Recent content by kjoseph93

Update: when I can home from work today and picked up the deceased quails hatch/brooder mate...clear liquid came out of her beak Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? Don't want to lose my second one

I started with quail and may and hatched two of my own eggs about 7 weeks ago. I have kept the two now full grown quail in the brooder box as I need to build a new coop for them outside. I turned the heat lamp off last week but it is still about 70 degrees inside my house here. Yesterday when...

Hi everyone, First time incubating anything in my life. Put three conturnix quail eggs in the incubator on September 1. It has been a relatively hands off process as it is an automatic turner. The color of quail eggs makes candling very difficult so I read online that many people float test...

Hi Everyone, I keep my birds in a raised hutch that is half wire/ half litter. This morning when I went out to feed them I noticed a significant amount of blood on tops of the feeder and on a roost that is in the hutch. Sometimes the quail will hurt each other by pecking each others heads...

Hi everyone, I have eleven quail. Nine females and two males. Kept on wire None of them were displaying any sort of discomfort or odd behavior, but I randomly checked their feet yesterday and sure enough nearly all of them have bumblefoot to the point of scabbing on the pads of their feet. I...

Hi Everyone, I am new to the forum and new to raising quail. Almost three weeks ago I purchased eleven adult quail that were color sexed, two males and nine females. I keep them i a rabbit hutch that is about nine square feet and they have constant access to water and purina gamebird chow. I...

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and new to quail raising. I bought 11 conturnix quail almost three weeks ago, they were color sexed, two males with nine females. I keep them on wire in a rabbit hutch about nine square feet and they have constant access to water and purina gamebird chow...