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Unfortunately the problem has been back since I moved them to a bigger cage :( They now live in a cage 70cm/40cm/50cm and even though I have put many plants and several hiding places for them, they still sometimes jump at night. The only solution I came up with (reading some other forum about...

Thank you all again for the advice! I would probably struggle with the situation for much much longer if it wasn't for you guys. I'm soooo glad I found this forum in the first place because it's such a valuable source of information! And hopefully my quails are happier thanks to that too :)...

First night clear! :) When disinfecting the whole cage I rearranged it to create more hiding places. At night I covered them with a black cloth and they didn't jump at all. That way I don't really know what was the actual problem, but at least they calmed down. I hope it'll stay that way...

Thank you both for the advice. Yesterday I noticed that they jump like that ONLY (and I mean 100%) when it's 100% dark. I have them in my room and whenever I turned on just a very little light after a jump, they calmed down, sometimes even going at that very second to their bed where they...

Thank you for the suggestion. I would never think about mites. However, I'm pretty sure we keep the cage quite clean, to be honest. We use pet sheets (is that how you call them? the ones for little dogs that absorb water and odours) + there is always some sand from the sand baths. We change the...

Hello, I have two button quails at the age of around 2,5 months that I'm keeping as pets at home. We hatched them at home and I think they are two females because we had some eggs some time ago, plus none of them crows, but for the past two days one of them is going crazy at night. For about...

Pics as promised! Newborn black silkie :) Two button quails using a silkie as a cushion right after moving them to a tempoerary brooder ;) The whole family dried out and already making a mess the second day ;) We keep them at home now so they have a very pet-like brooder. Sorry...

I still don't have any pictures here, but we've got three black Silkies and two button quails!! :)) it's amazing! the quails are sooo small and cute! I'll try to post some pictures later one. Oh, and the one that started pipping upside down for around 12hours managed to get out on his own! I'm...

We're so happy!! The chick that's running around already managed to move the upsidedown-one. I took a picture and it seems it's been like this for around 12h. Is it ok? I hope it hasn't dried or anything..the humidity is 72% now, it had been around 63% before the first one got born. I post a...

We have one chick!!!!! I can't believe it! :) Although the one that started pipping upside down is still in the same position:( it moved the beak a bit a while ago but it's still in the same position, after around 15h. Should we move him just a bit maybe? The newborn chick bumped into him once...

Thank you! I can actually see the pip hole just a bit, a while ago I saw it peck strongly at the membrane but it didn't tear and the beak just bounced off the ground. The other two eggs have had cracks for the past two hours but nothing more has happened so far. I guess I just have to be...

Hello everyone, I have a Silkie (edit) PIPPIN upside down. It's only day 19th. Should I turn him so that the hole faces up or should I just leave him like that?? Please, any advice is welcome! Edit: Oh, and the eggs are places horizontally, co maybe it doesn't matter? because they will...

Hello everyone, After the unsuccessful hatch described in this thread, we're giving it another try with 4 silkies and 3 coturnix eggs at the moment. They're going into lockdown today, and my question is how do we keep the humidity high if we're not supposed to open the incubator during...

Hello everyone, I tried to hatch a few quail eggs a few weeks ago but unfortunately non of them hatched. (here is my thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/735388/coturnix-late-hatch-when-should-i-float-test-them/10) I'm using Brisnea Mini Advance and we want to give it another go with...

Thank you for the link! We opened the egg that was at day 25today. It floated, and when we opened it there was a fully-developed chick inside :( it must have died in the shell. What could have been the reason? We kept the humidity at very high level, mostly over 70% sometimes as high as 85%...