Jsut an update - We're hoping to make it on the 17th. We do have a committment, but hoping to get out of it, so we can meet with y'all.
Let you know for sure as soon as possible.
Let you know for sure as soon as possible.
MN - Twin Cities central - BYC meet and greet potluck & swap 01/17/09
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Yay!! Hope to see you!
-Spooky
Yay!! Hope to see you!
-Spooky
I'm thinking that I will put my fuzzy baby quail in with my other fuzzy baby chickens and see what happens. I have marans hatching on the 20th and I have mille fleur bantams hatching on the 29th. Hopefully everyone will play nice in the faux brooder.
I have had very good luck with my mixed flock... I have everything from Belgian d'Everbergs that are absolutely tiny to my giant roos (The 2 biggest are my Lt. Brahma and my Blue Jersey... they are freaking huge!) The only chicken to show any aggression was a young silkie roo, and he got put in his place very quickly, with a minimum of fuss and pecking.
AllChookUp - I hope you can come! I've enjoyed chatting on email, and would love to put a face to the name.
Katie
I have had very good luck with my mixed flock... I have everything from Belgian d'Everbergs that are absolutely tiny to my giant roos (The 2 biggest are my Lt. Brahma and my Blue Jersey... they are freaking huge!) The only chicken to show any aggression was a young silkie roo, and he got put in his place very quickly, with a minimum of fuss and pecking.
AllChookUp - I hope you can come! I've enjoyed chatting on email, and would love to put a face to the name.
Katie
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Augh! I have to choose?! hahaha. I like Roo#2's feathers best, but I keep coming back to Roo#3 and laughing at the Little General. Someone told me Seramas don't breed true, that they throw multicolour hatches - is that true? My brain wants to pair Roo #3 with the pullet for colourbreeding, but my heart wants one of the chicken coloured roos
-Spooky
Augh! I have to choose?! hahaha. I like Roo#2's feathers best, but I keep coming back to Roo#3 and laughing at the Little General. Someone told me Seramas don't breed true, that they throw multicolour hatches - is that true? My brain wants to pair Roo #3 with the pullet for colourbreeding, but my heart wants one of the chicken coloured roos
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I'd definitely go with the Coturnix then. The baby buttons are about the size of a thumbnail. If you went with fledgies big enough to be in with chicks, you'd be in danger of having the buttons pick on 'em. They're brats
-Spooky
I'd definitely go with the Coturnix then. The baby buttons are about the size of a thumbnail. If you went with fledgies big enough to be in with chicks, you'd be in danger of having the buttons pick on 'em. They're brats
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Augh! I have to choose?! hahaha. I like Roo#2's feathers best, but I keep coming back to Roo#3 and laughing at the Little General. Someone told me Seramas don't breed true, that they throw multicolour hatches - is that true? My brain wants to pair Roo #3 with the pullet for colourbreeding, but my heart wants one of the chicken coloured roos
-Spooky
To be honest whitey the last roo has the best type but is kind of a spazz, both the other roos are pretty good, I have handled them alot to tame them down. Roo #2 has the best tail the other that looks similar has a pretty short tail but will probably fill out a bit better then he looks right now. They don't breed true so they say but I have a cockrel who is the offspring of my black hen and orangish roo and he looks EXACTLY like his daddy. Roo #3 (whitey) is looking pretty rough right now because of molting and the girls just wouldn't quit preening his neck feathers he is the oldest, I bought him last june at 3 months old so he is about 10 months old. The other boys are just about to turn 3 months on the 15th. I am of no help to decide because if i had my way i would keep them all lol. I hatched out 12 eggs, out of those 12 eggs 5 were from my flock the others were eggs i bought on eggbid. I only intending to keep 1 breeding pair to add to my small flock of seramas. I do plan on hatching out more chicks in the spring. The pullet is gorgeous in person, pics don't do her any justice. SHe is like a cream and salmon color with orange around her neck. I think she is gonna be a C class but its so hard to tell until they are about 6 months old or even up to a year. The pics aren't the best but those lil buggers dont stay still for very long. I think roo #3 will end up looking alot like my rooster bernie. Lot of the same color patterns going on there. Here is a pic of bernie when i first got him and after that pic a more recent pic to show how much he changed.
Augh! I have to choose?! hahaha. I like Roo#2's feathers best, but I keep coming back to Roo#3 and laughing at the Little General. Someone told me Seramas don't breed true, that they throw multicolour hatches - is that true? My brain wants to pair Roo #3 with the pullet for colourbreeding, but my heart wants one of the chicken coloured roos
-Spooky
To be honest whitey the last roo has the best type but is kind of a spazz, both the other roos are pretty good, I have handled them alot to tame them down. Roo #2 has the best tail the other that looks similar has a pretty short tail but will probably fill out a bit better then he looks right now. They don't breed true so they say but I have a cockrel who is the offspring of my black hen and orangish roo and he looks EXACTLY like his daddy. Roo #3 (whitey) is looking pretty rough right now because of molting and the girls just wouldn't quit preening his neck feathers he is the oldest, I bought him last june at 3 months old so he is about 10 months old. The other boys are just about to turn 3 months on the 15th. I am of no help to decide because if i had my way i would keep them all lol. I hatched out 12 eggs, out of those 12 eggs 5 were from my flock the others were eggs i bought on eggbid. I only intending to keep 1 breeding pair to add to my small flock of seramas. I do plan on hatching out more chicks in the spring. The pullet is gorgeous in person, pics don't do her any justice. SHe is like a cream and salmon color with orange around her neck. I think she is gonna be a C class but its so hard to tell until they are about 6 months old or even up to a year. The pics aren't the best but those lil buggers dont stay still for very long. I think roo #3 will end up looking alot like my rooster bernie. Lot of the same color patterns going on there. Here is a pic of bernie when i first got him and after that pic a more recent pic to show how much he changed.
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OH! Tiny button quail!!! maybe I need to find a rabbit coop. Can't wait to see all of them!! Which quail is in you avatar?
Katie
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That's a button, and it'd fly right out of a rabbit coop
You need a finch cage with less than 1/2" wire spacing
Otherwise they get their heads stuck in it or escape. They're /really/ tiny. Think the size of a house finch. Smaller than a parakeet by about half.
-Spooky
That's a button, and it'd fly right out of a rabbit coop
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I think it's just how Whitey's standing. It just makes me giggle. I understand wanting to keep all of them
I'm up to my ears in quail babies and I want to keep all of those, but they must go to new homes so I can hatch more. I guess I'm lucky you don't have another spare pullet around or I'd wind up with two pairs.
The little pullet is gorgeous in the pictures. I love the pattern of the colours on her feathers. I've already named her Peaches in my head
Now I just have to decide if I want a chicken coloured roo or the little general.
(and how lame is that? I'm on a chicken board with a zillion different chicken colours and that's all I can think of to call the cockerels.)
-Spooky
I think it's just how Whitey's standing. It just makes me giggle. I understand wanting to keep all of them
(and how lame is that? I'm on a chicken board with a zillion different chicken colours and that's all I can think of to call the cockerels.)
-Spooky
Spooky -
OH!!! Now I KNOW I want a button quail! How CUTE!!!!!!!! We'll probably get a Coturnix or 2 as well.......
Can you tell it is a sickness with me?
Katie
OH!!! Now I KNOW I want a button quail! How CUTE!!!!!!!! We'll probably get a Coturnix or 2 as well.......
Can you tell it is a sickness with me?
Katie
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