Normal cere....?

[stephstuckman]

 

[stephstuckman]

They are acting normal. The white hen is a year old. She was pecked pretty good by a rooster about a month ago. I thought that's what it was from. Now the young 6 week old rooster I added with them has the same thing happening. It could be pecked, not sure. All I have are 15 coturnix. No chickens or other outside birds.

 

[kingmt]

Do some research on the diseases that coil can get. I've seen that but don't remember what it was called. Time to cull, clean, & start over. I hope you didn't have to many birds. Do you have chickens also.

 

[stephstuckman]

If it is contagious it could have only came from wild birds. That's why I'm trying to figure out if it's a problem. I have no other chickens or anything. I have not gotten any more quail either. Just the original batch I hatched and the quail I have hatched from those. No new birds other than wild have been near them.

 

[kingmt]

It can actually be from wild birds. What in thinking of can't be transferred to the unhatched egg tho. Seems like it was called something like incowenzo. I know the spelling is wrong but maybe it can get you started in a search or one of the more knowledgeable people will be along.

 

[stephstuckman]

Any other suggestions on what it could be. I'm having trouble finding anything

 

[GrandmaBird]

What type of cage are they kept in and how about how their food is provided, is it in a feeder that they could damage the beak on? Or even the water dish? At first I thought mites but they don't make the beak deformed like that, with the growth. If they are acting fine I wouldn't worry too much about it but would not mate them until you can figure out if its genetic. Good luck.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

I saw this on a wild bird once, a feral pigeon I think. Don't know what it was. I thought it was a deformity.

 

[stephstuckman]

I bet it's my feeder. It's a rabbit feeder with 1/2" hardware cloth kinda over the opening so they don't flip out the food all over. It's probably from pecking through the wire. I recently got a different brand of food that is more powdery and doesn't move through the feeder like the crumbles. I bet these two are just trying to peck through it more. All the others seem fine. I may have to change feeders until I can buy the crumbles again. The feeder set up that way work great though, I hardly have any waste.

 

[Sill]

I bet it's my feeder. It's a rabbit feeder with 1/2" hardware cloth kinda over the opening so they don't flip out the food all over. It's probably from pecking through the wire. I recently got a different brand of food that is more powdery and doesn't move through the feeder like the crumbles. I bet these two are just trying to peck through it more. All the others seem fine. I may have to change feeders until I can buy the crumbles again. The feeder set up that way work great though, I hardly have any waste.

Post some pics of your feeders please. I'd love to see them.