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[blackoaktammy]

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I managed to get these today....can’t see #3 but can see the twins
@Texas Kiki .....they are dumb

Zebras? VERY dumb. I keep threatening to get them, but I don't have an outlet for the babies. I saw some Florida Fancies that I absolutely fell in love with.

 

[blackoaktammy]

You have to post pics!

I need to find some time to revamp my button enclosures and make a few more. I have a pair of sisters, and their brother is with a hen I hatched from a shipped egg. She set on a clutch without me knowing and hatched 4 babies. Two made it to adulthood and look just like her. They are almost the same size so I need to move them before I can't tell them all apart.

I'll post on Monday when I come back to work. I have the app for my phone, but it doesn't work well at all.

I look for used guinea pig cages. You can get them for $10-15 each and they are perfect for buttons. The last time I built a cage (I turned a wooden book shelf into cages) I ended up with tendinitis in my wrist. Getting older pretty much sucks

Some people use zip ties or split ring bands to tell them apart. I have numbered metal bands since I have so many and have to keep track of bloodlines and breeding records.

 

[muddy75]

Zebras? VERY dumb. I keep threatening to get them, but I don't have an outlet for the babies. I saw some Florida Fancies that I absolutely fell in love with.

yes i bought a pair of zebras around labor day that share a cage with my 4 buttons. time slipped by and I didn’t look for eggs to remove from the nest until they had hatched!! am hoping DH gets a new cage built soon so I can separate the babies with new batch of buttons!

 

[Kiki]

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I managed to get these today....can’t see #3 but can see the twins
@Texas Kiki .....they are dumb

Shaaa. Little dumb wanna be fakers.

 

[Matieus27]

Will my hens start laying around six weeks or will they wait since we have short days?

 

[muddy75]

Will my hens start laying around six weeks or will they wait since we have short days?

each hen is individual on timing.....if you are giving them supplemental light, you may get some eggs around 6 weeks....i’ve gotten a coup,e from new layers in the last couple weeks but most of the regulars have been from the older gals

 

[Nabiki]

Will my hens start laying around six weeks or will they wait since we have short days?

It varies. All except for one of mine still aren't laying and they're almost 15 weeks old.

 

[Kiki]

Will my hens start laying around six weeks or will they wait since we have short days?

A few of my babies have started laying.
I have no added light on them.

 

[Kiki]

I got lost in YouTube land for a minute today.
This bird cracks me up.

 

[Kiki]

Anyone seen this before?
Can anyone help, please?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-injured-quail.1339096/#post-21920495