Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[psue]

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Especially since I guess I forgot to latch the quail cage and have no quail now.

Oh well, teaches me to be more careful.

oh no!

New question from my hubby.

Hubby would like to build a double size outdoor pen and combine our 4 nine week old ducks with our 4 six week old ducks. Do you think this is a good idea? What is the best way to introduce the two sets of ducks?

I used 2 foot chicken wire to seperate my little guys from the bigger ones for over a week then let them spend just a few minutes together while I can be watching a couple times a day. then after 4 or so days I just turned them out witht he bigger ones when I took them outside.... They ran over and tattled to the big ducks (with only 2 of them I carried them across the yard in a 5 gal bucket) and they've been fine since.

I was referring to hearing you and QJ make the noises, rather than just reading it....not the babies...

 

[JulieNKC]

I have recaptured 2 of the 3 coturnix. They truly are not the brightest birds. I heard my quail roo crow, look out and see him standing at the door of the run. Walk down there, he flies in the coop and I put him back in his cage. Hear him crowing while I am playing with the babies, and hear a bird answer. Look and see one of my hens standing next to the fence line (grass is over a foot tall in neighboring yard) by the dog kennel. Walk over there hoping she isn't smart enough to turn and run through the grass. Nope, she FLIES across the yard about 30 feet up (never had one fly that far) and landed in the firewood stack and sat and waited for me to pick her up.

 

[Marty1876]

Hi Julie, awefully good to see you again!

 

[JulieNKC]

Hi Julie, awefully good to see you again!

Hey Marty!

Been busy trying to get everything all ready for spring/summer. With this weird weather I think it'll be a hot/buggy one so want everything done asap.

 

[Marty1876]

I'm with you. I take the mild winter as an omen that it's gonna be a hot one!

I started dividing my ducks into my cream-of-the-crop layers, with their mates whos mamas were also good layors, to get my ducks ready for my own season of hatching. I'll set eggs the Monday after Easter..... Go Khakis! Go Pekings! Lay, lay, lay! Only want to propogate the very very best layors, anything else is a waste of my time. Although, i have a khakis with off color wings, that I'm thinking of breeding too. Her wings are kinda grey..... I don't know where that came from, as I've had her forducks, and none of them exhibit color variation.

 

[Eyeheartquail]

Especially since I guess I forgot to latch the quail cage and have no quail now.

Oh well, teaches me to be more careful.

OH NO!!!

 

[JulieNKC]

I'm with you. I take the mild winter as an omen that it's gonna be a hot one!

I started dividing my ducks into my cream-of-the-crop layers, with their mates whos mamas were also good layors, to get my ducks ready for my own season of hatching. I'll set eggs the Monday after Easter..... Go Khakis! Go Pekings! Lay, lay, lay! Only want to propogate the very very best layors, anything else is a waste of my time. Although, i have a khakis with off color wings, that I'm thinking of breeding too. Her wings are kinda grey..... I don't know where that came from, as I've had her forducks, and none of them exhibit color variation.

Sounds interesting, I'd want to breed her too. I can't wait until I can hatch some of my own birds.

 

[JulieNKC]

I got 2 back. One hen still missing, but at least I have a pair again.

 

[Eyeheartquail]

5 itty bitty babies



and this is mommy when still pregnant.
my pretty girl hazel, she only has 1 eye. (a couple years ago she got an eye infection and now has no eye )

I have recaptured 2 of the 3 coturnix. They truly are not the brightest birds. I heard my quail roo crow, look out and see him standing at the door of the run. Walk down there, he flies in the coop and I put him back in his cage. Hear him crowing while I am playing with the babies, and hear a bird answer. Look and see one of my hens standing next to the fence line (grass is over a foot tall in neighboring yard) by the dog kennel. Walk over there hoping she isn't smart enough to turn and run through the grass. Nope, she FLIES across the yard about 30 feet up (never had one fly that far) and landed in the firewood stack and sat and waited for me to pick her up.

Yay! This happened to me once. We lost 3. Found the 2 hens and later in the evening the roo crowed so we were able to catch him too. It only happened the one time. Hopefully never again. Latches, latches, latches....

I'm with you. I take the mild winter as an omen that it's gonna be a hot one!

Is that it? I hope so. Last summer was so short for us and very mild.

 

[Marty1876]

eyeheartquail and julie (or other quail owners)

DD dropped a baby quail like 3 days ago. Its actaully eating and drinking still (with help getting there) but can't use its legs at all. They've been very stiff, but today they move a bit. He's slowly getting weaker, due to laying down constantly. Have you ever encountered somethign similar? Any thought on how to help it? Its a fighter, and I want to do all for it I can.

Advise appreciated, from any relavent experiences with any fowl any of you may have had. I may have to start a thread but there is so much information here, that I'd rather here whay my friends have to say frist. (Thats all of you, even the lurkers, fYi )