I'm thinking of picking up a chick tonight after work, to put with my lonely quail. The chicks are 4 days old and the cutest things I have ever seen! Not sure if I should get two chickens (chicks) or if I should just get the one and see how they get along.
We will see!
Just so you all know, I called my vet and they are going to put him down for FREE. Yay! Poor little guy. They said it was probably neurological.
Thanks for everything all.
Thanks all for the suggestions. I just looked at the link on how to put him down. I came home tonight and he was laying on his side in a pool of blood. I guess he can't walk now, so he's bloodied up his foot or something? I don't even want to look. I feel so badly for him, I don't know what...
Thank you for replying. Saturn seems to be doing better today. I'm baffled. I only saw him do one "somersault" today. Then I was thinking that maybe he was dusting himself in his food. I've attached a video:
Glad I didn't "put him down"! I have NO idea what's wrong with him. He does...
Looks like he isn't doing too well. He keeps rolling around and doing flips in his box. I tried to separate him from his brother, but he freaked out. Any humane way I can put him down, out of his misery? He is suffering. No one has ever been through this? Ugh.
Hi all,
I am brand new to this forum and to raising quail. My cousin incubates and raises quail. He had a "bad batch" of eggs that he ordered and only two (out of twenty eggs) hatched. I joked about wanting them, me being a bird lover. He has a new batch of eggs coming, so he decided to...