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    Quail chick with a wry neck? - Advice needed

    Hello! We have a chick that hatched yesterday. It took a long time after its first pip to finally unzip itself. We found its neck was bent over as though it was still in its shell :( We've not seen anything like it before! It tried very hard to stand and walk but it kept tumbling over itself...
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    5 day old chick with heavy droopy wings

    We just hatched our first batch of quail chicks about 6-5 days ago and just noticed that 1 of them who is the youngest of the batch is having very heavy/droopy wings and is propping itself up by letting the wings hold it steady. So it's not moving around a lot. We noticed that if we carried it...
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    Low-tech Incubator

    Does anyone know how to assemble a low-tech incubator? This is for a homestead quail farm in a village in Myanmar where there isn't always a ready source of electricity. We're looking at a capacity of 80 to 100 quails. There are 3 seasons in Myanmar: Cold & Dry (Nov-Feb): 20-24deg celsius...
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    Hello from Singapore!

    Hi, my husband and I are involved in community projects in Myanmar. We are currently exploring homestead quail farming and learning a lot from this forum. We find ourselves fascinated with quails ever since we were given a pair of Coturnix chicks. We have with us also, a dog and 2 cats and lots...
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    Quail chick is squawking!

    Hi, I'm fairly new to raising quails. I have 2 chicks and one has started to squawk every now and then at 10 days old. It seems like it's sneezing or having the hiccups. I hear it squawk every time it shakes its head. It's been a few days now. Is this normal??
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