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been raising chickens for maybe 18 years. maybe 20? anyway, this spring I built a hoop coop and used it to house 25 red rangers raised for meat. 1. You can get 4 hog panels (16' long) in your pickup truck bed (bent into a hoop), but getting them out is crazy. Watch out! 2. If you cover...

thinking about releasing year old bobs this spring. The surrounding 50 acres are perfect habitat. Oldtimers around here remember bobs in the 1920's and 30's. I'm a little more north than typical bob habitat, but bobs were last seen in a county that is a bit more west and north of me. with...

hen with multiple puncture wounds, deep enough to insert finger up to knuckle. wounds were rinsed, and nustock (sulphur and pine tar oil ointment) was applied, poured into puncture wounds). I have checked skin temp next to some of the wounds and there is no heat from infection. She is doing...

I have a two year old hen that was attacked by a dog on Monday at dusk. She has some major gashes and puncture wounds. I've cleaned the wounds and packed them with nustock (a sulphur and tar oil salve). The dog carried her in his mouth, and i do not know if she has any internal injuries in...

One female bobwhite quail has a tendancy to leave the coop at dusk and ends up staying out in the run all night. The quail have a tendancy to go in and out of the coop and finally settle down. One quail, who tends to be a loner, stays out too long and ends up not making it into the coop - I...

I need to build some ground pens for bobwhite so they are ready when it is time to separate the males out. With ground pens or runs, is it hard to find the eggs? will the bobwhite quail lay in a nest or just drop them anywhere?

How do you know which females to put with which males? If I have 5 females, and three males, should I just cull two males and keep the 5 with one male? WIth bobwhites, is there a minimum number of females to male ratio? Right now they are in a group. In the spring, how will I know when to...

Have only had the bobwhite quail (5 female, 3 male - about 4 months old) for less than 3 weeks. It was a mercy adoption, unplanned. So I am very ignorant and really welcome advice. They are in a small coop 4x4 about 5 feet tall, attached to a run about 8x8 three feet tall. A few times some...

I'm really having a hard time finding info on bobwhites. Web searches aren't proving fruitful, so I am turning to byc. I have 5 female and 3 male bobwhites approx 3-4 months old. Right now they have a good sized run attached to a coop and they are in a group. I have had them for about 2...

Two sundays ago, someone dropped off 8 bobwhites, saying they were about 3 months old. (3 males, 5 females). I'm learning as fast as I can. I have chickens but they are pretty different! FIrst off, I know I know I know, I shouldn't have chickens and quail. I didn't know it Sunday, and since...

Hey, today FDA announced a recall of Blue Seal Home Fresh Starter Amp Medicated Poultry Feed - excess salt, lot # 1015072 apparently in Nebraska is where this batch was distributed http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm445435.htm

I know people live in all kinds of circumstances, but....anyone have anything positive to say about these?

I just received an email, here it is: Hello Folks, Highly pathogenic avian influenza was recently found in a turkey flock in Minnesota. It is the same strain as that which has been active on the West Coast. This is a potentially serious concern for birds that have access to the outdoors. Of...

I have mareks in my flock (diagnosed via necropsy in october 2014). An 18 month old hen failed to go into the coop at night, found her after dark huddled in the hay under the coop. She had watery eyes and swollen face. I am treating her with vetrx, and boy that stuff is amazing. very fast...

I have an 2 yr old female cat, sweeter than anything, who has ear problems that have gotten worse. When I got her as a young cat, I thought she had the worst case of ear mites I had ever seen. When I couldnt get rid of them, I took her to the vet who said she had a bacterial ear infection and...

I'm researching how much tumeric to add to feed to boost immnue systems - I have mareks in the flock and it wipes out immune systems. Not sure tumeric will help, but can't hurt. Question is how much tumeric is needed? Found some ag studies where 5% levels of tumeric to feed were the best...

I have a 4 mo old legbar rooster. Last night I thought he looked a bit fluffed up but it was getting cold. He was moving fine. This morning I found him on the floor of the coop. He can't stand. He isn't moving his legs or wings, head is fine. eyes are bright, comb is red. He has a great...

I have an extremely skittish pullet hatched in June. The pullet was raised by its broody mom in a brooding coop, which shares a run with the main coop. Main coop is a converted construction trailer which has a people door and a chicken hatch. Chicken door has a wooden ramp with treads...

I have a young stray kitten, obviously used to people, that showed up starving. Was so weak it could barely walk and was a skeleton. A week later, he is doing much better. Going to the vet tomorrow for a check up and will get spayed when he puts on more weight. I've given him a small empty...

Hey, the Center for Disease Control just issused a noticed yesterday about an outbreak of salmonella in people with backyard flocks, who had gotten their chickens or chicks from Mt Healthy Hatcheries QUOTE: As of September 23, 2014, a total of 344 persons infected with the outbreak strains of...