coturnix
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Introducing a new quail
I keep quails as pets, I've only had 2 birds so far and they were 2 years old. One passed away this August, leaving the other one lonely. I tried to get an old friend for her, but I couldn't find anyone who sells their older birds so I got one that's about 2 months old. I'm afraid they won't get...- Qquails899
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- coturnix new addition new birds old quail pet quail quail young
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Brown cheek, just a coincidence?
Hi! I have this gray coturnix male, 4 weeks now, with brown cheek just as the feather sexable types. The father is white, and mother cinnamon tuxedo (not feather sexable). Do you think it is just a coincidence he looks like a feather sexable bird? It would be great to breed him to maintain this...- Coturnixxx
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- celadon quail coturnix feather sexing silver tuxedo
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Hatching Coturnix Quail
So my quail are hatching today and wanted to know what humidity y’all put yours on during hatching and does anyone know these colors?- KimTatum03
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- advice appreciated coturnix hatching humidity quail advice
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Finally have my flock! Can anyone help with colours?
Hi everyone! I was finally able to collect my ladies today! :wee 10 female (hopefully) laying age coturnix, who all seem very tame and chill which is a nice surprise. I have left them to their aviary to settle in for the evening but they did let me come in and take photos, some were easier to... -
Questions about transporting and acclimatising my new coturnix quail flock
Good morning, afternoon and evening everyone. This weekend I am finally going to pick up my first little flock of 10 coturnix quail - all laying age hens. They're going into a brand new aviary and I have no other quail, so it will be all theirs. I have a couple of questions about how best to... -
QUAIL BASICS for BEGINNERS
~QUAIL BASICS FOR BEGINNERS*~ *The information and advice in this article are based solely on my personal experience and research. Cover photo from @Kiki. All quail in photos are different varieties of Coturnix quail and their eggs, including Pharoah, Jumbo, Pansy Fee, Pansy, Rosetta, Rosetta... -
Can quail use this waterer?
Hey everyone! Will coturnix quail be able to use this waterer? Alternatively can anyone suggest something I can use that will hold enough water that it won't need refilling every day for around 10 quail? Thanks in advance! -
Coccidiosis in quail?
Okay wise quail folks…can Coturnix get coccidiosis? I’m assuming yes? Is there something else that causes bloody poo? I found one tonight and I’m assuming that’s what it is? First time I’ve seen bloody poop. TIA! -
Beginner Questions - Coturnix Quail
Hi everyone! I'm new to both BYC and raising quail - I don't have my quail yet as a regional covid lockdown means I can't travel to collect them, but I'm hoping to be able to move around again in a week or so. I have done lots of research but have a few questions that google hasn't been able... -
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Best way to de-worm quail?
Hi! I suspect that my 3ish month old coturnix quail might have worms. After about a weekish of stress (she was being bullied - its been fixed now) I noticed her poops started to get watery and a little lighter. Hoping it was just a reaction to stress I decided to wait it out. That was some...- PineconeQuail
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- advice wanted coturnix de-worm deworm help how to poop quail sick worm
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Adult female coturnix quail vomiting
Hi again - I'm back with another quail issue/question (ugh)! Recently I had issues with my 3 adult female coturnix quail having attitude problems towards one another (see this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/female-quail-turned-into-a-bully-after-reintroduction-help.1486060/ )...- PineconeQuail
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- coturnix help quail spit vomit
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Coturnix quail runt??
Hi, my family and i have four 5-week old coturnix quail, but our white one is noticeably smaller than the others. we actually had two “runts” when they hatched, the first one had wry neck (or at least similar symptoms) so it was our main focus for the first few weeks and we didn’t pay as much...- quail_mother
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- coturnix coturnix runt runt runt quail
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Loss of mobility in one leg
I have an almost 4 year old coturnix quail (female). She in an indoor quail and has always been the healthiest of the flock. I noticed that she was dragging her body around her coop early yesterday morning. When I further investigated, I found that one of her legs wasn’t moving. She has been... -
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Silver/blue coturnix quail?
Hi, i had been wondering about the colors of two of my month old quail, who are both a gray color that i hadn’t seen anywhere in coturnix quail up until I found out about silver and blue quail. I think i found the the answer to my question but i’m wondering about whether i’ve made a mistake. On...- quail_mother
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- blue quail coturnix coturnix chick quail advice quail colors quail colours silver quail
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It's official! I have a broody coturnix quail!!!! :D
My buff (pastel/dilute, I was told) celadon (she has blue eggs) coturnix quail hen has gone broody, and I don't think it's genetics. Let me give my theory of how this happened: 1. There were only 3 quails in the hutch (1 male and 2 females), and I had two quails pair bond. How do I know they...- meepANDpeep
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- broody broody coturnix broody quail celadon celadon quail coturnix
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Quail Diarrhea 5 Days- Help Please (poop pics included)
What can I do about my male coturnix’s diarrhea? It’s been going on for about five days now. I’m treating with Corid in case it’s coccidiosis. He lives alone, and he’s not acting very weird except not crowing and having no solid poop- what comes out is mostly whitish or yellowish. Here are some... -
Male quail, no poop for days and drool/vomit?
Male old coturnix quail hasn’t pooped in a few days. His butt looks pasty and he just drooled (threw up maybe? It was clear) on me. What could be wrong? -
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When Do We Decide To Split The Flock?
Hi all, My quail are now 6 weeks old, which I know is where they'll be reaching sexual maturity and begin producing potential eggs and roo foam. I know that the rule of thumb for keeping quail is 1 roo for every 4-6 hens, and that eventually my lot will need to be segregated to keep the peace... -
Bullying at onset of laying?
We are new to quail keeping and have a small flock of 6 Coturnix hens; 3 are brown/pharaoh and 3 are golden/Italian. We got them at 4 weeks of age and now they are 8 weeks old. All has been going pretty perfectly until 2 major changes happened yesterday - nervous activity from the birds overall...
