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I went outside to find Cinnamon, one of my coturnix quail, dead. :( Poor girl. I would like to save some of her feathers, and do a necropsy RIGHT NOW. I have never done this before. What tools should I use? Pictures to come soon, and they will be graphic.

At an unexpected turn of events, I am going to be attempting another coturnix quail hatch! I currently have 6 quail and was not planning on acquiring more, but I just won 30 quail eggs from @Nabiki and so have decided to try raising quail for both eggs and meat -- the latter of which I have...

Anyone else love history, antiques, and music of the past? There are so many rabbit holes one can dive into! Come join this thread to discuss interesting tidbits of history and share about your favorite vintage things, including music. Feel free to share pictures of and stories about any...

I was interested in adding a PitaPata ticker to my signature. I have gotten it to work on another forum, but it didn't seem to work when I tried to do the same BYC. Are these tickers compatible with BYC? If so, how can I make it work?

Spoo = Standard Poodle We are getting a Standard Poodle puppy next month! The litter of nine we are getting a puppy from was born on March 5th, so they are now five weeks old. The mother is blue and the father is black, so the puppy we get could be either color (probably blue). I am so excited...

I have decided to try some basic clicker training with my chickens! This is a thread where I will post questions and updates on how it is coming along. If you have any experience with clicker training chickens (or dogs, for that matter), or training chickens using any other methods, please share...

A while back I submerged an avocado pit in water in a jam jar to see if it would grow. It took a long time, but finally it did, and now the plant is almost too big for the jam jar! :celebrate I want to plant it soon so that the roots have the space they need to grow. Being a complete novice at...

Welcome to orloffer's Nest! :frow orloffer's Nest is intended to be a kind and positive thread where BYC members can chat, share their poultry (and other pet/animal) photographs and stories, and share and discuss their hobbies and projects, &c. Anyone and everyone is invited to jump in! This...

The coturnix quail toenail/beak trimming today did not go so well. They develop these hard balls of debris/poop on their toes, and their feet are so delicate that completely removing these balls isn't really realistic, at least with the tools I have. The quicks in their nails were longer than...

These round, white eggs appeared on my window a couple days ago. At least, I am assuming they are eggs. :confused: Does anyone know what they are from or what they will hatch into? They are very tiny (each less than a millimetre), and there are 47 of them. Here is the best picture I could get of...

My coturnix quail are a lot dustier than my chickens. A layer of quail dust coats the rims of the coop doors, the entire top of the 4-sided nipple waterer, and probably most other places too. It can't be healthy to breathe in, so I try to wear at least a cloth facemask whenever I am around them...

I am thinking about writing a children's story about chickens, including information on general chicken knowledge and chicken care. Now, I am not certain whether or not I actually will write one, but I thought it might be a fun idea as writing practice. Please comment about what things I should...

I was wondering whether my coturnix quail have standard colors, and if not, what colors were mixed to result in them. Information about genetics is appreciated. There are two generations of quail. The first generation were hatched from purchased eggs, and the second generation were hatched from...

These three photographs are similar, and I am not sure which one is the best to enter into the BYC 2021 Calendar contest. What do you all think? Please vote in the poll above, and feel free to explain why. Edit: I am adding a cropped version of #3. This will be Photograph #4.

Hello chicken eggsperts! I would appreciate it if you would give some input as to how my chickens are looking (health-wise), based on the photos I managed to capture of them. Here is some information about them, and I will add in more photos if needed: General information: --I have five hens...

Hello quail keepers! I have two female quail living in a Critter Nation cage together, and they have not been getting along. They never seemed to take to each other, and now one seems to be chasing the other around. They are siblings and grew up together, and I know they are female because I...

Poetry is a wonderful and creative way to capture a moment, experience, or chicken in words, and seeing as it has been a while since the last poetry thread, I have created a new one. Anyone is welcome to stop by to share their original poultry poetry (subject matter not limited to chickens). I...

This morning I noticed that one of our hens, Orloff, had poop stuck to the feathers under her tail/vent area. Her vent doesn't seem to be blocked, and it does not bother her (I will say, however, that I have not been keeping very close track of her). She made what seemed to me a rather large...

Hello! I am from the Bay Area in California, I am excited to be joining Backyard Chickens to learn more about raising healthy and happy chickens. 1) Our family first hatched coturnix quail two summers ago, and we acquired chicken chicks last year. A couple of months ago we hatched 8 quail (100%...