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  1. GodLovesU

    Ulcerative Enteritis?

    I just bought an entire quail set-up with 3 pens and ~40 birds. One has been acting sickly. It’s doing better now. I noticed it was lethargic last night. It’s a 4-week old coturnix quail. It was puffed up and was incredibly calm (didn’t try to escape me). I also noticed it was very skinny so...
    • GodLovesU
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    • coturnix chick quail sick
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    • Forum: Quail
  2. GodLovesU

    Can I feed all-flock Crumbles to all my birds?

    I have a rooster and 11 hens, 3 male button quail, 4 male coturnix quail, 10 female coturnix quail, a dozen juvenile coturnix quail (male and female), and 13 4-week-old coturnix quail (male and female). Right now all 6 pens of birds are just eating unmedicated chick feed because that’s all I...
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    Quail behavior- aggressively attacking?

    Hi all! I was given 7 adult quail, 6 hens and 1 roo. They previously resided in individual 8”x8” cages. Over a few weeks I slowly introduced them to all hanging out in an old 6.5’ x 4’ chicken coop. They have little nesting boxes, sand boxes, “caves” (enclosed hiding areas 🤣), a variety of...
    • ADuckingMess
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    • aggression attack behavior questions injured newbie quail
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    Persistent bumblefoot

    I have two quail that I’ve been battling bumblefoot on for 2-3 months! I’ve done twice a day soaks, minor surgery and wrapping, and even antibiotics for one. It seems like these methods have kept it from getting worse but a scab remains and swelling continues if I stop treatment. I can’t keep...
    • Brashlie
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    • bumblefoot quail wire floor
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    Button quail ID

    Any chance I can get a color identification and possibly a gender identification for my 5 7-day-old button quail?
    • isegal
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    • #chickidentification button quail chick quail
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  6. GodLovesU

    Richmond County NC

    Do I need a permit to sell live quail chicks and fertile eggs for eating or hatching in NC? They’re Coturnix quail, and it would be a rather small operation.
  7. GodLovesU

    Quail Small Business!!

    So I just bought a miniature quail farm consisting of three pens, two incubators, and ~45 quail! Any advice for starting a new business, Coturnix quail in general, or anything else related is welcome! I’m also going to pick it up later this week so any transportation advice would be fantastic! I...
    • GodLovesU
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    • coturnix coturnix quail quail small business
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    Please help - Quail chick leg in funny position

    Please help! I have a quail chick that needed help out of its egg as it had been pipped with no progress for a day and a half and had become shrink wrapped in. I removed some shell and it pushed out so I left it in the incubator to dry. When I left it it was okay and moving around in the...
  9. Incredibly Handy Poultry Net

    Incredibly Handy Poultry Net

    I purchased this chicken/poultry net a few months back and I'm glad I did. I just had an escaped adolescent quail. Quail are fast on their feet and instinctively know to put themselves behind trees, in bushes, and to seek cover in the most inaccessible places. After a couple of rounds around the...
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    Seasoned Chicken Keeper Joining the Flock!

    I’m excited to join the BackYard Chickens community as a seasoned chicken keeper. I’ve been raising my flock for a while now, tackling everything from incubating eggs to managing health issues and predator protection. I’m here to share my experiences whether it’s tips on egg-laying patterns or...
  11. ChickenMommy83

    What colors are these quail babies?

    New to quail, just hatched these babies yesterday. Can anyone tell me what their colors are? They hatched from both Celadon and Jumbo Coturnix eggs (although not sure which came from which) 😅 Thanks!
    • ChickenMommy83
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    • breed celadon chicks color coturnix gender quail
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    • Forum: Quail
  12. justaboy

    Will this work?

    I’ve been wanting to hatch more chicks, but my bator is currently being used for quail. I have another incubator that was like $30 on Amazon, it’s still air and you need to mist it to add humidity. I’m wondering if when my quail go on lockdown I could place them in there while my chicken eggs...
  13. justaboy

    Quail egg questions..

    So I have 10 Coturnix quail eggs in the bator, today is day 4 and I’ve been running them at 99.5 with 51-56% humidity. I can’t get a straight answer because I’ve seen people say 45% and others say 60% during the first 14-15 days. Are there any people more experienced than me that can help? I’m...
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    Pullet Eggsperiment

    Couldn't help myself with the title haha So. We started keeping coturnix quail with 4 chicks, ended up being 2 male 2 female. Came from the same breeder but I know they don't share parents, this is important because the girls starting laying at 5 and 6.5 weeks respectively... So of course my...
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    Accomodating Small Eggs at Hatch/Lockdown?

    Hey there general BYC incubating forum! I'm usually exclusively in the quail forum but would love to get as much wisdom as possible from all kinds of hatchers ❤️ I have some smaller than normal BobWhite Quail eggs that I assumed wouldn't develop but absolutely are. Wondering if I should do...
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    Quail egg candling not looking great.

    Hi everyone, I'm completely new to birds and have never incubated anything before. I recently got quail eggs locally and put them in the incubator on 8/31 about 1-4 days after they were laid and they're now going on day 9. I made a massive mess up in the beginning and the eggs had way too high...
  18. Esc_Quaily

    Alphabet themed quail hatch-along. Day 1

    Hello lovely, knowledgeable BYCers. My son (16) has started to incubate 31 quail eggs. Please join the fun by helping name a quail or 2. He'd like to have one named after every letter of the alphabet, A-Z inclusive. This means we can have 7 letters repeated or diacriticals. Pick your letters...
    • Esc_Quaily
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    • alphabet first-timer hatch along hatching a quail quail
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    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  19. R

    HI

    My name is ben and i am part of Rapid's Ranch in Kentucky (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? no and i got my first chickens in 2020 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? i have around 40. Downsized alot from 200 as im more into showing (3) What breeds do you...
  20. le_bwah

    Science Spiel: Broody Quail Hens and Selecting for Motherhood

    I'm running a little "eggsperiment," letting eggs build up to see where the hens prefer to lay. Three other hens have gone broody in the meanwhile since my girl Janey started sitting, and I've had to break all 3 (not enough partitions for that many protective mamas). But I noticed that the hens...
    • le_bwah
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    • breeding broodiness coturnix quail scince
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
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