this afternoon i found one of my button quails collapsed on the side of its cage with his head sticking straight up. he was looking a little sick the day before but i thought it was because last night was particularly cold. when i picked him up, the posture of the bird was really unnatural. His...
i have these 2 japanese quail that just wont quit fighting!
Its always the female attacking the "male" (i know the attacker is female because i had to separate them before and it laid eggs. I'm also pretty sure the other one is a male but...). The female only attacks this specific male. when i...
so i have these 2 japanese quail that i'm totally sure are male and female (breeder said they were too) but none of their eggs are ever fertile. After the hatching period is up, i always crack open my eggs expecting to see some poor dead unhatched chick inside, but there's nothing...only the...
I'm at a loss at what to do here. One of my button quail chicks has a leg that is tucked tightly near its body and is using its "knee" in place of the foot. It wasn't like that yesterday so I think it may be broken. Does anybody know how to help it heal or is there completely nothing I can do?
after about 21 days my button quail eggs start to hatch. they come out nearly featherless and for the most part can't stand up. after about a day, they go into like a "coma" and die! please can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong because this isn't going too well for me.
P.S. and also, could...