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I found one of my 5.5 week old Coturnix laying on its side in their cage and it looked dead. When I picked it up, it was alive but barely. I tried electrolytes and gentle warming, but it ended up dying last night. In observing them more closely, I noticed 3 other birds who just looked off -...

I have 16 celadons originally from Alchemist Farm hatching egg lines (had 17, but one hen went psycho and nearly killed 3 others, so she went to freezer camp already). I’m noticing that the most a-hole birds I have are from this line of celadons. They are mutilating each other constantly and...

6 hens, 1 roo in the same pen (16 sq ft) and have been together literally since hatch. I’ve noticed the hens have been acting weird, agitated, and just unsettled this week and just found one today with an under eye injury that happened overnight. The ONLY change for them has been another...

I have 6 hens with 1 roo, all hatched together and housed in the same pen, on the same food, same everything. They've all been laying consistently (6 eggs a day total from them), but the past week or so, I'm only getting 5 eggs a day. I'm not sure which hen is not laying (I've only ever...

I have 1 too in with 6 of my hens (they hatched together, so they’ve been around each other their whole lives). Initially, he would make his rounds and we would notice a few feathers missing from end heads on occasion. But I noticed today, one of my hens he a bald little mow hawk stripe on...

I discovered these spots on most of my 9 week old hens feet today, although two have very minor spots, and the roo has none (all 7 birds are in the same pen, on the 1/2” pvc coated hardware cloth with excursions to our quail tractor). We did have them on 1/4” pvc coated hardware cloth probably...

I have a 4 day old chick that keeps trying to groom and peck it’s own rear. I’ve checked it’s vent and there isn’t poop or anything crusted on it, but it is a little red and seems irritated compared to the other chicks (I checked a lot of feathered butts today to compare). I used a warm, wet...

I’m considering fermenting feed to better manage some additional nutritional components of my birds’ feed … but therein lies my dilemma and questions. My birds currently have free 24/7 access to feed in gravity feed feeders, but that won’t work with fermented feeds. Is it better to give them...

This little one is 6 weeks old but I’m not sure what it is (color type or gender). It is definitely a jerk to the other birds, at least 5 which are hens (1 other bird is unsexed as of yet, but is docile so far), because it won’t stop chasing two other quail in particular and has pulled feathers...

I’ve read and researched and just when I think I’ve figured out what color type of Coturnix we have, I second guess myself. These birds were hatcherys choice from SW game birds and are 5.5 weeks old. I’ve read mixed things about issues that arise from breeding certain colors/types so want to...

I day 19 of my second time hatching shipped Coturnix quail eggs and it ha seven abysmal. I adjusted minor things I think could have been better from the first incubation, and things have gotten worse somehow. Using an NR360 & additional Govee monitors. Allowed both sets of shipped eggs to sit...