No, no, no, nothing is wrong with your chickens. Fresh eggs are very hard to peel. There's all kinds of little tricks you can google to peeling fresh boiled eggs but they have never worked well for me. The easiest solution I've found is to set aside eggs to boil and peel for a minimum of 3...
I have heard they are harder to raise by several sources (both friends and fowl experts) but I have no experience with quail personally. If I'm not mistaken, chickens have been domesticated for a very long time but quail have not so they retain more wildness therefore aren't as adaptable to...
I am not sure why some people tend to respond harshly when others make a mistake, and ask for help, but such is the world nowadays.
The red flag to me was giving them a drink. It's extremely easy to aspirate birds because their esophagus is on their tongue. Some people dip the beak of chicks in...