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    Huh? Is he normal?

    Who said quail are skittish? This gorgeous boy is forever flapping onto my shoulder. He's so soft and warm 😍. He stays put for ages when he's on my shoulder. Quail are amazing birds.
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    Plush Quail where to buy

    Although my babies haven't been sexed yet I suspect we have a lot of male birds. I mentioned the problems that come with having too many boys with the hens to the kids but they aren't keen on culling. I shouldn't have let the kids name them, apparently it would be easier to cull unnamed birds...
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    Deformed feet in incubator!!

    Help me please BYC!! I'm new to quail-keeping. We're on day 17. One gorgeous little Coturnix bird hatched 12 hrs ago. The chick has clear eyes and a nice looking beak. It's feet however are very curled. I haven't been able to get a picture of the deformation but it looks bad. What do I do...
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    Update on hatchlings

    My babies are now just over 3 weeks. They are all mostly feathered and getting quite big. I think out of the 7, 2 are female (they both have pink beaks and spots on their chests) They tend to stuck together. The other 5 have a non patterned bib and are always exploring. I decided to...
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    One week update

    I'm new to quail-keeping. My family had our first hatch a week ago. Since then 6 others have hatched. We have 5 golden birds and 2 brown beauties with gold markings around their heads. I'm not very good at maths. Using chicken maths if we have 7 actual birds how many do we have using chicken...
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    Why oh why?

    Hello BYCers. As some of you know I joined after my first quail chick hatched last week. Since then we got a total of 7 chicks from 14 eggs. A little bit of background. I bought 8 eggs from one seller and 6 from another. Both batches were sent via the post with no delay or extreme temps along...
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    Hello from NE Scotland

    Hello fellow bird keepers! I'm really happy to be joining you all on our bird raising adventures!! I'm Juel, a maturnal nature-lover from the north-east of Scotland. My ma has kept chooks for 20-odd years. I've chicken-sat a few times over the years. Recently I acquired 14 quail eggs. 13...
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