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  1. Green Bean Quail

    The girls are fighting...part two

    Hey all, small update to my quail drama. Blondie is doing great, pin feathers on the bald spot are coming nicely up (although they’ve started their molt at the same time so my little guy is rather ugly right now) and the females still watch him from the divider rather intently so I may back off...
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    Emergency-scalped male??

    Hey all, I came back from a 4-day trip where I left my flock (4 female 1 male) and when I came back my MALE, blondie, has been totally scalped! Featherless on the neck, his top of his little head is basically a MASSIVE scab. He looks like he got the shite beat out of him! They had good food and...
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    Scuffle & Injured Quail

    Hey all! It appears that Scarface and Blondie got into a tizz. Scarface is a little worse for the wear, beak got chipped and she has bloodstains arounf her beak, was pecking around fine tho and besides being a little shaky isn’t bleeding much. Blondie has a nick under his eye, more like a...
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    Calcium (do I have enough?)

    Hey all! So I got myself all in a frazzle because I read a couple threads on calcium needs for quail and now I’m rethinking my whole process..probably should stop going on the forum right before bed! Currently I have my birds on Prince Gamebird feed, which has something like like a guaranteed...
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    GREAT NEWS! New quail!

    AWESOME news guys! Up until now, I had been getting away with having two females and only one male (Cortunix) because winter slowed down the sex drive of the male, and I was sooooo nervous about the spring. But I found two females only a half hour away! Any tips for traveling with birds in tow...
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    Winterizing Quail-Question on Water

    Hey all! So my kiddos are going through molt, looking so ugly but getting all those summer feathers off and getting ready for the winter! I am converting their hutch into an outdoor winter one. We live where it can get -23F but I am keeping them in the garage to alleviate the drafts and here is...
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    Hay for Quail

    Hello all! I’m not dead! Just inactive, sorry! I recently discovered my quail go batshit for hay. I have large grass clipping piles I’ve been dumping into the hutch, and they love it. They burrow, scratch, all that. My only concern is, do I have TOO much hay? I hinting they’ll pat it down as...
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    Advice needed- Bloody Quail

    Hey all! It’s been as hot as hell here so the quail have been lethargic, I’ve been putting in daily ice packs for them. I have a few issues. One, Rosetta, who is arguably the alpha female, showed up with a bloody beak today. To be honest, it looks like she bit her tounge. I don’t want to mess...
  9. Green Bean Quail

    Saline spray for foot?

    Hey all! Pip has been limping for a few days, I’ve been busy with work so I haven’t been able to check her out yet. I’m assuming she tore a toenail because I saw some blood spots, I doubt bumble foot because I keep the cage soft and clean. I’m going to check right now, but in the meantime would...
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    Broke bleeding beak of Scarface

    So. Scarface apparently decided she was tired of scissorbeak, because I watched her peck a brick in the cage I have for sunbathing until her crooked part snapped off! There’s not a ton of bleeding, but her beak looks kinda normal now. Do scissorbeak birds “self correct” like this often? She...
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    Help-I’m losing my quail :(

    Hey all. So, due to COVID I had to leave my home and move to an apartment, and the landlord said he’s not allowing quail. Due to the circumstances, however I can keep them until August/September. On top of all that, Cashew died last night, for reasons I have no idea about but I did a quick...
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    Very Scraggly Quail-help!

    Hey guys! My quail are acting very nervous now that they are outside, but I think they are adjusting. I’m a little worried about Scarface. In the last week she has become super scraggly and dumped a TON of feathers. She looks kinda weird but none of the other birds look like her. Is this just a...
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    Tarp on hutch for a while-will less light hurt?

    So it’s been terribly rainy and windy the last few days, and as the hutch is pretty open (3 wire walls) I wanted to prevent drafts because it’s 48 but feels much colder with wind. This means the poor birds have been in pretty much darkness for the last 2 days. And as expected, egglaying has...
  14. Green Bean Quail

    Quail are Outside-tips?

    Hey all! I’ve been MIA, but I recently moved the quails outside, unfortunately Speckles died in the middle of the night, no idea why :( I may autopsy her tomorrow. But, now the remaining 5 are living in a large dog crate to access grass and dirt in the yard, and I whisk them into their...
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    Basement Quail Enrichment

    So I had to move my birds back inside, we had a snowstorm and it dropped to 28, which was far colder than I was hoping for (I haven’t acclimated them to outside yet!) in the meantime, I’ve been trying to mimic “wild” enrichment for them as much as possible. Example: instead of a feeder I “bury”...
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    Do quails “silver” as they get old?

    Hey guys! My male, Blondie is quite the dirty man since I had peat moss in the cage, he LOVES to roll around in it and has now transitioned from pearly white to grey. But a dirty quail is a happy quail I guess! Also, I noticed on his forehead and by his beak he is developing new, white feathers...
  17. Green Bean Quail

    Egg Bound or Just Laying? HELP

    Hey guys! Speckles is walking really awkwardly, low to the ground and her behind is moving like she’s about to lay. This has been going on for about five minutes since I first noticed? I am worried she’s egg bound but she doesn’t seem uncomfortable and her eyes are bright. She keeps walking for...
  18. Green Bean Quail

    The joys of lockdown...anyone else being shut in?

    Hello all! I spent three hours this morning moving six (very angry) birds and one huge hutch up and down two stories to get them into the basement. They are all set up now, and speckles even popped out an egg after being back in her hutch. Working on setting up some light sources because there...
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    Quail bedding conundrum

    Hey all! So there’s some panic over the virus officially on in my city, and apparently it extends to animal bedding? Hardly any feed left in the stores, empty shelves in all my usual spots for bedding, along with toiletries for me too being gone! I cannot find fresh shavings ANYWHERE for my...
  20. Green Bean Quail

    HELP- quail concussed/injured foot

    Hey guys my male leapt up at me when I was changing the gallon watered and SMACKED it with his head, surprised himself and landed awkwardly on his foot. Is now puffed up and limping. Will it resolve by itself? He’s laying in the shavings, none of the other birds are hurting him however. Closing...
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