is a very common problem with a simple solution/cure/prevention, then forgive my ignorance. My chickens are free range. Anyway, I have a Jersey Giant Hen...

I desperately need some help! I doubt you'll be able to tell me whats going on with the limited info I am going to provide, but maybe you can at least give a few possibilities? I've had chickens the last 4 years and never had anything like this. Basically, every day I am having 1-2 of my...

HI folks! I am desperately in need of your help. I've had geese for 3 years and never lost a single one......and now in the span of 5 days I have lost 3 birds (every other day) and its killing me!!!! I might not be able to do anything anyway, but my first step has GOT to be to figure out what...

Greetings Duck friends. I'm new to ducks...and only have 6....one Pekin, 1 mallard, 4 runners. I hatched them last summer so this is their first winter. To my amazment and thrill, yesterday I discovered 3 eggs!!!!! The first ones I've ever gotten from them....I just can't tell you how...

I've done quail, turkey, and LOTS of chickens, though all on a small scale and I'm no expert on any. But just a few weeks ago I acquired my first geese...2 baby toulouse that were 2-3 weeks old. OMG they are the greatest birds...no, wait...perhaps even the greatest ANIMALS I've ever had. They...

I can't believe it. Like most of you have probably done, while taking an egg out to candle it I accidently dropped one onto another one and they both cracked. One was just a tiny hairline but one was very, very badly cracked....almost a hole in it...like a round, indention crack and not just a...

I came home Friday and one of my eastern wild (domestic) turkeys was obviously in some kind of shock. It had managed to cram itself into a VERY small doghouse I used for them when they were little and never took out of the pen....even though they are WAY to big for it and haven't been in it for...

When I discover something cool, I can't wait to come and tell my BYC friends....my "normal" friends just don't get it when it comes to this kind of thing! haha. I'm also probably not the first one to think of this (of course not) but maybe some of you haven't yet and I really recommend you try...

Hi. I'm fairly new to quail and certainly have never hatched out as many as I did this time....I just had 42 born on Monday! I only had 48 cortunix eggs, so 42 births was an astounding success rate to me. Anyway, when I got up this morning there were 2 that were dead. I have them in a...

I recently noticed the wikipedia entry for Button quail has 2 claims which surprised me. One is that eggs hatch in 12-13 days. Is that true? The other claim is that only male's sit on eggs and raise the babies. That, too, is the first time I've heard that. Is it true? Just curious. kevin

I'm still quite new to hatching eggs and though I've done it 2-3 times in the past, I forget how incredibly exciting and fun it is!!!! Anyone else going through the thrilling anticipation??? I have about 40 quail eggs that are right on the verge of hatching....actually, one has already knocked...

I'm new to raising poultry, and have got so much help from so many people on here that I was happy when today, for the first time, I noticed this section. Thats because I believe I have found an area where I can actually give something back. I'm not saying I'm some brilliant genius or foremost...

Hello everyone. I need some advice/information, and I trust you all a lot more than my local feed store! Just so you know, I'm very new to raising fowl. I have 4 young turkeys, and they are about 2 and 1/2 months old. I've been feeding them gamebird high protein chick scratch since birth...

I guess I'm rushing things here, but I'm a TOTAL newbie to turkeys and am dying to know if I have girls or boys and how many of each! Perhaps there is some way to tell that I don't know about. They are about 2.5 months old. Two of them all quite a bit smaller than the other 2, so I'm thinking...

OK, so you all will look at this pathetic pile of wire and wood and laugh. Please understand that I have NO (as in NONE!) carpentry skills WHATSOEVER. I even had to borrow EVERY tools I used, so that ought to tell you something about my experience and skills in this kind of thing. I...

5 minutes ago I saw something I absolutely CANNOT BELIEVE!!!!!!! I was so excited I had to tell someone and since my nonpoultry friends tire of my bird stories, I had to come to BYC where I knew people could relate...AND MAYBE EVEN HELP!!! I've been on BYC a few months and never even noticed...

HI. I recently set a large (to me) number of quail eggs- about 60 eggs. I've only done a few in the past....so I have a problem I never thought about and need some advice! I have a standard hoova-bator with NO egg turner. My problem...if it really is one and thats what I'm asking here....is...

I'm a relative newbie and am about to set a bunch of quail eggs. Last time I hatched some I used a magic marker to put the X and Os on without even considering potential harm, then I saw someone say they could poison the egg and not to use markers. My eggs hatched for the most part, but maybe...

I've had people tell me that day one of incubation doesn't count, and I've been told it does.....what's the truth? Currently, I'm referring to coturnix quail eggs, if it matters. THe listed time period seems to be 16 days, but I am unclear how to calculate that. Its fairly important to me...