Thought this might interest some people on here :)
One of my coturnix quails has gone broody and I've just put a clutch of shipped eggs under her - you can see one sticking out with red paint on it (to distinguish it from the infertile eggs that the others may lay nearby).
I've gone for nine...
One of my girls is looking a little unwell. One of her eyes looks slightly swollen and dull, the feathers on her head are rough, and she seems a bit tired and slow.
I have some oxytetracycline antibiotics which I'm administering as a first resort but just wondering if anyone can identify...
My Japanese quails have started laying again for the season (down in the southern hemisphere) so I'm starting to end up with a good number of eggs at the end of each week that I'm not always using. They're such reliable layers!
I tend to just fry up a few eggs here and there to eat, and I do...
Hi
I have four coturnix quails - two are about 9-10 months old and two are 4 weeks old now.
The two older girls are tuxedo and white, and the babies were hatched out under the tuxedo who went broody (I shipped in some fertile eggs to put under her).
The two babies are pretty happy and healthy...