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  1. GreenAcres Homestead

    Unknown Problem with Quail

    I have about 30 Cortex Quail that are housed in a large walkin coop together. We are use to our Quail going through molting but this problem seems different. The backs of some of them are very ruffled and some spots to the point of no feathers. I am posting a photo of a female Quail I have...
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    Texas Heat Effecting Egg Laying

    We live in Kempner Tx and have 23 laying hens and 4 laying ducks. We was getting eggs eggs day but now we are down to a couple of chicken eggs a day and no duck eggs. Is it just us or is this 100+ heat effecting everyones eggs?? They get plenty of water, shade, and feed. Now our quail are in a...
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    Brooding Hen & Chick

    We have two hens that are both brooding in our chicken coop right now. One has about 10 eggs under her and the other has about 6 and just saw today a baby chick. This is our first time letting our hens brood and hatch the eggs. We have been hatching in our incubator with our quail eggs. So this...
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    Guinea fowl stop laying eggs

    We have 3 female guineas that are about 7 months old and have been laying an egg a day with our chickens. But for some reason they have stopped laying any eggs now for going on close to two weeks. I do see every now and then one Guinea will go and sit in the chicken coop in a nesting box on some...
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    Leftover Crock Pot Borracho Beans

    I was wondering if it was ok to feed our chickens and ducks out leftover Crock Pot Borracho Beans. We already feed them most leftovers like rice ect but have gave them this yet. Personally I can't believe we had any left over 🤣.
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    Music Playing for egg production

    We decided to try something out the other day to see if our egg production would increase due to it's been down. We had tried adding light in the coop due to shorter day light with not a lot of luck. We have now 21 hens. We was getting 5 - 6 a day if lucky. I put on our favorite Christian music...
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    Kempner Texas

    Hello everyone 🖐️ We live on a small homestead just outside Copperas Cove in Kempner Tx. We raise at this time 21 chickens, 2 roosters, 4 guineas, two male Peking Geese, 5 ducks, appreciate 30 quail, and 15 rabbits. We did have 2 bee hives till robber bee's robbed us and cleaned us. Out. But we...
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