Recent content by SummerQuails

I took some more and this is the clearest one, it’s hard because she’s so small and definitely my flightiest bird

I have a female king quail who today I noticed was being picked in by her male. He’s always been super sweet so I don’t know what got into him, but she’s a bit roughed up. While I was checking her out, I noticed both her eyes seem to be a bit strange, it almost looks like the top eyelid has been...

I dont think the roosters are treating her badly, she just doesn’t like them. If i cant get her to get along with males, do you think a ‘sorority’ enclosure with a few other female would benefit her? At least then she wouldnt be on her own. I couldnt find any resources about whether female quail...

To answer your questions about timing and methods, when i first bought her she was quarantined for about 1.5 weeks. I then introduced her to a male by placing them in two adjacent enclosures so that they could see eachother, but either one could walk away if they felt uncomfortable. After a...

thanks for your response ☺️ The quail is kept indoors, so temperature and lighting arent the issue, as the other females are paying just fine. She was on the same feed as everyone else but due to worries about her lack of eggs, I switched her to a higher protein feed and gave her extra calcium...

I have a female (im pretty sure) king quail who is well beyond the age they begin laying, but she has never laid an egg. She was fully feathered when i got her (just over 10 weeks ago) so she is an adult, and I’m like 95% sure she’s female. She’s a silver king quail, she has no bib and has the...

Update: the quail is doing a lot better, thank you to everyone for your help. The dried blood on her ear started to crumble away and it turns out that the feathers which are supposed to cover her ears hadnt come out (like i had previously assumed) but were hidden inside the scab. The scab had...

Yeah, she is in a cage with bars. Its around 13” but its the only spare cage i have at the moment as my only other is being used for a different new quail from a different breeder (I figured I probably shouldn’t quarantine them together). I think she got the cut on her head from boinking against...

Yeah, she’s completely alone. She has some branches in the corner of her quarantine cage to make it look a little more natural, so i think if she scratched her ear, it is likely it was on one of those. Thank you for your reply 🙏☺️

Thank you for replying 🙏 I havent been able to look inside her ear for other signs of infection, as the black ‘scab’ covers the whole ear. Ive considered picking it off but im worried it will hurt her and will do more harm than good. I also haven’t noticed any signs of a respiratory infection -...

Edit: a friend mentioned that sunken eyes could also indicate dehydration, and come to think of it i dont remember seeing her actually drink, but surely she could not survive a full week without doing so. She had constant access to fresh water. Regardless, it would explain why i didn’t notice...

I bought a female king quail around one week ago and i placed her in a quarantine pen to let her settle before I gave her a full check over. I noticed that one of her ears has since turned black/dark red and lost the feathers that cover it. When she first came home, her ear looked perfectly...

A friend suggested it could have been Mareks disease, but its been almost a month and none of my other quails have had any symptoms, plus she didn’t have any skin lesions or eye problems. Its really contagious, so I’d think that at least one other quail would be showing symptoms, but they seem fine

Yeah, she seemed like she was acting normal. But she passed away about 10 mins ago... thank you for replying though

Update: nevermind guys. I checked back on her and she she was struggling to breathe. She died about 10 mins ago...