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quail with crooked neck
Make sure he can eat and drink ok, and he should straighten out within a couple days as he has a chance to stretch and move. Sometimes the bigger kids get a little too cramped inside their egg, or not quite enough humidity so they got 'stuck' and couldn't rotate inside the shell enough, and... -
Seeking JMF lines: Roux, A&M, Jumbo hatching eggs (WA state or ship)
Thank you everyone! Guess who called me yesterday? :) They had just been busy as everyone suggested, plus the email account had been wiped out so messages had been lost, and they were trying to play catch up on the phone messages. Have it all sorted out now, thank you! -
Seeking JMF lines: Roux, A&M, Jumbo hatching eggs (WA state or ship)
I have tried to contact them at James Marie with no luck, and was really hoping to start with the best possible stock, as everyone I've spoken to points to JMF. Is there any kind souls here who could help me get started, someone who works with JMF birds? I've worked with some local sourced... -
Quail chick with a wry neck? - Advice needed
Oh....10 days younger than the others..I would not mix him in as it will be harder to tell if he is eating/drinking ok-the big kids might snarf down food and water and make it tougher for him to find them, and if he is still having some troubles they are likely to pick on him - quail seem to... -
Quail chick with a wry neck? - Advice needed
So long as he can eat and drink, he should recover fine. I had a baby with this exact same problem, hard time hatching and shrink-wrapped neck, at their fast growth rate the extra time in the shell and continuing to grow kept cramming his poor head. Usually they are out fast enough they can then...