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2 weeks ago I had a bear tear apart my quail coop killing a few of them in broad daylight. I did chase her off with rubber buckshot that the game warden gave to me. Now this week bears got into my kids smaller coop and killed 6 young speckled Sussex on us. Granted it was only chicken wire...

Has anyone on here ever used the quail cages from wynolaranch.net? I just purchased a 30" double stack cage with the waterer,feed tray and cleanup trays. Just curious if anyone uses these and if they made any modifications to them. Thank you.

Here is my new quail coop, a friend was getting rid of it for free. I put linoleum on the floor and braced the windows with alum mesh,ran power with a timer so I can get the 14 hr. Light. I also just ordered a Wynola ranch 30" double stack quail cage to put in there.

Ugh, came home from a bike ride yesterday and had a momma bear and 3 cubs in my yard at 7pm. Toar my quail coop apart and killed 10 quail. I just separated the males to give the girls a break and now the bear hits me. Broad daylight too.

Hello,i am new to the quail scene and just got a bunch of a&m,court. And Tibetan quail. I have about 14 hens and 4 males. There all adults,when I first brought them home I had eggs galore for 3 days,now nothing. A lot of the cort.and a&m females are bald and look rough. I have also lost a fee...

Hello,i just recently bought some adult quail,( A&M,cort. And Tibetian) when i got them home they were laying eggs like crazy for 2-3 days. Then they stopped. I was feedin g them game bird feed from my local Agway. However its larger pellet size,they do seem to be eating it bit no eggs.They...

Hello, I am looking to buy some quail,would anyone know of anybody selling any in the northern/Allentown area of Pennsylvania? Thank you.

Hello,I am getting ready to advance into raising quail,I would like to incubate eggs. My question is,What would be a good Cold hardy breed and what breed typically lays eggs well? Yrs. Ago I hatched a few bobwhites but a few didn't make it past 3-4 days. I am researching and reading now to see...

Hello all, I am trying to get the humidity up in my homemade incubator but I can't seem to get it high enough for lock down. I'm doing dry runs now,I have 2 pans (6"x12" and 3"x14") filled with water and sponges along with 2 Mason jars filled. I can only get 50% humidity. Is there anything else...

I have a few chicks and some ducklings that we are raising, I give them water in your standard run of the mill waterer with the red base on it, it holds about 16-20 oz. and I have been using a 1 gal waterer with the red base that screws on. These are the ones im using...

I have a small flock that we recently got from meyer hatchery 2 months ago. They have been doing great but 2 days ago I had 2 that died, then tonight i have one that has been just sitting there closing its eyes and just not moving around at all. I have separated her from the flock. They are in...

What kind of egg color do you think you'll get from Easter egger and black copper marans?

Hello, would anyone know when the chicken show and swap will be held at the Sussex county Nj. fairgrounds this year? thank you

I am looking for some ideas on how to keep my water from freezing in my coop, I had a 4" PVC waterer with nipples on it but it recently froze and busted on me, It was -6 deg that night and my heat lamp just couldn't keep up. I see that theres Heat tape and Thermo Cube's that I can use but im...

I am looking for some ideas on how to keep my water from freezing in my coop, I had a 4" PVC waterer with nipples on it but it recently froze and busted on me, It was -6 deg that night and my heat lamp just couldn't keep up. I see that theres Heat tape and Thermo Cube's that I can use but im...

Hello, im not sure if this is the right area to post this question but i was wondering if anyone ever used a chipper shredder to mulch anything up for there feed stock? I had thought of getting around a 5-10hp chipper and then shredding up some corn and cornstalks in the fall along with maybe...

Hello, im not sure if this is the right area to post this question but i was wondering if anyone ever used a chipper shredder to mulch anything up for there feed stock? I had thought of getting around a 5-10hp chipper and then shredding up some corn and cornstalks in the fall along with maybe...

I have a buff sitting on some eggs for about a week now and i just noticed these little flesh/white colored bugs on her vent. I had DE in the can that i got from tractor supply. I believe its food grade (brown color) I sprinkled it on her hind end and all over her along with her bedding ond some...

I have a few adult coturnix quail that i just got about 2 months ago. I fed them game bird feed and i wasnt hardly getting any eggs off them. I gave them some 50/50 layer pellets and cracked corn for 2 weeks and i was getting a bunch of eggs. I recently 1 week ago went back to the game bird feed...

Hello, i have a dozen layers,(rir,barred rock,black copper marans,auracanas) There eggs seem to be very hard to crack sometimes and the film on the inside seems thick, especially after hard boiling. What can i do to mak the eggs a little less hard? I feed them 50/50 layer pellets and cracked...