I got some pretty bad mortality rates for my button quail, as my luck goes. Only females died....So i'm planning on getting more females. Is it okay to wait until after summer, and to get more females before spring. Basically what I'm thinking is that spring is breeding season. So if I leave...
I have a button quail that is egg bound. She has had: Olive oil applied on vent, NOT INSIDE. I do not know how to do that, and a Warm water bath 10minutes. I know it is egg bound because she is straining in the vent area. She has runny poop, and she's all fluffed up. She has been egg bound for...
He's trying to fall asleep. The other ear is filled with blood. Should I give him aspirin I've heard given chickens aspirin is ok, but not quail. Will he be able to hear out of that ear the other one is definitely gone.
A button quail escaped and hit the roof. She broke her neck and died.
My other quail are doing the Tweet-weetwetweet call for their friends. Should i put the body in the cage, if so for how long?
How do i help them?
My plans are to have 9 button quail in a 32sq ft wooden box with pine shavings and a 24sqft run. Is that enough room. Also? I have chicken in the same area/ 15-20 ft apart. Would disease be transmitted?