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    Quail with sprained leg

    I have a male coturnix quail (who turns 3 yrs next month) sprained his right leg exactly 20 days ago. I brought him in for about a week, and it has healed enough for him to walk normally, although I did notice that he was a bit more clumsy than usual. About a week after I let him outside (he...
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    Old Hen laid shell-less egg

    Hi all, the Rhode Island Red hen, who's turning 6 later this month, laid a shell-less egg (no membrane) 2 days ago, at approx 8 pm. Definitely not a regular laying time. The next morning, her crop didn't go down, but throughout the day it did go down. She lays one egg every 2 days, and today...
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    Sick quail seeming better, then dies

    I've been wondering why my sick quails seem much better after proper care, then suddenly they die. This happened a few months ago when a one year old quail seemed lethargic so I brought her inside, and she seemed to be recovering, then suddenly she passed away. Then a few days ago, I noticed...
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    Impacted crop advice

    My 5 year old hen is back with another impacted crop, only this time it's worse than usual. She's molting, which probably changed her appetite, which made her eat a lot of long grass. :barnie I thought this would last two or three days, but it's officially a week now with impacted crop. Hasn't...
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    Air sac disease

    Hi everyone! I have a 5 and a half yr-old hen that has on and off gape worm symptoms, swollen sinuses, gout, and who knows what else. These started from the age of 3 or 4. She stopped laying when she was 3. She has all of these problems, yet she's still alive, which is quite a miracle. I give...
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    Help! Sick chicken

    My 5 yr-old RIR hen has had an impacted crop two days ago, and it has gone, but these days she's normally energetic in the morning but is tired at noon and the afternoon (she lays down a lot like she's uncomfortable), so I bring her in when she's tired. She is not normally this tired. She has...
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    Help! Impacted crop

    My 5-year-old Rhode Island Red started laying down a lot in the past two days. At first I thought it was just because she was getting old, but then I realized it was an impacted crop. She hasn't been eating a lot and is often tired. I've just moved her inside to rest. Today and the past few...
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    Sick Quail?

    So today, I gave my male Coturnix quail some dried mealworms, but he pecked at it and then ignored it. Usually he'd go crazy over them, and just two days ago he was fine. His feathers also look scraggly, but he's acting fine. I picked him up and his crop was empty. Also, when I put some more...
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    Quail sitting on unfertilized eggs

    Hi! So my quail got broody and started sitting on some eggs, but when I checked if the eggs were developing, I saw that none were. I couldn't find anyone who was selling fertile quail eggs, so she's just sitting on empty eggs. So do quails keep sitting on the eggs after 3 weeks? I don't want to...
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    How can I decorate my quail cages?

    For a while now, my male quail cages stand completely empty. I have male button quails that are neighbors with my male coturnix, and all they do all day is run alongside the cage walls and try to peck each other (thankfully the male button quails get along with each other). So now I'm trying...
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    Quail with Bumps on foot (bumblefoot?)

    Are these signs of bumblefoot? They're making the quail limp.
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    When can I candle the egg?

    My broody quail has started sitting on some eggs, but I don't know if they are fertile, so I'm just gonna let her sit on them for a few days until the "embryo" has developed enough so I can see it. When can I start candling the eggs?
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    How long do quail live for?

    Hi! I just wanted to know approximately how long my quail are going to live. I've heard 2 years and 3-7 years, but how long do they actually live for? I keep my quail in cages with lots of space, clean food and water, and sunlight daily. I don't force my female quails to lay eggs during the...
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    My Quail is limping...

    My two-year-old Coturnix quail Turtle has been limping recently... She eats and drinks well, though. Her right foot has a purple-bump, and it hurts her when I press on it. She's recently lost her quail friend, and I think the foot is getting worse. I will post a picture of it soon. Is there...
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    New Member! :)

    I'm not a big chicken-owner; just two 5-year-old Rhode Island Red Hens. And 4 quails. I've decided to join after a few months of browsing BYC, but sometimes I couldn't find the answer I needed. So I decided to join. Right now my major reason for joining is because of my 2-year-old female...
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