terminology

  1. SaltyOldDog

    Newbie questions about the first few weeks of a chick

    I'm going to ask a series of questions in this post having to do with the first bunch of weeks of raising chicks. These questions come up due to conflicting information from a variety of sources of my research and talking with the "Chicken Expert" at Tractor Supply (aka TSCE) . As I stated in...
  2. PNWhens

    Chicken Lingo Help!

    New to raising chicks and I would like to know some basic lingo! I keep seeing words like ' crowning' and 'broody' but not sure exactly the meaning and I'm sure there's a lot more I'm going to need to know. Appreciate the shared knowledge!
  3. ZooAtHome

    Clarification on scratch

    I'm very new to raising chickens. I did research for over a year before I got my first chicks a little over a week ago. I've tried hard to educate myself as well as possible to avoid any obvious pitfalls, but I am still fuzzy on some of the lingo. Today's question is: What exactly qualifies as...
  4. Anorakei

    Exact meaning of the term "coturnix quail"?

    Looking up information on quail, the term "coturnix quail" comes up a lot. Originally I assumed this was referring to common quail aka coturnix coturnix as opposed to japanese quail aka coturnix japonica. However I've also seen "japanese quail" and "coturnix quail" used interchangeably...
    • Anorakei
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    • coturnix quail japanese quail terminology
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    • Forum: Quail
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