Search results for query: *

I have been asked how to close ones account at BYC. This should be a 2 way street. I have noticed that accounts on alot of forums cannot be closed. I don't know - other than closing off your e-mail information. Shutting down your PM. Taking out all contact information from your Profile...

You read that right. Got a chick from the kindergarden class, supposed to be a quail from another classes hatch. This little chick ended up in their room after the guy came and picked up the chicks a few days later. (This class hatched some of my Big Browns and the new Golds). So now...

Hope I can post this here. Just letting you know that on ustream there is a hatch going on of little Woodie ducks. They will pop out of their hole and land in the lake later today or in the morning. Cool to watch. They almost look like Muscovy babies but are a wild duck, not a domestic...

Those of you that have been around for almost a year or so know which birds I am talking about. It's Spring here. If I can get them, they are females and I will need to come up with at least one male to breed them. I may have what I need in my personal pens. But if I don't then I will be...

Well, I can't find the Emergency list thread. What you should have on hand in case of Emergency for the quail. But here is the study on Vitamin C that shoud go with it. Expianing how Vit C Helps in hot weather. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a910530391 I am...

Heads up. Here we go again. Now, I special order my Purina Startena, so its fresh, so its there when I am ready to p/u. But my 3 bags didn't come in on a reg order. So now they are double special Ordered. Lets see if they make it Friday. Yes, I have 1 bag of another on hand to feed my...

How do you get them to take a break. Black out, they thought oh, what's going on, down 3 eggs. They get used to it fast. NO PROBLEMO. They decide to just party anyway but on a lower level of noise in the daytime. Its like they are whispering, what's with that? Now we are up 8 eggs and not...

I'm curious if anyone knows which is cheaper to raise for quick meat for the table? Jumbo Coturnix or the Cornish X's? Remember its winter and people live all over the country. I have never raised the Cornish X's but I know they are eating machines. But you can process a lot of meat at one...

I have 2 Jumbo girls in the house. I don't have a place to put them, really. My little cage is ok for young ones, but not 2 - 6 weekers. Its wall to wall bird, I tell you. They are in a brooder tub and doing well. Hopefully only for a few days, as I started a hatch. So DH said I needed to...

I went out to weigh the 6 week quail and not going to happen today. Vanilla was a bloody mess. So he is inside and resting right now. I cleaned him off a bit, but he really won't have much to do with being touched. Will try again a little later and at least get some neosporin on his head...

Snow White is the last of my original Muscovy Ducks from a few years ago. So she's been around awhile and quite comfortable at telling me things. She let the other young ducks lay in her nest until a few days ago, I think. She started sitting 2 days ago, so I am expecting a Xmas day hatch. I...

:yaThat says it. I am going to set Coturnix eggs 12/15/2010 hopefully to hatch 1/1/2011. Because the last time I hatched it was day 17 for my setup. Cause I want fluffy butts to bring in and call/ring in a New Year all nice and new little babies. For good luck and fun. And when I Lockdown...

I was just looking at one of my ducks and got to wondering. She's White with a Black spot on her back and of course it is fading and will completely disappear with age. So, for those of you that keep your Coturnix ladies going. Do their colors fade as they get older? I was wondering, cause I...

Well I am not new to this, but only have ever had large fowl. I am thinking of switching to Bantams, because I am tired of chasing adolescent chicks. I figure if I just keep them in the Hen House and run, I won't have to chase them, well not much anyway. Hopefully not run around our...

I can't help myself it seems. I'm not like this at all when it comes to chicken chicks hatching. I lock down and its locked down. But when it comes to these little baby Coturnix, I can't leave them alone. Can't follow my own advice, this is horrid. Big hatch going on, 30 Texas A&M's, 10...

You didn't tell me what happens when reaching your hand in and around the sand box and a quailie girl is getting ready to lay her egg. She just lays the egg in your hand. The egg is all wet and the spots stick to your hand. Now I have a hand print on one of the eggs. Guess what, it takes...

So, DH is making me a new Brooder Box for outside. I can't get the 2 x 5 growout pwn to hold temperatures, so great in summer but not winter as a brooder. So he is making all wood sides 2W x 3L x 2H, 1/4" wire floor, 1/2" wire top that slips on/off, but with split wood top that the lights...

Ok, My DH is in the thinking stage of setting up a semi-automatic watering system for me and my little hoard of quail and their cages. Setting up simple, water bucket with tubing or PVC, what ever. Right now, I have Pop Bottle drinkers, glass bottle with nipple, chick waterers and you name it...

Wifezilla just reminded me in talking about how pretty their eggs are on another thread. I have tried several times to blow their eggs out so I can wash them out and use them for projects. What I don't know, but I want some for little projects. Xmas is coming up, after all. How do you...

So yesterday morning, lost electricity for 3 hours. I had wrapped the bator and didn't have to bad of a drop in temperature. Cooked chicken eggs on the BBQ for breakfast . All was fine. Last night again lost electricity. This time I wrapped the bator, the temp slowly cooled, added more...