king quail

  1. Ravenlover

    Ravenlover

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    Help! King quail, and no experience.

    I recently saw a plea on facebook of someone who managed to have a quail wander into their apartment. After they shoo-ed it out three times, it kept returning. So finally, they asked for help online. I have a bit of experience with quails, and currently have six. I decided, why not take it in...
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    Female Quail has never laid??

    I have a female (im pretty sure) king quail who is well beyond the age they begin laying, but she has never laid an egg. She was fully feathered when i got her (just over 10 weeks ago) so she is an adult, and I’m like 95% sure she’s female. She’s a silver king quail, she has no bib and has the...
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    King Quail Embryo Adult/Excess Feathers?

    Hey guys, First time posting here. We're fairly new to keeping Quails but we just hatched our second ever clutch of King Quails. 12 healthy babies hatched out; one that only hatched out a few hours ago looks like it has a splayed leg (but we're allowing it to just walk around on the bedding to...
    • ENC
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    • king quail quail
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  5. 2 many chickens

    What color is this button quail? Strange coloring

    I have a button (king) quail that hatched 6 weeks ago. I have many (over 30) and none have ever looked like this. He has two sisters that hatched with him, they look like him but obviously no white bib and no red or blue feathers. He has female red breasted color pattern.. but he is a male...
    • 2 many chickens
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    • button quail help identify king quail thanks in advance
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  6. Quailobsessed

    Broody for the forth time in a row. Do I stop her?

    I have a king quail hen who has been broody since July. She went broody on eight eggs and hatched out three chicks in July. One chick was rejected the moment she hatched so we hand raised her. The other two were rejected at two and a half weeks old. One died, the other we found half dead but we...
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    • broody hatching chicks king quail raising chicks
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  7. blinnie

    king quail

    I have just had baby king quail born about 5 weeks ago I have just had a look at the babies and I have found out one of them is male can I put my male in with my chickens or do I have to separate him altogether and what can I use to put him in. I am not sure if these are king quails or not can...
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    Help, my quail is paralyzed??

    My female king quail’s back legs seem to be paralysed. She cant seem to move them, and if I flip her onto her back she is unable to roll back over, so i think her hips/lower spine are affected as well. She also doesnt seem to be using her wings much to escape, but she can use them. I noticed...
  9. Quailobsessed

    Broody quail on infertile eggs

    So I have a king quail hen who lives in a rabbit hutch with her two daughters she hatched and raised after her mate passed away. Yesterday I discovered her sitting on a bunch of eggs in there which are infertile since there are no males with them. I want to take this opportunity to give her...
    • Quailobsessed
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    • broody quail infertile eggs king quail swapping eggs
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    King quail with an injured foot

    I have a female king quail who has had a problem on her foot for some time now. At first, i noticed a small wound, so i soaked it in betadine in hopes that this would prevent infection. However, the toe swelled up and went black, and even the nail has gone black. She seems to be walking around...
    • SummerQuails
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    • foot problem help injury king quail quail
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    King quail with an injured foot

    I have a female king quail who has had a problem on her foot for some time now. At first, i noticed a small wound, so i soaked it in betadine in hopes that this would prevent infection. However, the toe swelled up and went black, and even the nail has gone black. She seems to be walking around...
    • SummerQuails
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    • foot problem help injury king quail quail
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    Button quail sneezing for days!

    Hi all, sorry for the lack of formal introduction (my name's Ronny btw! Longtime BYC reader/follower) but I have a male button acting strangely and am looking for help. A couple days ago I heard him sneezing and he's been making this water pump like swallowing motion constantly where he opens...
  13. bazhoward2803

    Day 14 hatching King quail, all i see is darkness apart from the air sack

    PLEASE HELP I am about to go in to lock down with my king quail eggs, i have candled them but all i can see is darkness and the air sack at the fat end of the egg. Are these eggs still viable? or would you guys say that nope, they are a lost cause, any help would be great! Thanks
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    Sexing King Quails?

    I only have one king quail left as its other friend somehow vanished from the aviary (no holes already checked twice). Im going to get another quail but dont know which sex i need, how do i sex king quails?
    • AGG
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    • king quail quail quail gender sexing quails
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    Other birds to have in my avairy?

    I currently have a pair of king quails, 2 pairs of zeba finches, 1 of diamond doves and a pair of Gouldian Finches. I'm wondering what other birds and quails i can add into my avairy that get along with the birds that are already in there (other species of finches to), thanks.
  16. spiffyvanspot

    Button Quail Eating Bedding

    Hi there! I'm new to BYC although I have been a lurker for a couple years now- since getting my first buttons. I have been struggling with poo and paper bedding getting stuck to their toes and I've been diligent about washing their feet. My one girl lost a toe before I noticed, unfortunately...
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    • bedding behaviour button quail care chinese painted quail eating health king quail quail wood shavings
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    Cockatiels and budgies with other birds?

    I currently have 2 pairs of zebra finches, 1 pair of diamond doves and king quail in my aviary. I would like to have 1 pair each of budgies and cockatiels in there too but i dont know if its safe?
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    King quail vocalisations?

    I have 2 male king quail (which the internet tells me are also called chinese painted quail) who live in with my budgerigars in an aviary outside. I haven't had quail before, and I've had them maybe 6 months, something like that (I'm hopeless at time - long enough where they are settled in, not...
    • User395221
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    • king quail noises vocalisation
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  19. Just Hatch duck

    Quails Eggs

    hello, i have two female king quails around 4 to 5 months old, i got them mostly for pets but also wanted to breed with them but problem is they're not laying any eggs and i was wondering why? cheers
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    • eggs females king quail quail quail eggs
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  20. MageofMist

    Quail with swollen toe and small cut

    I have a chinese painted quail I noticed had a slight limp, even with that she was a pain to catch for a check up so it wasn't causing her mobility problems. When I finally caught her, I noticed she had a cut on her toe and it was swollen and slightly discoloured, as if infected. I gave it a...
    • MageofMist
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    • advice needed foot infected infection injury king quail painted quail quail toe
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