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    Things you wish you could say

    All of this talk about jury duty makes me wish I could say that I hadn't bee so dang close to the events of the Polly Klaus kidnapping. 1 - Her mother was my boss when it happened. 2 - I was driving home from Cloverdale when I saw a bunch of police cars and officers on the side of the freeway...
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    Best Rice Cookers, Pro Tips

    I have had my Zojirushi Neuro-Fuzzy for about 13 years now. I am Japanese, so rice is a major part of my diet. I LOVE that thing.
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    Introductions went wrong, how do I make it work?

    I use dollar store baskets or small cardboard boxes. I cut the entrances into those. You could cover the cage so it stays dark until you get up. I'm guessing that you were told something like 3 birds per square foot. That is what commercial breeders use for space requirements, but to my...
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    Introductions went wrong, how do I make it work?

    The cage sounds small. You want at least 1 square foot per bird after you've subtracted the space used by feeders, waterers, sand bath, and hiding places. Your hiding places should have two entrance/exits so that your birds can't be trapped inside by an aggressor. You generally don't have to...
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    Introductions went wrong, how do I make it work?

    After you rearrange their pen, you might try putting them all into it at night so they wake up together. How much space is their pen? Do they have enough hiding places?
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    New hatched chicks

    85 and 87 is not warm enough for new chicks. They should start at around 98 on the first day and you can gradually lower the temp as the days pass, but I'm betting that they weren't warm enough.
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    New hatched chicks

    You should get a calibrated thermometer under there to check. Newly hatched chicks can be very sensitive to temperature.
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    Things you wish you could say

    Since you're in a dorm, let the dorm manager know. They'll turn the water off to your toilet (There's usually a little knob to turn below the tank behind the toilet) and should fix it for you.
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    New hatched chicks

    There's something going on. It's not unusual to lose a couple, but you are losing far more than that. What is the temperature on the ground under the heat plates?
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    Things you wish you could say

    Slow leak. It should be an easy fix. Probably just the little rubber seal inside the tank. The one that opens when you flush, then drops to seal the tank to let it refill.
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    What made you happy today?

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    Sex these birrrrrds: if you daaaaaare

    They should be by facial markings. Feather sexable can be by chest patterns or by facial patterns.
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    Sex these birrrrrds: if you daaaaaare

    There are not feather sexable by chest patterns. They might be sexable by facial patterns, but that will have to wait until their heads are fully feathered in.
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    What made you happy today?

    Working on composting the quail poop in my garden beds is working nicely. Look at the steam coming out!
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    Things you wish you could say

    Please stop making posts that are the complete opposite of what the thread is about, especially when there are other threads appropriate for them.
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