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Coturnix Chicks Dieing. Chill? Virus? Runts just giving way to nature?
Hi there, I'm sure you've already considered these points as it sounds like you've really done your homework, but just in case, there were two things that popped out at me. First of all, were the runts hatching out of normal sized eggs? I've inadvertently set one or two eggs that were really a... -
Shell-less......!?!
It's pretty common when they first start to lay. Give them a bit of oyster grit or similar each day and it should go away fairly soon :) I even occasionally have an adult established layer give a shellless egg or two while all the other girls in her cage are laying fine and have plenty of... -
Egg color
Hiya, I get white eggs on occasion. As a previous poster has said, sometimes the quail use up all their pigment and so you'll get a white, blue or green egg. I've found it happens sometimes when a bird has been stressed but can also happen to my normal birds though I've found some do it more... -
the smallest quail egg I have ever seen.......
I get them all the time from my young females just starting to lay. I never incubate them as even if they were fertile (which I doubt they would be) the chick wouldn't survive incubation. I often get tiny eggs in a dark mushroomy/button quail colour which start getting bigger and lighter as the... -
Are bobwhites normaly this shy?
I considered getting Calis from the same guy who sold me the bobs. I'd heard Calis were more flighty than bobs, and now looking at my bobs I am quite relieved because you can't get too much more flighty than these guys! -
Are bobwhites normaly this shy?
Oh you'd be so welcome to one of my young boys, as they are all together in a bachelor cage and serenading me at every possible opportunity :) -
Are bobwhites normaly this shy?
I haven't had any eggs but it's just coming up to spring for us so I imagine as the days get longer they will start to lay. I'll incubate the first batch to make sure they are fertile and then advertise them for sale. I don't even get to eat any coturnix eggs any more as I have such a high... -
Are bobwhites normaly this shy?
Perhaps a very little - I find if I purr at them then the males will puff up and come forwards to have a cautious look at me - but as far as my hands in the cage, they act like I'm about to eat them whole. I just know I am going to lose them at some point. Wondering if I should sell them on... -
Are bobwhites normaly this shy?
I'm interested in the replies to this because I got two pairs of bobs a fortnight ago and they are the same. They go crazy if I try to remove them from the cage and flutter around like mad, whereas my coturnix are easy to catch and calm down quickly when held. I assumed I just had very... -
My lucky find - ruffled/frizzle Coturnix quail!
It did cross my mind that perhaps they had something funky going on from the neglect, but I had a good look at the feathers all over them and I genuinely don't think it's that. The patterns of curled feathers are the same in each bird (strip down middle of the back), while on the rest of the... -
My lucky find - ruffled/frizzle Coturnix quail!
More photos, very hard to get a good shot of the way the feathers stand up. The golden male is just awesome. The feathers are sort of twisted on his back so they look like he's just had his hair ruffled by a grandma. He has lovely rich red spots on his wings, and his head is sort of roaned... -
My lucky find - ruffled/frizzle Coturnix quail!
Yesterday I was lucky enough to stumble onto these guys and I am really pleased. All three have "ruffled" feathers down the middle of their backs (they are not moulting at the moment). The golden male has the best ruffles. It's not quite a fluffy as a frizzle chicken and it's only on their... -
Are these birds Quail ? If so what kind and where do I get them?
The birds you saw look like Chinese quail. Of the two pictures you got off the net, the second one is a chinese and I don't know that the first one is (but it's very pretty!). B -
New Quail Keeper
Hi there, welcome to another Kiwi :) I'm up in Auckland and currently breeding all colours. Perhaps we can egg swap some day :) Your quail cage turned out really well! Good job :) B -
Coturnix ear infections?
Hi all, Anyone had a coturnix with an ear infection before? I know it sounds odd. I had a female who started to tilt her head to one side constantly and lose her balance, but she was eating fine, just didn't seem to be able to stay upright. I thought maybe a headbonk and brain injury (though... -
Noisy boys on grass?
Hi there, in my experience boys crow because they want more girls or sometimes because they are showing off to other boys. I had an injured boy that I brought inside to heal who drove me nuts with his crowing as it was waking me up - popped three hens in with him to keep him company and he... -
Does anybody make money with their quail?
I sell them for $3/dozen for eating and fertile for hatching for $1 each (plus I throw in some free). Just half an hour ago I sold 100 to a lady for $85 and have another lady at work waiting for more for eating, though now I have to save for my own incubator so it might be a while. I've sold a... -
Does anybody make money with their quail?
I'm making decent money. I'm still repaying my startup costs of the incubator, the birds I bought, and the cages I made/bought, but in a few months I hope I will be in the black for all of that. Last month I made about $400 in bird sales, chick sales, fertile egg sales and eating eggs sales. I... -
another injury :-(
Sounds like he has head bonked. How high is his cage? Sometimes they get a fright and injure themselves. Try sticking something soft underneath the roof of the cage, like foam. It might help lessen the damage if it happens again. I once had a female who would headbonk frequently if she was... -
Freak with a beak! Is this bird albino?
If it has pale brown stripes on its back, it'll grow up golden. If it's pure yellow all over with maybe a dot of brown on its head, it will grow up white. From the picture it looks like my baby goldens but it's hard to tell. Cute, aren't they! B