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    Looking for Quail in MD

    Hello, I am looking for jumbo coturnix quail near Annapolis, Maryland. 6 female 1 male if possible. Please let me know if anyone knows of someone nearby who sells quail. I do not have an incubator. Thank you! Laura
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    Help- quail disease?

    Yesterday I went to the farm store and got some diactamacious earth (sp?) to scatter around the quail pen and some additional vitamins for my baby chicks in the house. The farm store person seemed confident that as long as my other quail and birds seem happy and healthy whatever it was could...
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    Help- quail disease?

    Okay thank you- the thing is that the remainder of my quail look perfectly healthy- as do my ducks and chickens. My quail who did get violently sick did so overnight. It was almost an instant occurrence and she was immediately terrible. So I hesitate to think that it is worm which would be...
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    Help- quail disease?

    The quail have a set up similar to most chicken coops- an indoor space where they are elevated but a solid floor and then a run where they have access to the ground There is a roof over both their coop and their run. When they were inside with me durring the cold they were in a makeshift brooder...
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    Help- quail disease?

    Thank you for the advice about garlic- would I just feed it to them in a dish? Would they voluntarily eat it? I have looked into Mareks disease but my quail didnt show any of the "one leg forward one leg back" symptoms. Instead she just sat in the same spot for about two days. She could move...
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    Help- quail disease?

    Hello! We recently purchased 5 adult quail from a man on craigslist in Virginia in hopes of hatching out babies and starting a small flock (four females and one male). We were keeping them outdoors in a hutch with wind-proofing and a light for heat. Within the week our male quail died. We...
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