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    Introducing a lone quail to an exisiting group.

    Hello. I have a group of three quails aged between 8 and 5 months old, one male and two females. They are all unrelated and were grouped together when they became old enough to sex. I've been very unlucky with my hatches, I have for the third time now only had one chick hatch. (Eggs were...
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    Limping quail with swollen leg.

    Hello, My quail was looking quiet yesterday but I'm pretty sure she was walking without any issues. Today she was limping and so I picked her up and checked her over. The leg she limps on is very swollen and red where the tibia is. There's a puncture mark too. Is this likely an infection...
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    What colour/markings are these quail chicks?

    (Same chick in both pics above, older in the right photo) (Same chick in both pics above, older in the right photo) They are from celadon blue eggs, I am new to keeping quail so the different colours and markings are also new to me. The seller said he had a 'mixture of tuxedos in silver...
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    Should I incubate shipped quail eggs upright or flat?

    Hello, I had an unsuccessful hatch with some shipped quail eggs inside an automatic turning r-com mini. Two were dead in the egg, one looked fully developed but small and the other looked fully developed and ready to hatch which was sad. I've read that it's common for shipped eggs to die during...
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    Shipped quail egg looks unusual...

    Hello, I received some quail hatching eggs in the post and I have most look OK with all the air cells attached. However, one appears light at the pointy end of the egg. I have attached photos, any ideas what this is? The air cell at the large end looks normal. I also have a couple with...
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    Quail pipped 24 hours ago...

    Hello, I have one quail currently hatching in my incubator.. (Only one out of six eggs were fertile). Last night at 10 pm I noticed an external pip, but it was at the bottom of the egg. (The egg is lying flat on it's side and the pip was at the fat end of the egg but facing the floor), I turned...
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