Recent content by Steve618

One of my female quails is getting a real bloody head from the male jumping on her and grabbing hold of her head. Is there anything I can put on it like antiseptic? I don't want it to get infected. Thanks.

No, there were no other birds in the pen and just the female ones died. I still have 1 male and he's healthy. I wish I had an answer for this problem. Thanks for your help.

Well the molting idea went out the window as my last 2 hens died after not laying eggs for about 2 months. They were both under a year old and I had them in a pen with gravel as a base. They ate and drank like crazy so I didn't expect anything to be wrong until they started dying. Would anyone...

I'm in Az. I think you're right about the molting because I'm finding a lot of feathers in the pen. How long does that take? I changed the feed because 1 hen died trying to push out an egg that was too big. Thanks for the info.

I changed my quail feed about 6 weeks ago and I haven't had any eggs for about a month. I only have 2 hens but I'm getting no eggs. The feed I'm using is 24% protein so its not much different from the 30% I was using before. They're eating like crazy but still no eggs. Anything else I can do?

I just had an egg hatch and I don't know how to feed or water it. I know they need warm temps so I left it in the incubator. Can you help?