So I think those of you that were thinking my Black Copper Marans was a boy were correct...I'm really starting to see it now, his face is RED. Anyone want a beautiful, friendly, feather-footed BCM cockerel?
I still say boy, but ill be happy to be wrong! My boys often do not get color until they are MUCH older, for my lines it is not reliable, except if they have some they are boys.
Those are very round feathers however...
Hello!! I am the worst BYC member lol! I drop off the face of the earth for months! I need some help with quail.
I bought a Hovabator Genesis a couple months ago directly from the manufacturer. It came with Bobwhite quail eggs I thought nothing of them and popped them in the bator when they arrived. It did NOT even occur to me that maybe I would need a permit or something? I don't know what kind they are- it just says Bobwhite on their site. They are NOT located in Cali. So I assume they aren't Cali strains? I will call Monday though to verify. They are hatching right now. I thought I would hatch them for fun, then sell them off. I'm not sure I want to raise Bobwhites anyway. But if I need a permit...then I couldn't sell them off so that means I'm stuck with 23 (assuming all that made it to lockdown actually hatch). I'm trying not to freak out. I'm hoping someone in here can enlighten me.
They are the cutest little things though!
Technically you do need a permit for bobs, but they only care about local cali/mountian/rare quail. but bobs WILL pass on diseases to your local quail so keep them away from chicken poo. Most people don't know what you need permits for at the permit office, however, so i would not sweat it unless its mountian cali or close species .
looks like they all have spots coming in on the chest, no white on the Manchurians, ahh well. The little one in the last pic is a regular tux. If your yellow ones get that patch, we will celebrate! You have room for eggs? if so I can refill today, i cant put anything in for a while, going away from the 18-21st.
so the eggs ubder tge phoenix went bad so i gave her a few serama eggs and some polish.
whay wpild make tgem gp bad
Is it hot out? My girls loose their eggs if its getting in the 90-100 frequently. I don't let them hatch in the summer unless they are inside, only raise babies.
Last couple of days up here have been rough.
Eggtopsy on eggs from Chiquita that DH was chilling at night. 3 showgirls, 1 silkie, 1 was upside down in the shell, another seemed to have ruptured the yolk, 1 was bloody inside like it had tried to pip on a vein. The 4 and the maran egg both looked like they should have been able to hatch, everything right where it should have been before pipping but they never did.
I wasn't able to get any improvement on the phoenix cockerels leg and when working with it he was showing signs of pain. So I bit the bullet and put him down today.
/hugs
Do I need to overnight the bird? If not, what shipping speed should I choose? I'm shipping her this afternoon.
even if you are next day, in the heat, you have to overnight, as they do not take up all the boxes to the lab every day, but they take all the overnights. I had a few get lost in the reg mail and miss getting necrod.
My dad was here for a week and I have not been on! I missed about 200 posts, but caught the last 300.
My chicks from the party hatched, and I cant figure out what color these am's are, does anyone remember who had the am eggs on the raffle table? was gonna pm and ask, a whole bunch look lavender...
