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Need help sexing coturnix quail
Hi, I'm hoping to get help sexing my coturnix quail. It was sold to us as a hen several months ago and has always been housed with one other hen; the first coopmate it had died so we got another hen. That one has also died so currently I only have the one I'm questioning. With both hens, my...- quailslabyrinth
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Quail chick starter
Hi guys so I’m hatching for the first time, I have had 2 button/king quail chicks hatch in the last 24 hours, I have ordered game bird starter feed, express shipping over 10 days ago but it is stuck in a depot in my state somewhere, I’ve got some chick starter feed and have ground it up and... -
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How soon will quail lay after my chckens start laying??
Hey I wasn’t sure where to put this little question so I’m sorry if it’s not in the right place. But I was wondering how soon your quail lay after your chickens start (if you have both) My chickens just started laying here and there. Some are some are not but I just wanted to know what that...- Maka
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- chicken advice chickens quail quail advice
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- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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Egg Pricing post 2.0
Hi there! I'm new to quail and starting a micro homestead. I'm starting off with coturnix quail and buttons, and plan to be selling eggs only right now for hatching and eating. I'm filling out all the paperwork and government stuff but I am stuck on prices. I've looked through the threads and...- Plantasmagoria
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- coturnix eggs quail quail advice quail as pets quail egg pricing
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Urgent help needed please!!! unwell quails!!!
My male coturnix quail seems to be unwell. He isn't his normal self. Has a sad face on too. He has slight redness under his eye/above nose. He keeps itching that red area and his body too. Cries sometimes as well. Has lost a slight bit of weight but not significant . Eyes seems to be swollen. He... -
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Best Quail Feed Finish before Slaughter?
New to the hobby, was wondering what type of Feed or additional fruits and vegetables people have added to their Quail flock before processing Males? Does the diet effect the flavor? Appreciate all replies in advance!- Jesus-Is-Lord
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- care and feeding care guide feed advice food advice male bird processing quail quail advice slaughter vegetable diet
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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Treatment Recommendations for quail with internal parasites/worms
Hello, I have a female hen (about a year old) who I'm pretty sure has some type of internal parasites/worms and was hoping I could get some insight on others experience with using treatments like VetRx or Verm-x (or other recommendations you may have). About a month ago I noticed that she was...- AccidentalQuailKeeper
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- anti parasitic antibiotics dewormer medication lethargic hens quail advice quail diseases quail help sick quail underweight hen
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Black material out of a quail
Hi, I have a quail hen & she’s been having hard time since winter started, first she refused to eat & drink at all , but treating with antibiotics came back to normal. Lately she’s been smelling so bad & today it kind of exploded, she was stuck in black material coming out of her body. It was... -
New male constantly crowing
Hi! 👋 Here's a long one to set the scene: we have a pair of quail - male (3 y/o) and female (2 y/o) that don't mate (the male is silly and prefers inanimate objects 🙄). The female broke her wing this summer and stopped laying since. We were hoping to add females to the ranks, but unfortunately...- chopin_the_quail
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- male and female behavior quail advice quail as pets
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Makes fighting
Hey all, I didn’t have a successful hatch with quail this year, and ended up with two males and two females. I understand this is not a good ratio, but my options are limited. These quail hatched aug 8 and live in a 6sqft hutch and have a ramp that leads down into a fenced outdoor area...- ToriMarsh0390
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- quail quail advice quail aggression quail injury
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Candling help
Is this baby a goner? This is at 7 days you can see the embryo but not mmuch else going on really hope that's not a blood ring but yh any advice wouldvbe appreciated. Thankyou -
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Emergency quail help.
Okay. So my quail has a huge swell on her joint. And it’s not going away. It has doubled in size over the weeks I don’t have an avian vet near me at all. The closest one is 200 miles away or so. They just are not common in my area. I saw someone on here who lanced their birds and I cannot find... -
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Quail Crimes and Quail Help
Hello! I have a quail who seems to be causing issues. She has been starting to try and peck my other hens in the eyes. They are the same hens that she had flocked with for a while. The only thing that’s different is the age difference. I was told she was a jumbo coturnix (she is not) and that... -
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Quail swollen joint
Hey guys! I have a little quail who has had a swollen joint on one leg. It has had mild improvements but was curious on other folks opinions. I don’t have an avian vet in the area. I just want to make sure she is doing well and improves. -
Old quail concerns
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...- Ocean Flare
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- old quail quail quail advice thin bird
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Chinese Painted Quail behaviors
I work at an aviary that houses Chinese Painted Quail as a little cleanup crew. It is a public facility in a very tourist driven city and we get many visitors a day. This makes some of the quail a “stepping on” risk, unfortunately. Due to this issue, our employees supervise and protect quail...- quailfairy
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Only one egg daily in a four hen flock
I've had my flock for about 8 weeks now and got them when they were a week old. I have four hens and a roo, and I keep the roo in the same hutch in a screened off area so he doesn't breed with the hens. They can all see each other and are eating well and have plenty of room. For about two weeks...- HutchButch
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- eggs quail advice
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Quail babies free to a good home
*COLLECTION ONLY*I have 3 coturnix quail baby that were hatched out yesterday.I wasn’t planning on giving them away,unfortunately I’m pretty they are all males which means they have been fighting and pretty aggressive towards each other (I’m not sure what else to do)so I would rather separate...- XoWillowXo
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- quail quail advice quail aggression quail for sale
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- Forum: Animals In Need of Free Re-Homing
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Separation question.
I have 2 buttonquails (figured that out today lol). One was making a screeching noise, similar to a hawk. I desperately looked for the type of quail (success) and looked up quail calls. So, the shop owner said that the cocks ripped the back feathers off the hens. So, he chose their sex based on...- Lookingforbirdhelp
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- quail advice
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Quail advice
3 of my quail have hatched out two came first and the third a lot later the two older ones have been picking on the younger one of of them grabbed his little wing and pulled him about do I take the older ones out the incubator since they’re dryer or the younger one or maybe leave them? Idk...- XoWillowXo
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- quai quail advice quail hatching
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