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I have discovered that after culling birds all summer I have wound up with more goldens then browns,If I keep letting the golden roosters breeding with the brown hens what would be the ratio of hatching goldens to hatching browns?Or vice versa? I have had buyers refuse the goldens because they...

I was checking my quail water and feed this morning and when I opened the door to one cage the quail rooster went into a squat like a kungfu ninji and started something like a deep (growl) chirp) like he was warning me to stay away.I have had chickens to act this way but never a quail...

I set 50 quail eggs on the evening of june 28th,,started next day as day one,stopped turning on july 12,14 days after started,that night I had 10 eggs to hatch three days early,,they were due to hatch on friday..17 days after I started the hatch,I have hatched 4 sets prior to this one and they...

hatched 45 out of 54 eggs this morning,using a lil giant with a computer fan installed in it,,Out of five settings this is the best average yet,The eggs were from my own stock,,,i guess I was lucky

I noticed that one of my coturnix has an extra long upper beak,almost 1/8 of an inch longer than the others,,looks like new growth like fingernails grow.Is this normal or will it have any affect on the birds ability to feed?Or should this be trimmed..If so,How much and how do I do this?thanks,,

processed this bird yesterday,the sardine can is for size comparison

I was surprised to find that the first egg from my barred rocks was a double yolk,although small as it was,I was wondering how many of byc members have found double yolks in their first egg? I hope this is a sigh of many more to come

Everyday when I gather my eggs I alwas toss my hens a smidgen of scratch feed to move them away from the door,How many of you have sat and listened to the sounds they make while pecking away at the scratch feed?Kinda like a purr and a coo,as if they are saying,,here is a tasty chunk.or hmmmmm...

my camera is out of order so no pics,my sweet corn was being torn down,didn't take me long to figure,,coon,,,sweet corn works great for bait,he turned my trap over thursday night and stole the bait,last night I anchored the trap,,big ole growling mean boar coon in my trap this morning,,set my...

one of my ten cornish x is about half as big as the others,its eating along with the others ,im sure its getting enough food but it just won't grow,,is a runt normal is possible sick bird?it acts just like the others,and looks like them except he is a runt.their 4 weeks old at this time

I found one of my 3 week old cornish x laying on its side panting hard,this is my second batch of 12 and lost one in the first batch with the same symptoms,could I have done anything to treat this or is it a common thing,they are on 12/12 food right now,can I do anything to prevent this from...

I have 18 cold comets that are great layers,but one of the hens lays an egg with the shell so thin I can't pick it up without it breaking.the last month she has started eating the egg,I have tried oyster shell,cut out the treats,everything I could think of but nothing works,I don,t understand...

How hard are quail eggs to candle?I am on day six incubating 40 eggs,with the spots and small size looks like it would be almost impossible to see anything,thanks

got the bator humming along at 100.1,,humidity 42%,40 coturnix quail eggs from jjmr794 heating up,hatch date 3/4/10,I have read and studied everything on here about incubating eggs so its time for me to try my luck,,wish me luck everyone,I am getting nervous allready,,and got 17 more days to...

one of my comets lays a very thin multi colored egg everyday,the shell is so thin sometimes I break it just picking it up,she is the only one that lays such a thin shelled egg,the others are firm

got this guy last night,I been trying for a month using marshmellows.sardines,finally tricked him with a grape jelly biscuit,he was very trap smart and hard to fool

I am needing 25 hatching eggs and hoping someone near Lenoir NC has some for sale?,,thanks in advance

I have been feeding my two GLWs for almost six months and no eggs,they are around three years old,I don,t like feeding something that don,t do anything but eat and poop,anyone ever processed GLW for meat?they are stocky well fed birds,,Dumplings?

anyone ever processed two year old hens?after chilling and resting 48 hours in salt and ice will they make tasty dumplings?pressure cooking is how I plan to prepair them,,I have processed other birds but none of this breed or age,

,,,,,21 pounds,,in live trap sat night.I had seen sign of a predator