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    Bobwhite Quail chicks mysteriously ailing.

    Hi. Three months ago I hatched ten Bobwhite quail. They were in a batch of eggs being brooded by a hen who suddenly abandoned them, so I put them in an incubator afterwards. All seemed healthy except for one chick who was born last with badly splayed legs, who weakened and died within two weeks...
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    Slow egg development/late hatching?

    I've had a few guinea fowl eggs underneath a Silkie chicken for a few weeks now. It's approaching day 28-29 or so of them being brooded, and she's still sitting on them. However, she seems to nudge them to the edges of her feathers every so often, so they're not as hot as they could be. Normally...
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    SGDS? - Sudden Guinea Death Syndrome

    So I've been keeping guinea fowl for about three years now. Their run is just outside my window, and thirty minutes ago I heard a violent staccato thrashing sound from it. Ran out and opened the door to their hutch, and there's a dead hen there. Less than two years old, perfectly healthy and...
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    Advice for golden pheasant care?

    Hi, so something strange happened to my family a week ago. Some friends of ours randomly found a golden pheasant wandering out on the road they use for their daily commute. They initially shoo'd him off and went to work, but he was back on the road when they returned. Acted relatively tame, not...
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    Bumblefoot in Quail (Includes images)

    I have a quail that has recently developed a case of bumblefoot. Following some guides I saw online, I gave it a bath in Epsom salts and removed the plug, then cleaned the interior extensively with antiseptic liquid and antibacterial soap. Since then the swelling has not decreased, but the...
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    3-day-old Guinea Fowl Chicks with Eye Problems, need help!

    Hey guys. I have an issue. I have two guinea fowl chicks at the moment who've been incubated by a chicken. They hatched fine, and the first two days have been great. But just now I looked at them, and both have a yellow discharge around the eyes. They seem relatively okay otherwise, eating and...
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    Strange laying behavior in Bob White quail, need advice.

    Hi. I've got a pet Bob White quail that I keep indoors, and recently she's been acting a bit strange. For the last month and a half, I've noticed that she often spends time in a somewhat fluffed-up stance with a down-pointed tail. Her feces can also be quite liquid and smelly, especially in the...
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    Lonely female Bobwhite - can I mate her with other breeds of Quail?

    As the title states, I've got a lone female Bobwhite quail whose mate abandoned her for another female. She can't go back with the others, and I'm keeping her as a pet, but she's clearly desperate for another partner. I barely have to put my hand near her and she goes into a mating position, and...
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    Uncontrollably violent birds? (Bobwhite Quail)

    For a year now I've been keeping Bobwhite quail in a roughly 6x6 outside enclosure. 5 pairs have been living together quite comfortably. But all of a sudden and with no warning whatsoever, they've started fighting. Two mornings ago, one male became the victim of all the others; chased...
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    Need help - Quail homewrecker! (Bobwhite Quail)

    So I have two pet bobwhite quail that I keep indoors. I also have a flock outside. They are all gender balanced - 5 pairs in a large run together, 2 pairs separately. Originally I had a number of 'spare' females that I found mates for, until there were only two alone together. I found a mate for...
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    Can you mix Bob Whites with Conturnix?

    Title is self-explanatory. I have a 'spare' Bob White hen that has been rejected by all the other birds. There are no males to pair her up with, and my only option is to keep her by herself. But a friend of mine keeps Conturnix, and I was wondering if I could give them my spare female. I have no...
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    Inexplicably dead bird.

    So I have a bunch of Bob White Quail that I keep in a large outdoor run. They appear perfectly healthy, and produce eggs at a frankly prodigious rate. However, today, one of them (a hen) was dead in the run. Right in the middle of the run, next to a perch, and it looks a lot like she just keeled...
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    Quail nasal bleeding/sneezing issues.

    Hi. I have a pair of pet bobwhites. In the last month, the male started developing some kind of respiratory condition that I've been attempting to treat, without real success. He is still active and healthy in all respects, but he sneezes on a fairly regular basis, wheezes occasionally and gapes...
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    Bizarre health issues with my Bob White quail.

    Hi. I'm a long-term owner of chickens and guinea fowl. Recently I decided to add some Bob White quail to my collection. To cut a long story short, there were a pair of birds that got singled out for bullying by the others, starting at just a month or two old. I rescued them and made them...
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