I have several 6 week old chicks. I think they're California Grays. If you can tell if they are or are not California Grays, let me know. Anyway, for the last 5 weeks I've kept them in my garage with a 125 watt red heat lamp. I'm wondering if they look old enough to put outside. I live in the...
Hello. A month back I purchased an incubator. I believe I made a mistake. I added two eggs to the incubator on April 6, another two on April 8th, another two a few days later. I have the brooder setup waiting for the new chicks. I just read where someone (not here) said to leave the hatched...
Hello. Thanks in advance for your advice. I just bought 15 Bob White quail. They're about 2 months old. They were from a fairly large group of quail in a decent size free range pen. I brought them home where I had a difficult time moving them from the transfer container into their cages. I...
Hello folks. Had a quail hen die today. Looked to me as if the laying end of the hen blew out. I thought maybe it was because I gave them a treat of white bread but not sure. Maybe she died and the other birds pecked at her bottom side. Anyone seen this before? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Need advice in a couple areas. First, when I feed my quail meal worms they let many drop through the hardware mesh. Any suggestions on how to avoid that? I suppose I could put then in their sandbox. Wondering if others have a better idea. Second, I use one of those red plastic Kerr...