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By the time I got my cage set up, I had fewer options to purchase quail. Long story short, I have a 26x72 inch cage, with the roof sloped from 10-14 inches. All enclosed in 1/2 HWC, a couple of areas with plywood and shade cloth, and a box and small plant pot to give them some security. They...

I swear this never happened in building chicken enclosures: I bought fresh rolls of 1/2 inch HWC. the 24 inch x 5 foot really is 24 inches. But the 36 inch is really 35.5. WTF?? Bought new from Home Depot. Sure, they could possibly get away with it, the last half inch is "invisible" has no...

I'm in chicken withdrawal, living in a condo now, and want to get 4-5 jumbo coturnix. Still on the fence about keeping them in the laundry room or outside--assuming outside, is the following OK flooring? The grid size is .59x3.5 inches, bigger than the 1/2x1 I've seen recommended. People say the...

I have a 10x13x6.5 foot tall poultry run with hardware cloth on the bottom. I'm moving soon. I know I can remove the trampoline stakes holding it to the ground, and plan to remove the tarp and the shade cloth I added. But.... do you think it will fall apart? I think it weighs about 200 lbs, and...

I have a chicken hatched 3/8/22 from Ideal as part of a hatchery surprise and/or rainbow egg straight run. I noticed the colobomata (one in each eye) several weeks ago. Those of you who have knowledge and experience of them, how bad is this one? This bird and her flock were out of their pen for...

This bird (I think pullet) hatched 3/8/22 at Ideal and came as either a rainbow assortment (various egg colors), or a hatchery surprise (anything Ideal has that might hatch an egg). I kept waiting for earlobes to come in, then noticed virtually no wattles. As a day old this bird was white with...

Last one! The chick standing on the concrete block--It has some barring, a bit bigger than some of the other chicks. Leaning cockerel?? Any chance it's a pullet?? (It has a small crest FWIW)

8 weeks old to the day when these two pictures were taken. Not shown, would be a better angle I couldn't get, showing the red/brown spots on his wings. Cockerel??

This is a hatchery surprise from Ideal, so the breed ID is by me based on pictures (the distinctive wyandotte chick face) and he had gray chipmunk pattern with bright white stripes as a young chick. Picture is 8 weeks old exactly. I've been thinking cockerel all along, but am not the expert...

This is the best picture for the foreseeable future, but here goes.... He is straight run from "anything Ideal Poultry has". Hatched 3/8, this picture taken today 4/23 at age 6 weeks and 4 days. Anyone think Iowa Blue?? Any other guesses?? When he arrived (3 days old), he was a grayish...

I ordered some chicks from Ideal which is in Cameron Tx. They quickly arrived and left the Austin distribution center, but that was at 10pm Tuesday 3/8. From there, do you think they'd be routed straight to the big Phoenix DC, or would they go to Dallas then Phx?? (I live north of Phx, so from...

I read this article concerning the (mainly) breast meat of the fast-growing hybrids we get in grocery stores. Apparently when they grow so fast, some of the breast meat gets fibrous tissue and fat because their young fast growing bodies can't manufacture enough protein, fast enough to keep up...

I received my grandpa's feeder today. They are "incommunicado" and didn't say when it would ship etc, and didn't reply to emails, so hopefully someone can tell me: How do you smooth the sharp edges on the treadle? The front edges of the treadle (closest to the body of feeder, but readily...

My 22 week old pullet either got attacked or hurt herself Mon 3/15. She limps, and I notice the leg dangles from the knee or even higher up. She wants to rejoin the flock, eats, and drinks. She did the egg song 3/16 and squatted 3/20 when I picked her up to treat her legs for possible scaly...

I have a covered patio that I want to enclose as a screen porch for human use. My birds will free range, so the building materials need to keep the chickens off the porch. The porch will have mesh screen to exclude mosquitoes also. IF I use straight screen (like window screens), will the...

I ordered 10 Sapphire Gem pullets from Tractor SUpply online on 11/13, hoping I'd make the 11/14 hatch. Well, not, so I emailed customer service, they said I'd get the 11/28 hatch. I replied back that's a bit more than I'm used to, so ordered what I could get (amberlink pullets) direct from...

I went out to work on the sun shade and looked down to see a herd of ducklings running around! They were due to hatch (28 days) yesterday, probably hatched overnight. The real mom is actually a black swedish. When the white crested had the last of her eggs fail, she abandoned her own nest and...

Hi, I'm just north of Phoenix, and have 11 brown Leghorns and 13 BLue Andalusians, 107 days old (3.5 mos, or 15 wks). They've been staying in the night pen most of the day instead of going out to forage the entire day. (I have been letting them out for the day since they were about 3-4 wks...

This is "baby"'s first nest. It started as a shared nest with baby (the blue 9-month old mom pictured) and her mom (a white crested, not shown), both sharing setting duties. Both would set overnight, then when the weather warmed a bit, one would sit in the afternoon. I missed the "meeting" they...

Hello BYC'ers, although I have ducklings and goslings I've enjoyed reading the very informative posts on BYC and finally decided to join. Spring Valley is a small rural community that is part of Mayer AZ, which is north of Phoenix at about 3700 ft elevation.