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  1. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    Nope. Anything more than chicken starter crumble or layer pellets I’d have to go online to get. Or make the hour+ trip to the nearest TSC.
  2. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    I am NOT a fan of pickles. And I can my own jelly so no jelly jar lids. But I do have a bunch of single piece mason jar storage lids that might do the trick. Looked up that Bluebonnet feed, looks to be better numbers than the Kalambach I found, thanks!!
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    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    Not sure how I missed that article before. Or maybe I didn’t and am just giving myself an info overload… But I can get Kalambach Pheasant starter off of Chewy and it comes close to your recommended numbers. Fat % is a little low. But it’s medicated. Is that good/bad or personal choice like...
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    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    I’m looking at getting 30 feather sexable Coturnix eggs and 30 jumbo white Coturnix eggs from MyShire. Found an incubator on Amazon that I think will work ok. I have hygrometer sensors already that I can toss one inside. For brooding, I was going to get a pop up pen to be kept in my basement...
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    8 female chicks need names (hopefully)

    I have a Swedish flower hen currently growing up in my flock. She is sweet, spicy, bossy and daring. I think she’s going to end up the top of her age mate’s flock. If mine didn’t already have a perfect name (Janeway after the Star Trek captain), I’d pick something like Saffron or Ginger.
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    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    That’s a pretty good idea. I actually might just stick a second feeder with the pelleted food in their brooder that’s been converted to a feeding station the adults can’t gain access to. I’d be curious to see how much of the adult pellets get eaten vs the chick crumbles.
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    Open Contest BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest 12-12-25 Pic by Gill-b

    Am caterpillar…turning into bootiful butterfly. Mmmmm….butter.
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    Open Contest BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest 12-12-25 Pic by Gill-b

    Just 5 more minutes mom….
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    Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest 12-12-25 Pic by Nagem TX

    You want to WHAT now? Here? Are you crazy?
  10. Sefirothe

    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    We had some single digit temps recently so I lugged the heater out to the coop. There goes my electric bill… I know they probably don’t need it and if the littles were closer to full grown I probably wouldn’t have bothered. I’ve used this heater in the past more to keep eggs from freezing and...
  11. Sefirothe

    How many more hens can fit in this coop?

    There’s a big difference between a farmer’s flock of livestock and a backyard city flock seen as pets. And absolutely nothing wrong with either view and all the variable spaces between both ends of that spectrum. So long as the animals are given what they need and treated decently.
  12. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    That sounds pretty simple to set up. Gonna add a de-icer to my "to be purchased if I actually do this" list. Habitat seems to be sorted out with a few modifications and additions to my existing set up. Next to research is incubators/hatching and brooding!
  13. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    Thanks for answering my questions!
  14. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    Yea, this is partially to scratch my incubation itch (can’t have roosters here so no hatching chicken eggs) and partially to see if I even like raising quail. Your method is pretty much exactly how I transition my mail ordered chicks to nipple waterers so that’s great to know it works with...
  15. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    So will multiple males be ok as long as the ratio of 1 male to 4-5 females is kept? So a couple small wooden boxes (I’m thinking like guinea pig house sized?) would work better? The rabbit hutch would be kept in my basement safe from predators. I know how those things deteriorate when...
  16. Sefirothe

    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    I’ve been reading this forum and some of the articles here about quail since I think I’d like to have a small covey. 1. I read here to not keep chickens and quail together. From seeing predatory tendencies first hand I know chickens would definitely try to catch and eat any quail kept within...
  17. Sefirothe

    Adult hens getting into medicated chick crumbles?

    Its Kalambach medicated chick starter so amprolium.
  18. Sefirothe

    Adult hens getting into medicated chick crumbles?

    No one's laying at the moment so that's not much of a concern!
  19. Sefirothe

    Adult hens getting into medicated chick crumbles?

    I dumped the dregs of a bag of medicated chick feed in the run for the chickens to scratch around for. It was maybe about 1-2 cups worth. I didn’t think about it being medicated feed until after I had done it. It shouldn’t cause any issues with the adult hens getting it if it’s a one off treat?
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    Ended BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest 12-05-25 Pic by ChicksnMore

    This pic is going in the class yearbook!
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