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  1. SeptemberQuail

    Lethargic hen, not eating or moving, advice please?

    Hello! My hen, Cookie has fallen ill- I believe its only started yesterday as during the beginning of the week she seemed normal and was eating properly. Yesterday I found her just standing inside the coop, refusing to move, and ate very little. I convinced her to eat some scrambled eggs and...
  2. SeptemberQuail

    What gender is my cockatiel?!

    Hi all! I've had Luna since early June 2015 and had been told that Luna was a female. Supposedly she was about 6 months old or something. We originally bought her as a friend for our tame male cockatiel, Milo, but unfortunately he flew away during that same month. On her own, Luna began singing...
  3. SeptemberQuail

    Bumblefoot?? (PICTURES)

    Hi all, My hen, Cookie, has a faint limp when she walks, and my parents noticed how swollen the bottom of her foot looked, compared to the other foot. She has a small black scab on the bottom of that foot. Sorry about the vague details; it was already dark when we found out so I'll try and get...
  4. SeptemberQuail

    Lump/Mass on back near tail-feather?

    Yesterday I took the quail's out of their cage to free range, and when picking up one of my hen's, I felt a mass on her back. Further inspection, I found a pretty large bump on her back near her tail-feathers. I'm not sure how big it is, but its definitely bigger than an average quail egg. It...
  5. SeptemberQuail

    How to deal with Australian magpies swooping chickens?

    My chicken Cookie has been living on her own for quite some time and has developed an irrational fear of magpies. Just the sight of one, even when its far away, would cause poor Cookie to go sprinting back to the coop like some racing car (just watching her turn sharp corners. woah shes swift)...
  6. SeptemberQuail

    Introducing a chicken to a chicken and when to do so?

    Hi all, Last year we were given a sweet little hen (ISA brown) who's been doing very well on her own so far. I'm presuming she enjoys human company (as every time someone hangs up the laundry, she'll always come by and linger around, as well as even come to our back door and stand on the...
  7. SeptemberQuail

    How to introduce a cockatiel to new foods?

    Basically what the title says: I got my cockatiel when he was around 6 months old from a family friend. She told me that he loves millet and bok choy (which he clearly does), but I want to introduce him to new foods since its obviously beneficial for him to have a diverse variety of fruit and...
  8. SeptemberQuail

    Need advice on care needs of a cockatiel!

    Hi all. A family friend is giving me a 4 month old, male cockatiel who was raised by its mother. This is my very first time owning a caged bird so I would appreciate any advice that can be given! I did research yesterday and just need to ask a few questions. Basically, I have a bird cage...
  9. SeptemberQuail

    Chick born healthy but growing weaker?

    As I've posted earlier, after the third time being broody, my coturnix quail, Buttons, finally hatched out chicks, and is still going strong with 10 eggs left, still in her clutch. Basically, Valentine, the first chick, was born super healthy. When she was first in the brooder, she was running...
  10. SeptemberQuail

    Broody Japense quail hatched out a chick! Finally!

    I'm terribly excited and really happy! Buttons has been broody three times, the first two times she gave up/had to be stopped, but... Third time lucky! LONG STORY A few weeks ago, Buttons, once again, displayed her broody behaviour, in which she would behave aggressively towards the male and...
  11. SeptemberQuail

    "Sick" Quail? - Feather loss since October

    Hey, I've made a post about this back in October about her but no one replied to it, and since then my little hen Willow hasn't gotten any better. Long story short: Willow started to lose a few feathers on her wings, and chest in October, but she wasn't scalped by the male, as the other hens...
  12. SeptemberQuail

    What breed is my neighbor's chicken?

    It's flown over to our side of the fence at least 5 times this week, and it only started this week as well. The chicken is small, very noisy, and very skittish. I don't know how many they have, but they have more than one, and I'm not sure if it's the same one that keeps flying over to our side...
  13. SeptemberQuail

    Hen losing feathers again? (Breeding season)

    Its been a month into breeding season, and I have this one hen who's feather's look like she's going through molt again, her head is missing one or two small feathers and even her one of her wing's flight feathers are shorter (the top end seemed to be snapped off). I saw the male try to mount...
  14. SeptemberQuail

    Can quail eat flavoured yoghurt?

    My quail love trying new foods, and because I've heard of plain yoghurt being good for their health for digestion, I'm wondering if its alright if they can eat flavoured yoghurt(?), because that's the only yoghurt I have. I know plain yoghurt is good for chickens, but unsure about flavoured, and...
  15. SeptemberQuail

    Sudden aggression between the girls?

    Breeding season has just started. The male's producing his manly stuff and crowing now, but now there's tension between the girls. They're coturnix quail, ratio one male to four females. I don't think space is an issue. My biggest one, Pepper II, always pecks at my smallest, Egglantine every...
  16. SeptemberQuail

    Quail still laying winter? (How to stop them?!)

    When I first got quail, I was having trouble getting them to lay eggs, and now they won't stop! These guys are egg machines. My quail are around 9 months old now and it's nearing the end of winter, so the day is obviously shorter. I let them out at around 8 am and let them in to sleep at...
  17. SeptemberQuail

    Quail gone broody for a second time - can I break her off? (Will she be broody again later?)

    My now 6 month old quail Egglantine, who I've hatched out from an incubator, went broody at the beginning of the year. She was determined, but we had to break her off because she was getting aggressive towards the other females (and she was living outside) so we moved her, and now lives with her...
  18. SeptemberQuail

    Removing poop off quail feet?

    My 4 month old quail are getting poop stuck on their feet, like dried clumps on their toes. Around two or three of my hens have these balls on their feet which we tried dipping their feet in warm water and it wouldn't come off. They hated it anyway... We ended up with two pulled nails on two...
  19. SeptemberQuail

    No tail feathers (vent is revealed partially)?

    I have a roo, he's about a year old now. Around a month ago I noticed his vent was visible when he was walking around, then I only just realized that he was missing a few feathers on his behind. I never noticed until that time, and now he's separated because of that, and also that he's...
  20. SeptemberQuail

    Coturnix Quail became broody!

    YAYYYYY! Bit of a story; She was seeming a little aggressive at the beginning of the week, pecking at the other females and even the male (though he wasn't bothered by it), then three days ago, she seemed to fiddle around inside the nesting area, rolling the eggs around and so on, she laid...
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