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  1. The Quail Guru

    Is this true?

    Thanks for the response. I think it's fake as its on a vegan page so of course they're going to use fear to get control. And I think they meant that chickens have been bred over years to lay the amount of eggs they lay now.
  2. The Quail Guru

    Is this true?

    Could this be true? I found it on a Facebook and couldn't get any information to clarify it.
  3. The Quail Guru

    What sex do you think my pekin bantam babies are?

    I don't think you have high chances of it not crowing. My pekin was so small but crowed ALL throughout the morning and day! It gets annoying after a while.
  4. The Quail Guru

    Gender please!

    Thank you guys. I was hoping they'd be girls as now I have to send them back and buy more hens.
  5. The Quail Guru

    HELP! Heat lamp questions.

    Thanks SO MUCH! This actually helped a lot and one of my friends just told me that they don't really need a heat lamp and I doubted for a while but now you guys just cleared i up for me. It's getting warmer here anyway and they're going to be in my room. I'm glad I can use the rest of the grower...
  6. The Quail Guru

    Can I feed my quail grapes? And foods that are bad for quail.

    I have gave my buttons lettuce before with no effect when my friend had told me that it wasn't good for them. So I did the research and found somewhere that it isn't good for them so I thought I'de mention it so you could stay on the safe side.
  7. The Quail Guru

    Quail attacking

    You can get female bullies of the flock, it could be a lack of space maybe? They need 1 square foot each. Or she might just be very aggressive, I have had this problem before and could never keep the two quails together. And I wouldn't recommend keeping chickens with quail as quail can get very...
  8. The Quail Guru

    Do quail need layer crumble?

    I have heard of people supplementing their quail with a layer feed. It should be fed to quail hens to promote their egg laying abilities. If you're going to purchase a chicken layer feed then I would grind it down into crumbles so it is edible to your quail. You can try supplementing their diet...
  9. The Quail Guru

    Can I feed my quail grapes? And foods that are bad for quail.

    I'm pretty sure quail are alright to eat grapes but they cannot eat the seeds. Basically quail will avoid anything bad to them unless starving. Quail cannot eat the following: - Avocado - Stems and leaves of tomato plants - Uncooked potato - Uncooked egg - Alcohol - Salt - Sugar - Citrus...
  10. The Quail Guru

    Handling Quail

    I don't think any quail really likes to be picked up because many of their bird predators grab them from above. You could try hand feeding them mealworms each day and let them know that you're their source of food. Quail are easier to tame when younger but taming them when older is possible as...
  11. The Quail Guru

    Button Quail Breeding

    From experience here's some tips I can provide: Quail: - Make sure they're already a mating/breeding pair or have been housed together before you got them. If not you must give them time to bond. - Be sure that you have both female and male quail housed together at all times. It's pretty obvious...
  12. The Quail Guru

    coturnix chicks just hatched by broody little hens:)

    I actually have buttons who hatch out a lot of chicks and have just bought a female and male coturnix. I'm hoping that they will become broody so I can have some chicks. The female has already settled in and is laying eggs.
  13. The Quail Guru

    5 Week Old Birds, Still No Back Feathers

    Feather plucking can be caused for the following reasons: - More than one male in one cage. - Lack of space. - Stress from disturbances or predators/pets. - Malnutrition. - Mites. And mating or quail hitting their heads when frightened can cause bald spots on the back of their head. Just...
  14. The Quail Guru

    5 Week Old Birds, Still No Back Feathers

    Feather plucking?
  15. The Quail Guru

    Quail is broody but still layers everyday!

    I love when buttons have chicks, they're adorable! When people say that buttons aren't good natural mothers I don't think that's true at all, all my buttons do fine when they're raising chicks.
  16. The Quail Guru

    Need advice on baby button quail

    Yeah their button quail alright. I have a similar pair.
  17. The Quail Guru

    Button quail touching!

    Oops, sorry for the wrong hatching times. Around 17 is correct, I guess I was thinking of another quail or something. And I have also had eggs hatch in 21 days so at least I wasn't not totally wrong, right? :P
  18. The Quail Guru

    Need advice on baby button quail

    I've never seen an egg changing colour either, but then again you can never keep an eye on the eggs if the hens sitting on them all the time. Give it a few more days to see whether it hatches or not just in case. Oh and DK I just found out about the quail being a bobwhite, thought it was a...
  19. The Quail Guru

    Quail is broody but still layers everyday!

    Agreed with the user above about button chicks having no sense of who mom is. My buttons second hatch had a female in it and I kept them together. When the mother hen became broody again once her second hatch all grew up she decided to hatch some more chicks. She hatched 2 chicks and they seemed...
  20. The Quail Guru

    Quail is broody but still layers everyday!

    I find that the first eggs that have hatched turn into the strongest chicks, the later eggs don't usually hatch for me. Just leave the quail to it and don't worry, you probably won't get a lot of chicks anyway. I've had only 1 chick hatch in a 7 egg clutch before.
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