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I have a female coturnix quail that has these bumps all over her face. Is this fowl pox, and is it treatable? She's the only one in my flock that has it. We've separated her in case it's contagious.

Hi, we hatched a batch of coturnix quail on August 7th. 8 days later, 2 of them developed this condition where they can't hold their heads up. There's a bulge on the left side of their throats. I was thinking it was an impacted crop. I can feel little lumps inside that are probably the...

Does anyone know if water glassing or coating eggs with mineral oil will preserve quail eggs long term (several months), like for chicken eggs? I don't plan to artificially light my birds next winter, so I'm just preparing this summer when the over-abundance of eggs come. I can't seem to find...

Does anyone know if water glassing or coating eggs with mineral oil will preserve quail eggs long term (several months), like for chicken eggs? I don't plan to artificially light my birds next winter, so I'm just preparing this summer when the over-abundance of eggs come. I can't seem to find...

I've been pretty lucky with my chickens and turkeys for the past several years, but now I'm seeing our first respiratory infection in an adult male Narragansett turkey (6 years old). Normally he free-ranges (keeps close to home, though... he's never been a wanderer) and comes home to roost in a...

We made this little video for how to pick up baby turkeys. We call it "fork fingers." It seems to calm them to be scooped up this way, and they're less apt to fall out of someone's hand. A good one to teach kids. It works with chicks, too.

Hi, I have 4 Narragansett turkeys that are 5 days old. One of them started sneezing tonight. Would Tylan be the appropriate course, and if so, how much to administer? I'll have to pick it up from Tractor Supply in the morning. Thanks for any help.

This was in the news in the U.K. this week: Supermarket quail egg hatches Quote:

I have a Brinsea Mini Advance incubator. The instructions that came with it (as well as the incubation booklet on their website) don't include turkey temperatures/humidity level. Their website includes hatching info for just about every other poultry and fowl, including a couple of species of...

Can you keep just Japanese quail hens, or do they need a male to be happy? I know button quail seem to do best with a male. I'm just wondering if you can keep larger quail like you can chickens: without a male, yet still get eggs.

I have 3 button quail hens that gave me 4 eggs today. Can they lay two eggs in one day? It's possible I might have missed an egg from yesterday (they like to bury them in shavings). I sure was surprised though!

I was reading elsewhere on this forum of people feeding duckweed to their chickens. Apparently it is higher in protein than soy (some estimate 30-50% protein!) I have a 10-gallon aquarium with firebelly newts-- the newts came with some duckweed in their baggie of water from the petstore, and...

Hi, I've been feeding my button quail oyster shell, but man, the pieces seem too big to me for such a little bird. I tried hammering some of it down, which is a royal pain (that stuff is hard!) Is there a brand of oyster shells out there that is more finely milled?

I have two Ameraucana hens that are 9 1/2 months old. They started laying about 2 months ago. They consistently lay eggs that have lots of calcium on the outside of them. Is this something I should be concerned about? Is it a sign of insufficient calcium, or too much? They eat Purina Flock...

I just caught this new documentary on my local PBS station tonight. It's fantastic! Check your local PBS station for air times. My Life As A Turkey Here's a description from the website: After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed...

I have a pair of Narragansetts that are about 6 1/2 months old now. One has always been more dominant than the other, but I figured they were both females. A couple days ago, this turkey started fanning its feathers like a peacock. Do only males do this? I haven't heard any gobbling per se...

I have a pair of 11-week old Narragansetts. At what age will I know if they are male or female? I haven't heard any gobbling yet. Can I assume they're both females? Here's a photo of them. Don't know if it's possible to tell what they are from a photo or not.

I'm new to raising poultry. Last March we hatched Ameraucana and Ameraucana-Turken chickens in an incubator (11 of 12 hatched fine). In April we bought a pair of one-day old Narragansett poults. We've learned so much. The chickens are all comfortable outside in their coop/run by now, and...

At long last, we finished! You can read about our chicken and turkey adventures on my blog. We built the run ourselves, but hired Curtiss Coops & Yard Barns to do the actual coop. Turned out cute!