Last couple days my quail chicks have been hatching. This morning when I awoke, one chick, I noticed, it's foot was huge and swollen. Looking further part of the umbilical cord had wrapped around, dried, and shrunk around the ankle. The foot was purple and swollen about twice the size of the...
I have 5 coturnix quail hens and 1 rooster. They have all been raised together and are about 8 weeks old. Earlier this week, one hen had been scalped badly removing the feathers and skin. I removed her and she is recovering and doing well. Today however this morning I found 2 hens blinded in one...
I have a small flock of coturnix quail, they are about 5 weeks old, 9 in total. Yesterday they seemed well, healthy, no problems. This morning however one is lethargic, when it trys to run it falls on its side and just kicks. If I pick it up it begins to fall asleep. I removed it from the flock...
I have 11 snowie coturnix quail about 2 1/2 weeks old. I'm about to move them to there hutch outside. The hutch is less than 6" off the ground, with a ramp into a enclosed run. So to get inside the hutch they have to go up this small ramp. Inside the hutch is there food and water. My plan is to...
I've hatched ducks and chickens out of my incubator and have never had any problems. Recently I bought some coturnix quail eggs from a local farmer. Put them in my incubator right temp and humidity. I was told day 17 expect them to hatch. My incubator this round has malfunctioned wildly, it...