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Can anybody help me identify what this bird is? Thanks in advance

Since yesterday my quail has developed what I can only describe as bubbles in the corner of one of her eyes. Other than this she is very lively like herself, however maybe a little more aggressive than usual. We have been using a fan to keep them cool since yesterday so I wondered if maybe it...

We lost one of our quail about a month ago. She impressively flew over our fence and kept on flying and we didn’t see her again. Yesterday we were united with a quail somebody had found that looks a lot like the quail we had lost. Her mannerisms are very similar and her personality but her coat...

So a few weeks ago we lost 1/5 of the birds from one of our flocks. We were concerned about disease so separated another bird until we knew she was healthy (this was about 4 days). In this time the structure of the flock seemed to breakdown with a lot of fighting occurring. It has been 3 weeks...

I recently lost one of my quail to an unknown illness but prior to her death she was very skinny and we could see and feel her crop quite easily. Recently one of my other birds (who had no contact with the dead bird) has become more skinny and we can feel her crop more easily. She doesn’t seem...

We have recently noticed that one of our females has become quite skinny (you can feel her breast bone) and is puffing up a lot more than the others in the cold weather. However she will not take food if you put it in front of her. She’s behaving normally and is only about 6 months old so I’m...

A few days ago one of my females began sitting on some eggs. I’ve never had my quails become properly broody before so assumed she’d give up quickly. However, we are now on day 5/6 and she is still very determined to sit on these eggs. We’ve checked them and they are very warm and she rarely...

My sister found this on one of our males today. It’s small but sticks out between his winter coat and we don’t really have a clue what it is or how he got it? Or if it’s something to worry about? Any advice? Thanks!

I posted on here a while ago regarding this particular quail as I noticed she was losing feathers on her lower back and was concerned about mites. On inspection we found she didn’t have any mites so put it down to her being the males favourite. However it has since got worse and seems to be...

I’ve had my quail a good 6 months now and I’ve never seen anything like this. I apologise for the low photo quality but it appears to be a dark emerald green and then on the other side has spots of brown. Is this a cause for concern? I tried Googling it but literally nothing comes up. Any advice...

I own a range of quail at a range of weights but I have one quail were slightly concerned about. She’s always been very small but we thought this was normal for her. However recently we noticed that her beak is looking overgrown and she appears to be quite low on the pecking order. It’s strange...

A few months ago (July time) I went away on holiday for a week and when I returned my family informed me that they had found one of my birds dead that morning. This bird did have complications with her legs not forming properly so she always walked a bit weird but other than that she was getting...

I currently own a selection of coturnix quail in 4 separate cages but I’ve noticed a few of them are aggressive - not to eachother but to people. We had a female that really likes to bite you when you get anywhere near her and since then have hatched both a male and a female that do the same and...

Hi so I’ve had my quail for quite a few months now and all of them are doing well. However I noticed recently one of my females has feather loss on her lower back. I originally put this down to mating but now I’m not sure as she doesn’t seem to be being overly bred. In general her feathers look...

Hello, I’ve posted about this previously when the quail was only a day old and somebody said it may be a Rosetta quail. I was wondering if anybody could confirm or had a better idea now that the chick is a week old? For the most part she’s growing in silver/white ish feathers however also has a...

We had a bunch of chicks hatch yesterday and they all seemed to be doing fine however this morning we found one who was very lethargic. We tried helping it drink and eat and she took a bit from a syringe but suddenly deteriorated. Then I suddenly noticed this growth on her neck. I don’t know if...

Hi! Just had our first successful hatch and for the most part we’ve identified what colours the chicks will be however there’s one we’re struggling with. She seems to have come out with fewer feathers on her back than the rest and is appearing almost entirely yellow from the looks of things. We...

Hi I’m wondering if somebody could give me advice on this. One of my quail who usually lays every single day without fail missed a day yesterday however this morning I woke up to find she had laid her egg however it looks different than usual. I’ll attach photos below. I wondered if it may just...

Hello I wonder if somebody can help me. I am fairly new to hatching quail, this is only my second attempt. However both attempts have resulted in poor hatches. the first hatch we didn’t have a secondary temperature gauge or a humidity gauge so attributed our poor hatch (only 10% success) to...