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    Quail leg injury (injured when chick)

    aw that's so tough.. and yeah, vet prices are so painful 😭 they probably wont be able to do anything for her hock without an xray and those can be soooo much. But you never know, maybe they would be able to pop her leg back in without too much diagnostic costs as it does look like something's...
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    Quail leg injury (injured when chick)

    Aw poor chickie.. sadly that's way beyond my experience level of just treating splayed toes in chicks :( I do have a more special needs quail that has an injury to her foot so I can say that its possible they *can* live a decent life as an indoor pet, depending on certain factors. I've known of...
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    Optimum Egg Hatching For Coturnix Quail

    that all seems correct to me but it's also been two years since I incubated ours 😅 most important thing I remember was staying on top of humidity levels around lockdown/hatch time and keeping the incubator closed. Too little humidity at hatch will cause the shell membrane to "shrink wrap" and...
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    Quail Enrichment for Indoor Enclosure

    With my indoor quail, they seem to have the most fun with forage-related activities. Sometimes we get dubia roaches from the pet store as a special treat for them. The roaches are more mobile than mealworms and your quail will have to run to catch them which they really seem to enjoy as it...
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    Quail treat planters?

    The Holistic Hen blog wrote about some of the benefits of watercress for quail, so we're trying to grow some starts in our indoor garden right now. Whether my picky quail will eat them is another story lol..
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    This chicken is not dead

    "normal" is a very loose concept for her 😂😂😂
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    This chicken is not dead

    This one actually scared me quite a bit.. 😅 turns out she was just really tired and enjoying the sand, but it does kinda look like I just walked in on a crime scene and here's Dixie the diva resting a bit more normally
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    Quail diaper size?

    Looks like some people have tried it.. the quail don't look thrilled about it though 😄 Found that in a tiktok.. they mentioned they were wearing flypers from FanzyPantsShop on Etsy (size medium and small). They look like they have some room for the poo to go so it's not pressed up against...
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    Greetings from a quail owner in the PNW

    Ours are in the corner of our livingroom, which is sort of connected to our kitchen and dining room (which we use as an office for me and my husband). So we can usually always see the quail pen when we're working, and we're often over to check on the birds/say hi/clean up. This has helped with...
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    Greetings from a quail owner in the PNW

    Hi there Romea! Currently I just have three hens (I posted a picture in another thread of some hens we had before that passed away last year). Before we got our new hens we decided we wanted to build a better enclosure for them that would have more space and be easier for us to clean. We...
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    Greetings from a quail owner in the PNW

    Thank you! Now that we've had them for a bit longer, I think I'm starting to see an improvement in the two that were lethargic. I think they're going to be okay! 🤞 Right?! I was just looking at all the gorgeous color morphs on Thieving Otter's site and it was hard to say no to more birds. 😁...
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    Ended Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

    Entry #1 My absolute favorite picture of my two old coturnix quail, Chunk and Beepo
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    Bumblefoot or something else?

    ah, that would certainly explain some things.. didn't have anything *too* concerning this week but we did have some interesting colors and oddly large poops. Things seem to be settling down now, though with all the issues we saw at the farm I think a worming will probably be a good idea to do...
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    Bumblefoot or something else?

    Ah shoot, we've had them for about four days and switched them over to our feed straight off. Do you think there's any point mixing it now? and yeah, they were on wire cages at the farm. We're gonna try to soak her feet in some epsom salt water and see if we can find a scab. I was looking at...
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    Bumblefoot or something else?

    Hi Shadrach and Nabiki, thanks so much for your replies. I will take a look and see what I can learn about gout. Unfortunately I don't know how old she is, I do know that she's already laying and I would be very surprised if she's over a year in age. One thing that I do want to mention is...
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