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Who is all going to the Newcastle auction tomorrow night? We've decided to go another direction here at the farm as far as what breeds stay and what goes. So tomorrow we will be selling our entire Australorp flock, 9 hens and 1 roo. Also a bunch of chicks from them we hatched out earlier this...

Hi! I'm new here...saw and visited with lots of folks at Newcastle auction last Saturday and it was like a family reunion, had a blast. Thought I'd pop in here and just say hey to everyone else. Had a ton of messages from several of you...answered most...my apologies for not responding until...

Very Nice!

Ameraucana...the blue one may be...but not the red one. Ameraucanas will have dark blue legs regardless of feather color. hope this helps :)

X 2 What Bill said. Glad you came back on and explained it better.

They need 14 hours of light to lay an egg too.

I agree, but keep in mind...if your birds are on the ground they have access to grit that is needed in the crop to digest the seeds. If your birds are on wire, offer some free choice chick grit along with your scratch grains...IMO

Use the search and look up color calculator....or ask Moby Quail to come over and sit a spell...He has the patience to explain it better than me.... Let me tell you, I've got 12 different colors of coturnix, if you count the tuxedo variants too. It may look wild type/Pharaoh...but with all...

And congrats on deciding to get quail. At the top of the quail section there is an area called "stickies" that answers about any first time quail question you could have, from housing, feed, incubating, brooding chicks, etc. Here's the link: Quail Notable Archives & Important / Frequently...

Listen to Fat Daddy, he's not steering you wrong, great advice right there! ....cardboard boxes and snow don't fair well together...you'll get wet and sick quail. Do you have an incubator for eggs? I got the eggs your looking for, but don't mail live birds...PM me if interested.

Glad you added the mileage disclaimer, proteins that high for extended periods will kill a quail. Everyone who said 24%-30% non-medicated game birds starter is good, follow that advice. Depending on your area and where you buy feed at the bag may say for turkey, quail, pheasants, chukar, etc...

Nice coop! For a male female ratio, you can go as high as1:6. 4:7 is way too many roos. You will have a lot of fighting and hens getting worn out and plucked bald. 2:7 isn't even bad...but I'd move at least 2 more of your roos to the bacholer pad. Again, great looking housing!

Not so rare...except this time of year for eggs. Aprophet is correct, hey are just a bob with a different color mutation. housing is just the same with bob's. Off season, covey or group housing. Breeding season, put in pairs or trios with room or your white birds will turn red. Bob's are...

L, I think it's MG as well, from the description of fluid from the mouth..snorting, sneezing, etc. That is one that is not curable. They might stop showing symptoms, but will always be carriers and transmitters. MG is a very bad, contagious disease. Two choices as I see it...one cull everything...

When it gets cooler I will. Send me a PM and we'll work out the details if you're interested. I sent over 200 coturnix eggs there this spring with great success.