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Kevin has been sunbathing for an hour now 😃

My king quail hen had this. She fell over and walked like she was drunk, turns out she was laying a shell-less egg. She even fainted... Unfortunately there are no avian veterinarians in my area, so it is fully my responsibility to take care of them best I can. So I increased the magnesium and...

Turns out the white one is indeed a male! I'll get two more females to accompany him in the next two weeks. Thanks for sharing the advice and the link!

Recently, one of my button quail's behavior changed a lot. This had me very confused and I honestly don't know what to do, I need some help. In the beginning of January I bought two button quails from a local pet store, according to the employee they are both females. One is white and the other...

Update: Her toe has healed :-)

I managed to take some pictures of their vent as well.

I don't think that they're males, since I have seen some male quails in the pet store and they call very different than my quail. I have even searched the difference between male and female noises online. My quails sound like this: They usually call like that if they're separated. I also have...

Thank you for your message. Is there any way I can treat her to reduce the infection?

I'm on a highway to quail! I drew a new AD/DC album cover digitally. Good quail-ity!

A beginner quail-keeper here... I have just noticed a weird bump on my female button quail's toe. She is walking fine, but I know that they're prey animals, therefore good at hiding weaknesses. It is a bit swollen and she keeps her toe slightly titled compared to the other toes. I have no idea...

Update: I have checked and they both have an 'O' vent, still sexually immature. Thanks again for your good description, I will note this down. This is very helpful!

Hi thank you for your message. This helps a lot. I tried taking some pictures, but I failed unfortunately. They don't like to lay on their backs for long and I felt like I was causing a bit of stress so I let them rest. Also, their feathers have fully grown back, although it looks like they have...

Three weeks ago I bought my first button quails, both females. They had bald spots in the store, but luckily the feathers grew back in a week. I was wondering how old they were and whether they were mature or not, since I am really looking forward to eggs. I made some mugshots of the birds...