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Got these 2 beautiful babies earlier this week Anyone able to tell me what breed they may be. Thanks

have a flock of 6 rescue hens, since the day I bought them home they have gone into their coup. But recently 4 of the girls have started sitting on a perch in their enclosure and I am having to manually put them to bed. The coup is clean and a large size. So I was wondering if anyone could tell...

10 eggs hatched last night and 9 of them are doing great. The 10th one however cannot stand it is lying on its side unable to stand kicking about like mad. It can straighten it's head up and appears to be Still curled up . It has dried up and the others are now out in the hatchery any advice...

I had 10 eggs hatch yesterday and 9 of them are out of the incubator and running around like little hooligans however 1 is struggling to uncurl it is dried out and eyes wide open but on its side unable to stand up. Not sure what has happened any advice. I don't want to interven but don't want...

I went to check on my birds this morning and found a strange egg.. it's blue and half the size of the normal ones. Anyone have any idea why? is this normal?

Started my incubator going on July 1st last Wednesday 14 hatched. All doing well today I noticed that 1 of the eggs still in the incubator was still rocking ( I was about to empty the remaining eggs today ) on closer examination there is a hole on one side which appears to having a bit of the...

Well it's now 4.30am and I do have work in a few hours but just watched the miracle of birth and had to share. My first hatching Loving the fact that they are 2 different colours. Even though the mums were all the same colour!

Right about 3 months ago I purchased 12 young quail 10 Hens and 2 cocks, in the first week I lost one after it started walking backward, I realized it had banged its head and this had injured her so we had to cull her. Next, over a few weeks we had a couple stolen! ( actually came in to the...

Well finally my girls have started to lay I got my first egg a few days ago... was so chuffed continued to get 1 egg the next day then yesterday I got 2 eggs! Wondering how long before all 9 girls start laying on a daily basis Any ideas they are about 12 weeks old.

I really need some advice, my Roo has started sitting in the corner with his head buried in the floor I have picked him up and his eyes are bright and he has strength in his neck but as soon as I put him back down he walked to a corner and put his head into the ground. I have earlier this week...

I really need some advice, my Roo has started sitting in the corner with his head buried in the floor I have picked him up and his eyes are bright and he has strength in his neck but as soon as I put him back down he walked to a corner and put his head into the ground. I have earlier this week...

I was aware when I decided to keep quail, that I would have to accept that some would die. This morning when I went to check my girls. Today was the day it was a bit sooner than I had thought but one of my girls was laying on her side and although this is normal for quail she didn' t move as I...

Not sure if this is the right place for this post My quail have been in place now for 4 days and seem to be settling well, However I also own 2 cats and although the birds are safe in their enclosure and the cats cannot get to them, If one of the cats walk past the birds go beserk and leap in...

One of my quail got spooked earlier and flew up in their coup, I have now noticed that she has a beak bleed and her beak looks like there is a hole in it. She doesn't appear to be stressed and is eating and drinking should I be concerned or will it heal by itself? Feeling guilty as they saw...

Well, I was up with the first sparrow this morning, as needed to check on my girls to see that they were okay and had coped with their first night. They all seemed okay and Eric the larger of the 2 males seemed to be very happy with his harem and was having a bit of a busy morning..... No sign...

I am from Somerset in the UK and got my first batch of quail today, 10 females and 2 males, I am really excited that they have finally arrived, as been planning this since we moved here from Bristol. Now that we are surrounded by fields and have space I can have my dream of raising livestock...