I just purchased 4 young chickens around the same age. 2-3 months. One of them looked cold and alway trembling and sleepy, all puffed up. so I put her in my bunky with a heater and electrolytes. It’s been a week and I see no improvement. I noticed she has stinky poop (diarrhea) stuck to her...
I have 12 coturnix quails in groups of 4. So 3 females 1 male. One of my male is very aggressive. The females all run away from him. I tried adding one more female but He seams to favour 2 females and mates them until their necks bleed. I made a separation and have him by himself. He can see the...
I just noticed my 8 week old quails have these lumps under their feet. They are not red and do no appear to be bothering them. I raise my birds as pets and for the eggs. They are on cage wire (1/2 inch) with a shelter area, a sand box, and a patch of grass to rest their feet from the wire. I let...
Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with a quail with seizures. She has fits where she shakes her head and wings and her legs extend straight out. She can no longer walk. I have to hold her food and water bowl in front of her. She has about 5 seizures a day. Sometimes more. I'm wondering if...
Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with a quail with seizures. She has fits where she shakes her head and wings and her legs extend straight out. She can no longer walk. I have to hold her food and water bowl in front of her. She has about 5 seizures a day. Sometimes more. I'm wondering if...
Hi, i have 9 coturnix quails. They are 5 weeks and they have been outside in a large wire cage for one week. They have fresh water with a drop of ACV, non medicated organic quail feed, grit and I give them a bowl of fresh veggies daily. ( a little cucumber, leaf lettuce, watermelon, peas...
i was wondering if anyone knows what type of quail this is. The dark speckled one. He is much darker than the golden Italians. ( I think that's what the other two lighter one are)
Hi, I just put 12 coturnix eggs in my incubator for the first time. I just wondered if there's a correlation between the egg color and the quail color. 11 eggs are spotted, some more then others with dark or light beige background. One egg is cream with dark beige on the pointy end. The lady...
This is a question about how much noise quails can tolerate. I live in an urban setting and was thinking of getting a few quails to keep in the backyard. I back on to a field and park. Would the quails tolerate normal city noises like a door slaming, the dog next door barking, kids playing...