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  1. A

    Couple Qs about new flock

    I'm building a large aviary for my new flock of coturnix quail. I'm doing a brooding experiment, having my quail hatched by another farmer, and taking them "under my wing". When should I have the newbies move into the aviary? I'm doing a survival of the fittest type beginning, with a hands off...
    • AQuailTale
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    • aviary brood brooding coturnix experiment quail quail eggs
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    • Forum: Quail
  2. Mustafa Aamir

    Any advice for hatching, brooding and selling chicks... Small Homemade Hatchery Business

    Hi guys, so i recently have bought a diy homemade incubator from someone. i have placed eggs of different exotic breeds (chicken ofc)... they are on there 12 day now... anybody wanna give me a few tips for hatching, brooding and selling chicks... especially selling chicks.
  3. Maddog_photog

    Surfin’ USA

    Waddles’ Surfin’ Safari atop the empty water jug is an interesting way to spend your time in search of Good Vibrations for a Waterfowl in the nighttime brooder. Go to sleep, My surfer girl. I wish they could all be california girls. Wouldn’t it be nice? 🏄🏻‍♀️ 🤷🏼‍♂️
    • Maddog_photog
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    • beach beach bum brooder setup comes with a surfboard brooding california girls surfboard surfin safari
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Red Pepper Quiche.

    Red Pepper Quiche.

    Plain as day Quiche Shortcrust Pastry Quiche crust baked MIX \ Wisk to hell. 1 1\2 cup cream 1 +- cup cheese 4 eggs of the duck. Quack Quack. Diced red pepper S and P to taste. pour into crust pan Make pretty with pepper spears S and P to taste. Anything else is up to you. It's a great big...
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  5. egibsch

    Too hot to brood in garage?

    We are newbies! Looking for brooder placement input. We have 6 one-week-old chicks in a brooder in the house right now and our coop is in the building phase. We have 4 chicks coming June 15 and another 3 coming July 6 (chicken math got us...) We are using a heating plate (rentacoop brand)...
  6. WallyBirdie

    Broody Baby In Winter

    My little Ira is a bantam Cochin with extra toes! She came as a mystery chicken mixed in with the ones I ordered. She is very sweet and outgoing, and she has proven to be a reliable layer. But now... she has gone broody? Already? When it's just getting cold? I have been routinely collecting...
  7. Quailbert Quailington

    Cage cleaning with a brooding hen...?

    I keep my Button Quail in one of those giant sterilite containers, which I've modified. Usually my buttons have no interest in sitting on their own eggs, but recently, my sweet little Hen Wen (yes I named my quail after the pig from the Black Cauldron) has been sitting on six eggs. Welp, the...
  8. Joe n Jess

    Need advice on fertile eggs please!

    Hi everybody, one of my girls is on the brooding stage. So because I have a rooster in my flock I started to sneak different eggs under this girl hoping I will have some new babies. After a week laying down she started getting harassed by the other girls and I end up finding her on another nest...
  9. ValerieJ

    Another poopy picture

    Day old Pippi's first poop is green! She just started to eat and drink. First poop surprised her and me. :barnie Here's a pic. What do you think?
  10. CatWhisperer

    18 week old serama now a hen

    A few days ago I found an impossibly tiny egg in an old cat carrier so I knew laying had begun. This morning I couldn't find one of my 2 serama pullets and was panicking that something had gotten her. Finally found her sitting on a nest 5 feet off the ground with 7 eggs. She isn't brooding...
  11. ValerieJ

    Only one chick surviving...

    I ordered BO eggs online from the only source I could find at the time. I needed them fast because I wanted to give them to my broody hen. However, I was taking her eggs away every day and she stopped brooding before the eggs arrived. Anyway, because of the urgency, I ordered eggs from across...
    • ValerieJ
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  12. C

    Chickens and Ducks co-raising?... help

    I have a varied flock, about 18 chickens (3 are roosters, yes, I know, I have too many roosters.) and I have 3 ducks. We had 4, one passed away, so now I have two drakes and one hen (two Rouens and a Blue Swedish male) (I also know I have too many male ducks!). Our female Rouen has been...
  13. T

    Orpington chicks advice (gender and brooding)

    hi! I’m a first time chicken owner living in a neighborhood with close neighbors. After a lot of research we ordered some buff Orpington ladies from cackle hatchery for their gentle and quiet nature as pets/egg layers. They’re about 2 weeks old at this point. I’m looking for some advice on 2...
  14. N

    Please Help! Worried! Peking Duck brooding behavior advice

    i need help please!! I bought a house recently and “acquired” the pet ducks as well (one male Peking, one female Peking and one male Khaki Campbell). I have a brooding Peking. 29 days today. Started with 19 eggs and she is down to 12. Over the last week/ten days, she has been cracking the eggs...
    • Nanettr
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    • brooding chickens and ducks duck eating eggs? eggs help asap peking
    • Replies: 161
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. C

    Broody duck acceptance of incubated eggs

    A domestic (but living wild) duck from nearby pond laid, but abandoned, several eggs on our lawn. After seeing five taken by predators, we saved three and proceeded to incubate indoors. They are now at 19 days and candling shows active embryos. At day 14, we noticed the mother duck started to...
    • Celia23
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    • brooding ducklings hatching
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    • Forum: Ducks
  16. fowlmom

    Will they ever hatch?!?

    I have two Swedish hens. We started letting them keep their eggs around the end of May (wish I had been paying more attention) and once there was about 10 eggs one of the hens started brooding constantly. We ended up with a total of 21 and then the other hen started brooding constantly. That...
    • fowlmom
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    • brooding ducks eggs hatching
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    • Forum: Ducks
  17. L

    Hen attacking brooding hens

    Hello, We're experiencing a problem with a non-brooding hen attacking our brooding hens. Our Rhode Island Red is the one not brooding and the other two have taken up the preferred, previously shared nest. Our White Barred Plymouth Rock got up to take a walk in the run and the Rhode Island Red...
  18. IamRainey

    Anything I can do to encourage brooding?

    I've got a couple broody breeds -- Orpingtons and a Plymouth Rock who went broody last year when there weren't any fertilized eggs. Now I've got fertilized eggs -- plenty of them. What I don't got is a chicken sitting on them. Is there anything that will trigger the impulse? I'm in warm and...
  19. BReeder!

    Brooder size?

    In the past we have used a DIY built 4'x2'x1.5' brooder or a large Rubbermaid trough. The DIY brooder is pretty beat up after being left outside in the garden over winter. Oops! :oops: The Rubbermaid trough is still an option, but it's primarily my quail brooder and I'm hoping to start hatching...
    • BReeder!
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    • baby turkeys brooder brooder coop brooding brooding chicks brooding turkeys chicks turkey babies turkey chicks
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  20. The Farmers' Daughter

    Broodies and hatching

    Hi all, I've got a couple of broodies right now. I've got some eggs in the incubator due to hatch on Thursday. I'd like at least one of the broodies to raise the chicks. My question is, would I be better placing the eggs under one of my girls at lockdown time, or introducing the chicks...
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