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Last Wednesday I picked up a pump bottle of Blu Kote at a Tractor Supply Co and, with a great deal of effort, I managed to catch, hold and spray the back of the Bobwhite's neck where all the feathers were missing. He doesn't seem to have gotten any worse since then but he doesn't seem much...

I moved my weather camera into their pen and set it to record them from 4AM til 9PM and then watched the recording (sped up x1000) -- they don't seem to be fighting too much and from what I can tell the injured one isn't being picked on or attacked that much either. However, once they flew up...

Thanks for the reply He looks a little better today and seems to be growing the missing feathers back pretty quickly. If I do separate him and put him in a hutch by himself should I have the hutch next to the pen with the rest of the Bobwhites so they can see/hear each other or should I have...

I have a group of 22 Bobwhites in an outdoor pen together -- 12 males, 10 females -- and about a month ago they've started fighting and chasing each other fairly often but I haven't seen any visible injuries until now. Two nights ago one of the males had a bloody face and looked like he'd been...

Quote: Thanks for the info, I'll check with the fish & game department tomorrow to see what they have to say about it. Just wondering, typically when eggs are being sold at a store or farmer's market for eating rather than for hatching does that make the price go up, down or stay the same?

i've got 22 one-year-old Bobwhites, 10 of which are hens, and typically collect between 5 and 9 eggs a day from them. this is my first year raising them and I've been thinking about selling their eggs locally (for eating) but there are a few things I need to know first. In particular there's a...

I heard back from the bird vet and there's good news and bad news. The good news is that they couldn't find any signs of a parasite and also no worms to be found. They also told me that the bird didn't die of a common disease which I now can't remember the name of...I think it may have been...

I thought of another thing I should mention: 4 or 5 days before I noticed the sick quail there was an incident where the lid of their enclosure in the shed had been left open on accident and, judging by the droppings all over the inside of the shed the next morning, it was apparent that many of...

Sorry for the late update -- sadly he didn't make it much longer than a few hours after I made the original post here. I took the body to an avian vet for a necropsy to see what they find and hopefully that will provide some solid answers. To answer your questions... Quote: Purina Game Bird...

I've been raising a small number of Bobwhite quail in my backyard since early last summer; they're about 10 months old and have all been perfectly healthy up until now. Yesterday when I went out to feed them I noticed that one of them didn't run outside when I entered the shed that they're in...

It's my first time raising Bobwhites and I have several local people interested in buying the eggs from me (for eating) so I'm wondering when I can expect the quail to start laying. I have 22 of them, about half of which are female, and they were born at the beginning of June which makes them...

The pen I keep my Bobwhites in is divided into two sections; a fenced in outdoor area and a sheltered indoor area in the barn. They almost always sleep outside and I rarely see them in the inside section other than right after I give them new food and water in there. They've been in this same...

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I'd like to know the answer to this as well. I'm raising bobwhites for the first time and want to know what to expect in terms of lifespan; most every source I've found has said that they usually live less than a year but that can't be right for birds kept...

Well, when I tried putting the elastic bands on I realized that they were all much too small. So zip ties it is. There was a bit of pecking at first, both from other chicks and from the chick with the zip tie itself, but nothing too bad and they seem to have more or less stopped now. For...

I need to tell my chicks apart (they're about 3 weeks old at this point) and i have both colored zip ties and colored elastic chick leg bands to use. Here are the zip ties: http://electrical.hardwarestore.com/14-46-cable-ties/assorted-color-cable-ties-625917.aspx And here are the elastic leg...

I've been having a problem with flies inside my quail pen, especially on hot days, so after reading through the first few pages of this thread I went out and bought a 3 pack of "Vanillaroma" air fresheners from Wal-Mart, as seen here: My only concern is, will the scent do anything to harm the...

My Bobwhites are a little over 2 months old at this point and I've been feeding them Purina Startena Game Bird Chow with 30% protein since day one. The bag says 0 to 6 weeks though, and they're about 9 weeks old at this point. Is it okay to keep feeding them this? I'm about to run out of my...

I've been putting a teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar (Bragg's organic/raw/unfiltered kind) in my chicks' 1 quart plastic waterers since day 4 or so (chicks are now 2 weeks old) to help with pasty butt and because I heard it was good for numerous other health reasons as well. Just wondering, how...

I use crayola non-toxic markers and mark their leg/the feathers just above their leg. It's not a fool proof system as the marker comes off very easily and has to be re-applied almost daily, but I'm concerned about using zip ties and the local feed stores don't carry chick ID bracelets so it's...

Here's something I hadn't thought of: what about when it rains? Won't the rain harden the sand or cause mold issues? I don't really have a cover for it, and even if I did, I might not be home or there might be a sudden rain storm or something that would get it all wet again. How do the rest...