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I just bought the chicks from Meyer. I ordered a Sage Gem, Steele Egger, and a Splash Ameraucana. They ran out of Steele Eggers, so they substituted it with another sage gem. I figured alright I will tell who is who because two will look similar and the third will look very different... well all...

Our ducks have lived in as run within a run of the chicken run for a week, so that the chickens could see but not interact with them. Among the chickens there are 3 fully grown adults and 4 twelve week old teens. The ducks are all 7 weeks. We put everyone in the same run today and I think things...

Our ducks very quickly go through water, they can go through this waterer in just a couple of hours. Since they just moved out of their brooder to the run today, I put a five gallon bucket in their pen with poultry drinker cups in their pen as well today, in addition to that duck drinker I...

I have four chicks where the youngest is ~10 weeks and the oldest are ~12-13 weeks old. They have been spending about a month living besides the adults run, and I think I am going to try introductions this weekend. Assuming everything seems to go fine (which to my understanding means there might...

I just walked out to their pen to find this quail acting very strange. She was almost dragging herself on the ground. I thought maybe i spooked her while she was doing a sand bath, but she did not get up. I picked her up and looked her over, but did see any wounds or blood, but noticed she's...

I have 4 chicks that vary in age from 9-11ish weeks. When I bought my property, the previous owners had one of those prefab coops with a smaller fenced section attached to the coop, and then built an actual 12x12 covered run around that prefab coop/cheap fencing. So essentially there is a run...

Our ducklings are now about 23 days old (assuming they were mailed at exactly one day old). We'd like to start giving them some greens and other treats. I've always heard peas are a really big hit ducks. What are some things ducks this age can safely eat? In the same vein, how do we give them...

We just got a duck waterer for our ducklings so that they could have an easier time getting their entire bills into it... They proceeded to run through each of the water cups to get their entire bodies wet. They should not he at any sort of drowning risk, but I want to make sure they won't get...

I've gotten very, very low egg production from my quail over the the weeks I've had them. I've made a video showing their setup, if anyone can look it over and see if they can see something I'm doing wrong. Here is a link to our: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hntW2S6mEAGPum2M9 One thing I forgot...

I first asked about removing heat from this chick last week, now I'd like opinions on of she's ready to move outside full time. She is mostly feathered, so I'm not sure if it will be too cold for her. Her "sisters" are all 7-14 days older than her, so they are fully feathered and definitely...

We just got our first four ducks in the mail today. One seems to have a a hurt leg. She can walk, but tries to put as much weight as possible on the left leg instead of the right leg. Looking at them, the right leg does not seem swollen or "bent" out of place. I'm hoping it's just sprained from...

I have ducklings coming later this week and would like some advice on how much brewers yeast to add to the Dumor Chick Grower/Starter. I was going to buy this brewers yeast. How much yeast should I add per cup of food to make sure they get enough? I'm getting one khaki campbell, one cayuga, and...

I've got 4 chicks from TSC in my garage. The youngest will turn 35ish days old tomorrow, give or take a couple of days. The other three I bought that day were slightly older, the person with me with some chicken experience said the oldest two were probably 10-14 days and the middle one was...

I know it ultimately comes down to the duck, but what are the quietest breeds of ducks? Muscovies seem to obviously top the list, but I can only find one hatchery online that sells sexed muscovy ducks, and they have a minimum order of 15 when I would like 3 or 4. I would would like to raise them...

I'm thinking about getting ducks to add to my flock, I had a post a while back asking about Muscovies. I also like the idea of Khakis, but my biggest reservation is what I would do with the water from the kiddie pool after dumping it out; I would not want to turn my backyard into a swamp from...

We just got horrendous rain over the past three days, needless to say our run is a mess. I'm looking into using some kid of flooring to help keep it clean in the future. My initial thought was straw, but I see a lot of people online saying that sand is better. I also remember seeing people use...

So I finally bought a home last summer where I own a couple of acres. I've always wanted to raise birds, and I finally can! I started with chickens, and will be getting quail next Friday. I would like to add another bird, and I wanted to start doing research ahead of time to see how much money I...

So I finally bought a home last summer where I own a couple of acres. I've always wanted to raise birds, and I finally can! I started with chickens, and will be getting quail next Friday. I would also like to add a few turkeys to the mix later this year. I wanted to start doing research ahead of...

I am building a 6x6x6 quail aviary/enclosure most likely this weekend. If it is not done this weekend, then it will be done by next weekend at the very latest. I am looking to getting only hens, or maybe one rooster at the most, so I can't do a straight run. I am having a very hard time finding...

I recently began raising chickens, and am thinking about starting to raise quails as well; I'd like to keep them outside on the ground. My current idea is to create a pen that is 5x6x6. It would be that high so that I can walk into it. I'm trying to see what type of "coop(for lack of a better...