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    Bizzar quail chick issues

    Hello, reaching out again for your collective expertise. Just hatched some quail chicks from a new place in Texas. 24 in the incubator 12 hatched! But one by one they are dieing 😬. They look completely healthy, then flop over sideways with Ridgid legs and bend their heads backwards over their...
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    Deformed chick

    Hi all, In the middle of a 30+ egg courtenex quail hatch and the most recent little one was born with a scissor beak and one eye. Question is do we just let it live and see what happens? Or is it more humane to dispatch the just born baby? It got out of its shell all on its own and is doing...
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    Quail Murder: Episode 2

    Thank you all for your valuable advice in figuring out what was killing our quail. You were spot on: Roof rats. Since then we fortified the coop with more hardware wire, with no more in coop casualties. We also keep no food on the ground after "bedtime". Bob & Griffin will go on the 2nd floor...
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    What went wrong? Quail murders

    Hi quail friends! We have been having a tough time with our quail here in Phoenix recently. First was the heat 110+ for 2 months decimated our little flock and replacement babies- we lost probably 15 birds total. Now that is cooler we got the incubator out and hatched 9 eggs! One chick died...
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    They boys are crowing 😬

    I recently got a batch of 8 quail babies, and now it looks like I have 3-4 boys who have all started crowing. We have an HOA so quail us the only way I get backyard birds. Anyway my question: if I move these dudes to their own kennel and cover them at night, will that give me a few more hours if...
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