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I hated a single coturnix hen 9 weeks old and would like to add her to one of my breeding groups that needs another hen. I’m concerned about them being aggressive though. Any tips for doing this? Is it better to put her with them in the evening before they bed down for the night? Do I need to...

The one with crooked toes didn’t make it. I’m not sure what happened but the other is doing great! It’s about 3 weeks old and I’m 90% sure it’s a female. Right before these hatched, I lost a hen out of one of my breeding groups. Actually lost her. She flew out while I was feeding and watering...

I noticed it when he was still in the incubator so I would assume it wasn’t a cold brooder floor. It could have been my fault. I let the humidity get low a couple times but I’m not sure so I will probably cull it later on. It does seem to get around just fine though.

So probably a feed out for the freezer bird then?

I do have another question though. One seems to have bent toes. Is this something that will straighten out over time or is it a concern?

They were fully dry when I checked them this morning! The humidity did go up to about 75% yesterday after their hatch. They’re doing great now! Thank you!

This is my first hatch on coturnix quail. Two hatched sometime today. I’m not sure what time exactly but I noticed them around 12:30pm. I have other chicks in a brooder close by so I didn’t notice the chirping at first. They seem to be doing well but they are chirping very loudly and seem almost...

Wow! I've never seen a roo without spurs unless it was an injury. That's strange!

I’ve heard of that but never had it happen

I hope so!I believe I have a hen and a roo. Spotted the start to some little spurs on one today.

I got it now lol I'm not really familiar with the hybrids so I was a little confused lol Thanks so much!

Yeah.. I'm not real familiar with all of these hybrids. We've raised chickens for years but never hybrids. I did a little research on olive eggers and I understand the "based off a cream legbar" part of that now. That's super interesting! Kinda wish I had bought more than two now lol

The "Dominiques"? The reds or cream color are the Rudd Rangers. I know that for sure.

I bought 6 Rudd Rangers and 2 Dominiques from rural king about a month ago. The Dominiques were marked as Polish but the employee said they had been marked with a question mark but someone flipped the sign and he believed they were actually Dominiques and mislabeled. They didn’t have tufts on...

Mostly looking for coturnix (jumbo or regular) and California valley eggs but open to others. Thank you!