old quail

Hello, lovely BYC people! So, Fallfly, my ancient baby of a 5 year old quail, who has outlived 3 hens, is getting old, I'd say. He seems to want to keep on living, despite my worries of him being lonely 😅 For about a year now, he's had seemingly permanent balance issues where he even steps on...

Hello all, I have an almost 3 year old coturnix quail and a young one (about a year old). Yesterday my old bird looked like she was struggling with something, almost as if she was trying to lay an egg. She stopped laying at the age of 2. Today I found this thing in the cage, I have no idea what...

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...