quail advice

  1. J

    HELP!!! Male* quail running everyone ragged- should I separate him?

    My quail turn 5 weeks old today and my mom texted me while I was at work to say that one of them was chasing the others around and wouldnt let them rest. I got home and sure enough, one of them was chasing the others round and round in the enclosure. I watched for a while and saw him try to...
  2. NinjaGamer2022

    Do quail need or benefit from grit?

    I have never seen anyone feed quail grit but I plan to feed them more food scraps hopefully soon and I'm wondering, do they need or benefit from grit? Do they have a crop like chickens? Thx,
    • NinjaGamer2022
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  3. C

    New to Quail, how can I help this little one?

    Hi! I'm very new to quail, I purchased a dozen hatching eggs from a local, reputable hatchery, listed as assorted coturnix quails. Out of 12, 10 hatched and 1 passed the day after hatching who happened to have spraddle legs. They hatched May 17th and all but one are doing very well in the...
  4. N

    How to Release Abandoned Baby Quail?

    I’ve got a Gambel’s quail here, maybe 2 days old. It was in my yard brought by a local outdoor cat so I’ve got no idea where it came from and we haven’t seen any quail wandering around our neighborhood at all these past few months. I went to a nearby nature center (it’s like 5 minutes away by...
    • Nanoni
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  5. NinjaGamer2022

    Questions about keeping button quail.

    I live in an area that in winter drops below freezing (to the teens to even the negatives sometimes) and rises in summer to the 90's. I am wondering if I keep them in a draft-free enclosure could they live outdoors? What about feeding? Eggs per year? Also, what about keeping them with Coturnix...
    • NinjaGamer2022
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    • button quail care button quail eggs quail advice quail as pets
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  6. Lxviixo

    Could I get another bird, would it be okay for my quail?

    Hi all! I plan on getting another bird, like a parakeet or other type, would that be problematic for my quail? Would he feel less lonely? I want my quail to be happy and less lonely but until I have enough money for another female quail, he’s all alone. If I house them separately will that be...
    • Lxviixo
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    • quail quail advice
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  7. Phanata

    How do I cut quail nails??

    I can now effectively hold Oak back and her feet but my nail clippers just won’t go through her nails currently I am using regular human nail clippers do I need any special kind for hers??
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  8. S

    Quail egg got tiny hole in it but no chirping sound.

    Hello, I'm pretty new to this place and eggs hatching all together. I have 2 quail eggs in the incubator right now. Today is the 16th day, I saw a tiny hole or a dent on one egg today, I can see the thin pale unpenetrated membrane too...I think but there's no chirping sound at all, no movement...
  9. Robind15

    Are my quail ready for the great outdoors?

    I have 25 3/4 week old quail. They are currently in my barn. I'd like to move their quail tractor onto grass next week. Should I put them on probiotic water this week? I don't want them to catch anything and become sick. My chickens free range. I know chickens can carry diseases that are fatal...
    • Robind15
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    • babies quail quail advice
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  10. Phanata

    My pet quail hurt her leg walking back into her box

    Now my dad thinks she sprained it but we aren’t really sure, her left leg isn’t responding but it looks the same, it doesn’t seem to hurt much since she can move around now just not very effectively, she still eats her food and water and has gone into her sand box, we don’t think it’s broken it...
  11. J

    Help! Quail Chick with injured leg

    I have a week old quail chick who yesterday started limping. I now believe he jumped and landed weird. I don’t think it is spradde: neither joint is swollen, couldn’t feel a slipped tendon, looks the same as each other and the other chicks. His right leg is not pointing straight but instead to...
  12. J

    Six-Day Old Quail Chick Walking Weird

    All my quail chicks wing feathers have started coming in! One of them has started walking really funny. He squats close to the ground and holds his wings out beside him while he walks. I checked his legs and them seem fine (not slipped hock, no curled toes) so I was thinking maybe his new...
  13. Robind15

    How long can eggs go without turning?

    I have two batches of hatching quail in two separate incubators. They are a day apart. I stopped turning the second batch a day early. I wasn’t thinking. Second batch is on day 18 with no hatches no cracks no movement. Are they all gone/dead? What do I do with the eggs? Did I mess up because...
  14. J

    Sealing a Hutch

    I'm hatching some coturnix quail soon and I want to keep them in some premade rabbit hutches (Pawhut 54" 2-Story Large Rabbit Hutch). From the reviews, I'm not hopefully about the quality, so I am doing to reinforce them myself. One common complaint was that urine from the top hutch was dripping...
  15. Robind15

    1ST QUAIL HATCH. HELP!

    Hello, I am hatching my first ever quail eggs. I have a Hova-Bator 1602N. I have zero experience with an incubator. I read temperatures are 98-101F and humidities 45-65%. My eggs arrive tomorrow USPS. I wanted to get the incubator up and running and figured out. Please can anyone tell me the...
  16. themadhousechooks

    Quail chick lost toe - ADVISE !!

    Hi all. I have had my quail chicks for three weeks now. When I got them many had so much poop stuck to their feet they were soaked immediately and some of them were what looked like left with damaged feet but all recovered except one. I noticed him slightly insteady on feet so looked to see...
  17. M

    Lone chick

    Hello! So first of all it should be known that I am posting on the behalf of a friend. She has had only one quail chick hatch out of the entire batch and we are worried about it being too alone. I read on another post to put stuffed animals with it but im looking for what else we can do. We...
    • Mons217
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  18. R

    Can a baby quail get along with a chick?

    I recently was able to get my hands on a baby button quail expecting two but I only received one and I have no idea what to do. She’s crying ever second and in her own safe hut until she grows, I only have 5 other chicks but they are far to big that I don’t want to try mixing them. Should I...
    • Rubyski
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    • quail quail advice quail baby
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  19. Meadowstead

    Newbie Quail keeper - Greetings from Catford

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Well I am a newbie to the quail keeping, having quite a small space and cheek by jowl with the neighbours, I opted for something smaller and quieter (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 4 laying ladies - JK, Jacinta...
  20. Rollyfrog

    Japanese jumbo quail colour questions

    Hi, i am new to quails and just got a bunch of 2 week old babies to start. I think I have a handle on the feather seeing and should be good to vent sex the silvers I have once they reach maturity, however we have one that I don't know if it's an Italian and can be feather sexed or will need to...
    • Rollyfrog
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    • cortunix quail chicks quail advice quail colours
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