I have a 6 week old Button Quail, female.
She is the size of a 3 week old chick! I know she is 6 weeks old, as i hatched her myself.
She hasn't grown since she was 3 weeks old, although she does have all her feathers. She does get tired very easily, and breathes a little heavy. But other...
I have a 2 day old button quail, who is now eating, drinking and running round like a loony. So all fit and well apart from no pooping?
I checked the bum area and no inflammation, or swollen stomach or anything, but there was a solid black/brown bit in the bum. So i gave it a bit of a squeeze...
So, i don't know if this has been done before on here, but i thought i would put up a beginners guide to hatching quail eggs, from my own experience. After first starting to hatch eggs at the beginning of this year, i found it really frustrating not being able to find everything i wanted to know...
I have a baby button quail that has splayed/spraddled legs.
I have watched all the youtube video's of how to treat this, all shown on nice BIG chicks. I've tried several times now to do the same thing on my button quail chick, but it's just proving impossible because he is so small.
I'm...
I have a baby button quail that has splayed/spraddled legs.
I have watched all the youtube video's of how to treat this, all shown on nice BIG chicks. I've tried several times now to do the same thing on my button quail chick, but it's just proving impossible because he is so small.
I'm...
Hi, i am hatchng a single coturnix quail egg, and it is now day 18.
The egg vibrated last night, (2am UK time) and from reading another thread on here i have learned that this means the chick was getting ready to pip.
The chick chirped a few times a little while later. But hasn't made any...
Hi :)
I'm brand new to BYC, and brand new to Quails and egg hatching of any kind. So, hi to everyone here :)
I'm from the UK.
I'm actually doing things the hard way, on purpose.
Over the years, we've had a few people appear in our local papers for having hatched Quails from eggs they...