Hi all, I've been a reader for years - finally made an account haha. Used the advice here to hatch my first cortunix quail and they're doing great! 12 of them are 3 weeks old (I think a mixture with Italian, pearl). Started from Craigslist eggs 👍
I have a soy allergy so they're on a soy-free...
Babies are 7 days old/just starting to feather. Almost all of them have wild-type striping to some degree, though many have more silvery marks, and few have red/brown.
Possible parents are: Pearl Fee, Italian, Pansy, Pharaoh.
These babies have VERY similar patterning (very faint silvery...
I have a female manchurian golden quail which has a lame foot. I just figured this out 30 minutes ago. My dad said we should butcher it, should we? I put it in a separate cage on the grass with food and water right by it. It is 69 fahrenheit out right now. Please help!