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Wing, how big do your jumbos get before processing? I am looking for birds near the 16-19oz mark before processing. Only ones I've seen are on eBay at $1 an egg + shipping!

We just got back from Middleburg auction. I took my pair of geese, a blue wheaten Ameraucana cockerel and 26 bantam Cochins - all but 3 were Mille Fleur. I took all the young (6-12wk) cockerels while I was going. I kept a MFC breeding cockerel and my accidental chocolate b.Orp x MFC pullet. I will take them and the remaining MFC pullets in the brooders to Maryland in June to sell. This means I am officially done with MFCs! Kinda sad after over 3.5yrs...
 
Sally, Like wing said, give it a go with moving her to a safe location and give her a couple of fake eggs to start, then just replace them with 5 or 6 eggs she can hatch out. I would choose a floor level location with at least 2 open sides or a box which is very oversized. With her sight deficit she will need to look at things from more than 1 position to figure out her best way to move.
2 weeks is not too long... the two broodies I just posted about were setting for about 3 weeks before I got them eggs and they did just fine. If she is placed in a quiet location you can just give her a dish of 'treat' each morning or evening to make sure is getting plenty of protein and nutrients. Our favorite for the broodies is chick starter mixed with either scrambled egg or cooked fish, meal worms, raisins or rinsed corn can be added in small amounts once in a while to keep it interesting for her. We also switch the broody's main food dispenser over to chick starter since the don't need the calcium when they aren't laying.

As far as her finding food and water... she should have no trouble with it, you can add a 'night light' if you want (literally just a plug in night light or a small string of the mini Christmas lights) after the chicks are hatched. We place a chick waterer right in the corner of the nest for our broodies but for yours you will have to make sure it is secured so she doesn't bump it by accident. Continue her daily treat feeding for the first 3 or 4 days after the chicks are hatched, it will allow her to show them how to eat very early without even having to be up walking around, they will also be a bit stronger and faster when they do finally get out and around.
You should see how often our broodies accidently send a chick tumbling when they are scratching for goodies... the babies just get up and run back to see what they missed! Allow mama and babies to stay in the secure area for at least 2 or 3 days so the little ones are better at listening to mama. I give them finch seed to scratch for the first few days, it is tiny and a good way for them to learn to scratch.
 
wingstone said:
just to add, I have solved my problem with the quail wasting feed,,,each cage now has a pan about the size of a dishpan, they still fling things but the sides of the pan catch it,,,,,they learned quickly to hop into the pan to eat..
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I've solved the problem of mine throwing all their feed out and having it fall through the screen bottom of their "apartment" By giving them the same fermented feed as the chickens.
And then solved the problem of them trying to take a bath in it by serving it in a plastic, hang on the side rabbit feeder I found at WalMart a while back and used to use for my pet rats.
 
Reyvaughn said:
Wing, how big do your jumbos get before processing? I am looking for birds near the 16-19oz mark before processing. Only ones I've seen are on eBay at $1 an egg + shipping!

We just got back from Middleburg auction. I took my pair of geese, a blue wheaten Ameraucana cockerel and 26 bantam Cochins - all but 3 were Mille Fleur. I took all the young (6-12wk) cockerels while I was going. I kept a MFC breeding cockerel and my accidental chocolate b.Orp x MFC pullet. I will take them and the remaining MFC pullets in the brooders to Maryland in June to sell. This means I am officially done with MFCs! Kinda sad after over 3.5yrs...
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looking for my paperwork where i keep track of all that,,,,My filing system has a very bad clutter problem...

off hand i can tell you that most of my quail customers say they are twice the size as the frozen ones at the store,,,now i have no idea what the store one's look like so that dont help me none.
 
Katt66 said:
Quote: I feed them the ferment also and they still flung that all over the place...I tried the rabbit feeder but ended up taking it out, hubby installed it up off the bottom a little, and I kept finding quail with their heads stuck under it.

it does seem to be worse with more quail in the cage,,,maybe they make a game out of it, I don't know...
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Katt66 said:
My Aunt always has a couple of quail at her place.  Treats them just like chickens and they live for years for her.  

I've got two little Bobwhite roosters right now.  They're adorable.  I keep them separate from the chickens simply because I let the chickens come and go and the quail won't come back if they get out I'm afraid.  I feed them the same fermented feed as the chickens.  I do have to get a couple of hens for them though if I'm not going to send them to my Aunts this spring as they keep doing nasty things to each other.  Silly little things.  They make the most adorable noises and start doing a little "feedme dance" when ever I throw bread or cookies or anything out for the chickens.  So I always give them a couple pieces of it as well. They'll move back when I open the door and then advance veeeeeeery slowly on what ever I've thrown in for them with their little heads moving down low and back and forth like little feathery snakes.  Then they start nomming away on it once they're sure it's safe making little giggling noises to each other.  

Now that I think about it, they sort of sound exactly like Guinea Pigs...
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Not sure where you are, but I have the two hems you need. Hatched last may, been in an outside Coop. Cheap. 17552
 
A belated big Thank You to Dhetzel and Stake for the cocci info several pages back. I saw a smidge of orangey color in a poo and was getting nervous, even though everyone is gaining weight, active, and happy. I found this page which was very reassuring. Not sure if this a repost, but it was very helpful to me!

Warning: chicken poo pictures :sick

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
A belated big Thank You to Dhetzel and Stake for the cocci info several pages back. I saw a smidge of orangey color in a poo and was getting nervous, even though everyone is gaining weight, active, and happy. I found this page which was very reassuring. Not sure if this a repost, but it was very helpful to me!

Warning: chicken poo pictures
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http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0
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I have checked that page more times than I want to admit too lol
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
A belated big Thank You to Dhetzel and Stake for the cocci info several pages back. I saw a smidge of orangey color in a poo and was getting nervous, even though everyone is gaining weight, active, and happy. I found this page which was very reassuring. Not sure if this a repost, but it was very helpful to me!

Warning: chicken poo pictures
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http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0
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Annie:

Orange occasionally is no biggie.....with my boy, there was blood...and it got taken care of quickly...it been my experience that if you catch stuff quickly it mitigates quickly...

Bgirl....me too!
 
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Wish Blindy and I good luck! I put her out an hour ago, she was too busy crappin and eating so I left her alone, she was finding the new feed fine!
Gonna run out and see what she is up to.
 

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