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I don't think there's been any head honking going on I have actually hardly ever seen them startled and nothing has preyed on them in a long time. Her poop is runny and coats her underside and butt now:(she is a plump girl but not extremely so. Besides her symptoms she looks perfect no missing...

My poor girl for the past couple of months has been sitting over in the corner sleeping or walking around with her eyes half closed. She's just in general very lethargic she still eats and drinks some and there is no bullying from the other 6 hens who she is with in a pretty big coop with hay...

I don't do lights during winter so in at the beginning of November all but one of my seven quail stopped laying. When do they start laying again in the spring? I'm getting pretty impatient at this point. There haven't been any food changes or stressors, they look great, and are very spoiled. I'd...

We hatched out 11 coturnix quail from eggs our quail had laid one week ago. One was weak and died a day after hatching so but we still have 10. About 2 days after they hatched I noticed one had a slightly crooked neck and everyday that goes by it gets more crooked and there is a definite bulge...

Ok idk what was up with him but his head isn't puffed up anymore just his body a little bit so maybe it was just his way of showing off since he's also eating again

I also apparently can't figure out how to upload pictures from my phone

Just wondering since more ppl see this thread if anyone can help me. My 6 week old coturnix rooster has had a puffed up back of the head and neck/chest area. I'm wondering if it's just him puffing his feathers up because he's in heat or what since he has started crowing this past week. He's been...

OK I thought I did the embed photo thing but no pictures

Well not sure how good you can see him but I'm worried he's been sleeping pretty much all afternoon and hasn't eaten anything.

My quail all turned 6 weeks old this week and my rooster started crowing about a week ago. I'm wondering is he puffed up weirdly like that to impress the ladies because he's in heat or something or is something wrong with him. It almost looks like he had a cone head in the back with his feathers...

We plan on buying some acreage and building a house in the next few years and i like the idea of a guard goose on the property instead of a big dog. I have 4 and 5 year old boys who will obviously be older by then but regardless i would like to not have to watch out when by the goose (i have not...

Okay I put them out this evening. It's only getting down to 67 tonight so that should be more than fine. I've never seen them so happy they went straight to doing dust baths and walking around exploring!

I looked at the 10 day forecast and it shows a couple of nights dropping down to the mid 50s and the rest are in the mid 60s. During the day it's upper 70s and low to mid 80s like it has been for weeks. I have 5 jumbo coturnix and they have outgrown their Rubbermaid storage container in the...

One of my 2 day old quail chicks keeps randomly shaking it's head then stretching it's neck out with its mouth open. Is it choking on something? If it has something in its throat does it naturally work it out or do I have to help it?

Can anyone give me brand names and specifics? I have got to stop this pecking one way or another. It's crazy to have to have 3 different "brooders" for only 5 little quail chicks!