Hi all, my sweet blue button quail managed to escape his cage and walk into a rat trap this evening. When I found him his foot was nearly fully severed, hanging by a tendon. Seeing as the bone was fully severed, I felt I could either amputate or cull now. This guy is an absolutely stunning wild...
Hi all,
I have a clutch of eight 4-day old button quail chicks. They are in a brooder and have their mom with them.
Today I was cleaning their brooder and noticed 2 types of concerning droppings:
1) dark poops
2) diarrhea
I'm very worried about any disease spreading with these babies, as they...
Hi there!
I have 7 button quail who are overall doing quite well (as far as I know!). Eating + drinking nicely, laying good eggs - some are even broody!, and I clean their enclosure at least once a week. Their feathers have looked very dingy recently, and I'm not sure if it's a reflection on...
Hi there! I'm veeeery new to this and just got my first flock of buttons- have done a bunch of research but constantly afraid of messing up for these little guys. I recently got my small flock of 6 buttons, still figuring out the sex of a few of them - particularly two identical white ones I...