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  1. Sister Mary Michael

    Temporary pens for raising meat birds in

    My pen out of cattle panels and bird netting. Chicken wire on the ends. I live in Montana, 20 miles from WY border and have valley quail.
  2. Sister Mary Michael

    New Member with urgent question

    Pretty normal. We hatched one chick last year, a Valley quail, and so far your adventures are going along the same lines. I had put fuzzy material in a dixie cup where he snuggled in at night. We kept upgrading until it was a large cottage cheese container. All had the bottoms cut out so they...
  3. Sister Mary Michael

    i have a quail that blew up like a balloon *PIC*

    Well, I still have to deflate the chick every now and then. I've been giving it VetRx for birds respiratory problems, but have no antibiotic to fight the bacteria. Once the pressure is off it's skin, it seems OK; eats, drinks, runs around, but I don't think either of us can take the poking much...
  4. Sister Mary Michael

    spraddle leg in quail chicks

    Thanks for the input. I put a layer of paper towel in the shot glass and then rubber banded a piece of light screen over it. It has been there all day, but when I take it out, after a while it does the leg thing again. I'll leave it over night and see what happens. Meanwhile, the one that is...
  5. Sister Mary Michael

    spraddle leg in quail chicks

    Now one chick has splay leg, I think. They don't go to the side, but out to the front and it will go into a spasm like it's beating a drum. I tried taping it; fail. Just kept falling over. It jumps out of the shot glass so I used an ice cream sunday glass but can jump from there too. Failed at...
  6. Sister Mary Michael

    i have a quail that blew up like a balloon *PIC*

    Well, little "Air-born" is still with us; I just had to relieve more air build up in the abdomen area, but it is sleeping, eating and drinking. I read there are 4 under-skin air sacs in birds?!!? Seems all may be affected though the neck area isn't big this time. The skin is dry and papery...
  7. Sister Mary Michael

    i have a quail that blew up like a balloon *PIC*

    I had two chicks hatch yesterday. I left them in the incubator, waiting for more eggs to hatch, but they got on the sponge, were very wet again and panting, so I put them in the brooder/aquarium to dry and warm. One blew up like a balloon! his neck, belly were both distended and it would stretch...
  8. Sister Mary Michael

    How do you northern people keep outdoor quail?

    I'm in Montana where we had -35 this winter. My guys live in a hoop house I made from cattle panels covered in chicken wire. They love to fly up to the perches I put in there. I have an old 12"x 12"x 24" three sided box in there that I put a heated dog water dish full of dry sand. They are out...
  9. Sister Mary Michael

    Valley quail eggs

    Thanks, I'll see what they have.
  10. Sister Mary Michael

    Valley quail eggs

    I'm looking for some fertile valley quail eggs to hatch. I need new blood lines. Any body have some laying yet? I live in MT, so need to be careful on shipping; still getting a bit cold here.
  11. Sister Mary Michael

    Gambels quail

    Can I mix my Valleys' too? I have 3 males and one female. ( need eggs to hatch out some more girls) Last time I mixed, the dominant male beat the pee-wadding out of the other one. Barely pulled him thru...
  12. Sister Mary Michael

    Aviary For Quail

    I built one for my valleys' out of three cattle panels, some 2x6's, chicken wire and netting. I am having trouble with one pair picking on a single male, so they have ti=his one all to themselves for now!
  13. Sister Mary Michael

    Needing two Valley quail hens.

    Yes; just wanted to get them someone to snuggle with this winter. It's cold in Montana.
  14. Sister Mary Michael

    Needing two Valley quail hens.

    Yes, they could wait through the winter, but with my hatch record, the ones that DO hatch would be males too!
  15. Sister Mary Michael

    Needing two Valley quail hens.

    Still looking for a couple female Valley Quail in Montana. Just chased a small hawk off my cage! Drooling over Kevin and Little John.
  16. Sister Mary Michael

    Needing two Valley quail hens.

    Sorry; I forgot to mention I am in Montana. Hijacking;ok. That's how we find things sometimes!
  17. Sister Mary Michael

    Needing two Valley quail hens.

    I had two pair of Valleys and one hen was killed by a cat. I tried two hatches and only got one chick, hoping it was female but no luck. kevin is now a spoiled pet and Little John is still calling for a mate. Any one out there have some females? Little John is two, and Kevin is 7 months. Can I...
  18. Sister Mary Michael

    Post pictures of your quail here!

    Here is Kevin, our only hatchling this year. Yes, he is spoiled!
  19. Sister Mary Michael

    runny poo in pet quail

    We tried a hatch and only one Vally chick survived. She is now 4 weeks old and was in great health but now has yellowish liquid poo. She still eats and drinks, loves to go outside and eat the grass and bugs. Put her under a heat lamp and apple cider vinegar in the water, but still liquid stools...
  20. Sister Mary Michael

    Wrapped chicks.

    Checked on my hen this morning and found three dead, shrink wrapped chicks! Shell was completely off, but membrane had dried around their little bodies. Never had this before with hen brooded chicks. Water tested the rest of the eggs and they seem viable. Any reasons why they would do this under...
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