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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...