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    Quail laid a mondo egg!

    Got us a GIGANTIC coturnix quail egg today. I'm pretty sure this came from one of my older girls who is still only like 6 months. Left to right, the first egg is from our aptly named hen Tiny. So: Tiny - 8 grams Average egg: 11 grams Jumbo egg: 14 grams The Behemoth: 22 grams We've had one...
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    Ideas for ways and places to move and sell quail eggs

    I live in Washington state, USA and have more quail eggs than I need. I wanna share with you some ideas I had for moving them and the the local regulations, and hopefully y'all with think of other places to send eggs I hadn't considered! First, the rules. As of writing summer 2022, it is...
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    Worried my quail may be egg bound

    Edit: resolved, seems okay, photos below. TL;DR big quail lays big weak eggs. Didn't lay yesterday but had one in the chamber. Today the egg is bigger, but still very weak and still inside. I have a quail who is a hefty girl, easily 20% larger than the rest, and she lays some hefty eggs, but...
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    Bird Brain Plasticity! Neat!

    Alright, mixed story I wanna share, and pictures later if nothing goes terribly wrong. A couple nights ago, our chicks that hatched last Saturday had an accident in their brooder. One of the Italians tried to get on top of the brooder plate by squishing between it and the back wall, but he got...
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    An ID-10-T error in incubation? Apparently-developed chicks never making it out of their eggs.

    So our second round of quail chicks has largely hatched, and we seem to have found the same problem this time as last. Our incubator runs at 100.5 degrees and for hatching we get humidity up to around 78% and it drops to around 69 by the time they're done. We dry incubated both times until...
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    A Curious Case of Cracked Quail Egg - Anecdote, Not Emergency

    So we've got a couple young coturnix hens in for foot care after a male got nasty with their toes. All three of the overnight patients need some more tender and painful care and are currently laying, so for the main cleanup we did it in the evening after they'd all laid. Don't need to crack a...
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    Coturnix quail foot growths, but not bumblefoot?

    Had a really hard time getting this to focus, so you'll have to believe me. Coturnix quail, large ground pen (15 birds, 80 sq feet) hens around 10 weeks old. Pen has hardware cloth buried to deter weasels, but other than the edges where it connects to the HC walls, it's under about 4 inches of...
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    Name's ArcticCuddlefish

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've got quail :D Chickens are on the list down the line, but quail first. (2) How many quail do you have right now? I've got 3 roosters and 13 hens, though one rooster is on his way out for hyper aggression. (3) What breeds do you...
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    Quail with bumblefoot and dislocated toe

    I wasn't able to find anything that quite addressed my problem, so new thread. I'll post pictures tomorrow when I check on her again to see how she's doing. TL;DR: I have a young adult quail with a dislocated toe and mild bumblefoot on the mend. Am I gonna pull this poor baby's toe off putting...
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