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    Egg Consumption -- A couple of health and safety questions! :)

    Hello, I apologize for asking questions that have probably been asked many times before, but I appreciate any help and advice you can give me. First off, I have a small, backyard flock of Plymouth Barred Rocks who are about 1.5 years old. They are currently housed in a shaded, elevated...
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    Do Quail or Chickens have a better feed to meat ratio?

    Hello, I have read that quail have a better feed to meat value than chickens, but I would like to know if the Backyard Chickens community agrees with this before I get too invested in additional birds. I already have Texas A&M White quail and I'm trying to decide whether to increase this flock...
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    30 Button Quail--Pickup Only--Bedford Indiana

    I'm switching over to coturnix, so offered are all of my button quail for $65. This is approximately 30 birds, but I'm happy to include any extras such as chicks, hatching eggs, etc if I happen to have any at time of pickup. No cages, so please come prepared. None of the birds are tame to...
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    Anybody ever feed Kent "Wildlife Feeds"?

    Whenever we go into our small town feed store and ask for "gamebird feed" for our quail, the owner asks if we want 24% or 28%. When we reply, "28%", he sells us a 50lb bag of "Kent Wildlife Feeds" for $17. The price per pound is awesome and the quail are thriving on it. It comes in pieces...
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    Rollover Syndrome OR..."My chicks are turning somersaults!"

    Hello, I hatched 15 chicks over the weekend. On Sunday, one began sleeping on its head--like a cartoon ostrich with its head in the sand. By Monday afternoon, its head was curled under so that it was leaning against the base of the skull. By this evening, it had its head curled under sharply...
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    Has anyone contracted mites from handling quail?

    I've had a rash on my right hand and wrist ever since I started incubating a bunch of Texas A&M eggs from an eBay seller. At first, I thought it was hives or an allergic reaction (I seem to be allergic to raw poultry meat), but hydrocortizone and Benadryl didn't help. I've started wondering...
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    Hatchling has "ROLLOVER SYNDROME"

    Hello, I have 15 Button Quail chicks that hatched over the weekend. One of them started sleeping on its head yesterday, resembling a cartoon ostrich with its head in the sand. It has spent much of today straddled in a standing position, with the top of its head against the flooring...
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    Incubation Day 12--Planning for Coturnix/Button mixed hatch

    Hello, It's nearly day 12 now and I was hoping to get a bit more incubation advice. If the incubation period for Coturnix (Texas A & M white in this case) eggs is 16 to 18 days and I am supposed to stop turning at least four days before hatching, should I go ahead and stop turning now? I...
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    Candling for Beginners (Texas A & M Coturnix eggs at 7 days)

    Hello! I've been playing around with a Little Giant still air incubator for a few months now. I gave up on candling my Button Quail eggs after I realized that I didn't know what I was doing. BUT...I'm incubating my first batch of Coturnix eggs (around 50, purchased on eBay) and this is day...
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    Complication due to curled toes--should I cull?

    Hello, We had a chick hatch with two curled toes--the front inside toe on each foot. I tried splinting them without success, but it seemed to get around fine so I decided to leave the chick alone and just avoid using this one for breeding. The chick is now almost fully mature and the toes...
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    What is the best all-around feed for quail production?

    I'm new to Button Quail and have been reading about game starter, grower, breeder, laying mash, crumbles, and more terms than I can remember. The terms are a little different on the bags of feed that I'm looking at in the stores. While everyone seems to recommend game bird or turkey feed, the...
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    Loose stools -- Button Quail chicks

    Hello, My husband and I are raising a couple of Button Quail chicks that we hatched in the incubator. They are 5 and 6 days old and just getting feathers in on their wings. They have been fed ordinary chick starter exclusively since day two, ground up in the blender. This was a little bag of...
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    Button Quail Hatchling -- Please Help!

    Hello, I found a baby in our incubator today and, despite my earlier research, I'm panicking. We would very much appreciate any advice because we want the little guy to survive and be healthy. Here's the whole story: We bought a mated pair of button quail at our local pet shop about three...
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