Recent content by JACKO

Hello friends,l'm back and it's time to hatch a few quail birds for the summer,iv'e dusted down the incubators and now I'm ready to go,first thing is to select the eggs and I have decided to go for the great egg laying Jumbo Quail having done that I need a reputable breeder I picked on one guy...

Hi Del, l couldnt get anti biotic from anywhere, so I have a few left from the last time l had a virus, I cut two capsules I half and put the powder into a litre of water mixed it up well and put it into the Quails water bowl, the last two days there has been a marked improvement I will report...

Thanks Del, but I think it's worse than that,been like this for a week now I have isolated her, iv'e heard it can be fatal some sort of virus that attacks the kidneys etc., Anyone out there with any info it will be well taken

One of my jumbo quail has developed a bad limp, I have checked it out and found no apparent reason for this, I have isolated the bird as a precaution to the other birds in the aviary, is there a good antibiotic I can treat her with

Hi Jacko here, I have. Six black white crested polish in my incubator due to hatch on The 8/27/15 about two weeks time I will let you have pics then, one way of sexing these birds at that age is spread the wing feathers and see if it has two rows of main flight feathers if it has it's probably...

Hello Ginger, Just to keep in touch, I had no luck with the large fowl hatch, so I have decided to go for golden pheasants I am getting a new coop for about six, but need to incubate them first hoping for a couple of roosters. I'm also looking at the Chinese jumbo quail if you have any...

Thanks very much Kieth, I take that advice, I'll certainly keep in touch, cheers, jacko

I just might do that, I may start with six eggs from eBay breeders, will they live happy with chickens Or would they need to be separated, Jacko

Thanks Gingerwood, Looks like I'll have to build a compound if I would like to keep them, how do they take to being hand reared from incubation like say parrots is it possible, JACKO

Hello folks, havn't been on forum for a while, just thought I would let you all know I have in the incubator 6 golden buff orpingtons they are a large fowl species I will show photos when they hatch. Also and most exciting to me is the red golden pheasant I aim to do a hatch next, they are a...

Hi blasezook, you may need to keep her dry in a pen for a few days with a waterproof bandage on the wound,in order to give it a chance to heal, keep her isolated from the other birds. check on the wound after three days if its kept dry it should heal, best regards, Jacko

,thanks moderator, what a very informative article that is,i will keep that in my files for reference, Jacko

Hi Jacko here, has anyone helped the chick to hatch by easing the shell away when the chick seems to be strugelling to get out, I have, when the hatch time has run over and the float test is positive I have very gentily cracked the shell at the top of the egg to expose the chick and removed some...

Idont know what brand of incubator you have,but i have a brinsea 20 advanced, if you fill the chanel to half full you will get excessive humidity, my brinsea has two chanels and at the start of incubation i only fill one to about half a centimetre, initialy it will show high then it will settle...

I HAVE A SMALL GAME CHICKEN THAT I HAVE JUST AQUIRED, IT HAS LAID TWO EGGS AND THERE BOTH SOFT, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP HER