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Hi, guys, I have a quail set up with a water bucket that delivers through hoses to the birds' water cups. But I discovered that I have a heck ton of algae growing in there (I am not tall enough to see in easily, so it crept up on me). It's in a pretty solidly opaque white bucket with a totally...

Hi, guys. I have been using Little Giant Galvanized Round poultry waterers for my quail. They are great because they don't take up much floor space. My problem is that they rust and seem to add some kind of black powder into the water as well. I have to wash them out, wipe them out, but every...

I found about a tablespoon's worth of blood on the nest pad and all over 2 of the eggs today. I have 3 hens but up til now only 2 have been laying. They are 12 months old, but the laggard hen hurt her leg. I figured that was holding her back from laying. I am not sure that the 3rd egg is hers...

Today, one of my quail began making a little noise like a quiet teakettle. She (I think it was one of the hens, but I have trouble sometimes telling which one is making a noise unless it's a male crowing) She seemed settled and untroubled, but I am not a quail psychologist. Anybody heard this...

I had to remove a female coturnix who had been injured by a predator and bring her inside. She was shocky and I feared she would die if I left her outside in the pen. She seems much better now and I would like to return her to the breeding triad, but worry that they might attack her. She has...

When I grew out my original flock of quail, it was spring, and the weather was warming. Do I need to worry about acclimating my newer quail as they mature to the outdoors before I move them out permanently? I know how to "harden off" plants, but it seems very disruptive to move quail in and out...

Hi, I even took this poor hen to the vet. They verified that her feet are fine - no bumblefoot, which I was worried I just didn't know how to recognize. Her right hock is swollen, and now her left foot is getting stressed from being over used. The vet took some samples and blood work and the...

My coturnix quails are now 3 months and 3 weeks old, and the ladies have been laying for quite some time. The little cock is in there with them and seems to be quite rough with them and very much a jerk. Do they improve with age? Do they ever get better or is this just a jerky guy?

I was following a link to read the book about the Woods Fresh Air Coop, and lo, in the front of the book was this wonderful book plate, which I just KNEW my chicken loving friends would want to see:

I have 3 hens, and have not figured out who is laying these eggs. About once every 2 weeks I find an egg without the spots, and very soft, with just a slight shell covering. The egg inside seems to be complete. The shells look bluish or bluish with gray. These eggs have the same thick membrane...

I have a Coturnix quail male that needs rehoming. Anybody want one?

I have 3 coturnix quail males, and what I am pretty sure are 4 females. All 3 of the males are Jumbo Egyptian, so the coloring and crowing gives them away. But I have one white one that I am pretty sure is a female. Just today (or yesterday and today maybe), the cock in the mixed pen started...

In eastern MA, south of Boston. Could work with a rabbit hutch, especially one with a wire floor and no or short legs. Or if it's built for quail, even better. PM me.

I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the feature that shows if I have commented on a thread. This is just SOOO helpful when I am working on the New Member Introductions forum, and greet member after member. You really do lose track of which thread you have been on. So it's really helpful...

I have a chick who turned into a surprising bully, being the smallest of the 4. This chick now has 2 of the 4 following (her?). But the 4th chick of the group is being isolated. Should I worry for the isolated chick? I have intervened when the bully was being most ferocious. I think that was...

I am sitting in hope and expectation... in the end of April, I should be receiving 3 Buckeyes and 2 Golden Buffs, plus one Meyers Hatchery Mealmaker to be named later... I hope all will be hens... I hope all will be healthy and survive. But we will see. Pictures will be posted when chickens are...

Hi, I am Boppo. I ordered day old chicks from Meyer's Hatchery to be delivered in late April. I live actually just outside Boston, so my chicks are not actually all that urban. I have about a 1/8 acre yard that has a 5 1/2 foot tall wood fence all around it. I (hope!) to complete a pen for the...