quail advice

  1. J

    Late Quail Eggs?

    I've currently got three healthy hatched chicks in a brooder, but I also have still some three eggs left in the incubator. I'm getting a little worried, because it's about day 21 or 22 and I've heard that, while Quail can be late, 21 is the max? I've managed to candle then because there no...
  2. TheSaltyRoOsterRanch

    Quail Male or female

    Hi I have two quail that I’m wanting a second opinion if they are male or female?? I’ve attached some photos I’m also curious how many I should have?? I currently have two . I wondering if I need more for companionship reason.
  3. H

    Should each quail get their own sand bath or do they enjoy sharing? New soon to be owner!

    Getting quails soon. Don't worry, getting everything ready and set up and learning more before I actually get them in my possession. My quick question is, for the sand/dust baths, should I give one smaller container per each quail? As in, do they prefer to do that alone; or can I just go ahead...
  4. K

    One Quail laying not Three

    It’s Autumn in New Zealand and I have 4 Japanese Cortunix Quails. One Male three Females. They live in a quail hutch but are about to be moved into a new enclosure. Only one of my females is laying and she’s laying one of those bumpy pale eggs. I’ve put more nutrition on her diet but is there...
  5. Y

    How to help curled feet on a Coturnix Quail

    Hi there, I just got done with my first quail incubation. We had a guy hatch late, last night. All eight others were born with normal feet. This last guy though, not so much. I was hoping by morning they would have spread out like the others did, but no cigar. I'm reading and seeing a to of...
  6. CrazyDuckLady32

    Coturnix chick can't use legs- cannot bend at knee

    Last baby to hatch came out with legs tucked up under it. Feet are turned inward, knee joints will not bend. I can't even straighten the legs to tape on the "braces" I made out of drinking straws to try to get it walking. Joints open to about a 30-40 degree angle and that's it. I am thinking it...
  7. TheQuailHouse2

    Gender issue

  8. m1chelle1

    No males? 13 coturnix

    Hello all! New-ish to the quail thing. I hatched out 13 quail, and they are 11 weeks old. Here’s the thing.....I’m around them all the time and haven’t heard a single rooster crow. I know what it sounds like. No crowing. Is this unusual? Also, I got my first egg yesterday. At first I was...
    • m1chelle1
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    • coturnix quail advice
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    • Forum: Quail
  9. C

    Quail incubating problem

    Hello. I put 6 quail eggs in my "mini 7 intelligent incubator." After taking a lot of advice I think I have a great setup. Knowing that the temperature varies with this incubator and only measures the bottom temperature, I decided to drill a hydrometer on the opposite side of the vent in the...
  10. cuckleberry

    Raising a Kitten with Poultry

    Hello- it's been two years since I have last used this site. Happy to see it is still active. :) I have been trying to gather some information on this and I thought this forum would be a good place to ask. We want to eventually introduce a kitten into our family. We unfortunately no longer...
  11. B

    Hello!

    I was wondering since quail lost their broodiness, can I bring it back with selective breeding?
    • briandaniel
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    • broodiness broody quail quail quail advice quail baby selective breeding
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  12. D

    California Restrictions on Selling Coturnix Quail

    I started keeping quail when I was 12, I started after begging my parents for chickens, one day we went to a swamp meet in Chino, California, this swapmeet is notorious for selling birds, I bought 3 and my flock grew from there, Soon I started incubating and breeding, I made a few hundred...
    • Davidmarq
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    • coturnix quail quail advice quail breeder quail legal help
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    • Forum: Quail
  13. J

    Quail eggs day 4 dont know if theyre making progress

    Hello, so usps delivered my quail eggs late and the 10 days high fertility rate passed, i got the eggs on the 11th day so i wanted to put them in the incubator as fast as possible so i let them set for like 1 hr, today is day 4 candling and im not sure if the egg is making progress.
  14. sjhart18

    Incubator temp vs independent thermometer temp

    Hi All! I'm hatching Coturnix quail for the first time and the built-in thermometer and the separate thermometer/hygrometer are saying two different things. I'm not sure which one to trust so I've kinda compromised... The incubator thermometer is set to 38.8C (101.8F), and the separate...
  15. B

    Help! Male quail with head and eye injuries

    I have 3 female quail in with one male and when trying to breed one of the aggressive females attacked him, I put him away from her and dabbed his wounds with some warm water to rinse the wounds but what can I buy or put on his eye and head to help him heal and stay clean from infections?
    • BloomMSC
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    • hurt quail quail advice
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  16. hoondogsrunamuck

    Quail: At what age do you... questions

    Hi all, my quail are about a week and a half old now and are eating and pooping monsters! Still in love! Questions I’m having a hard time finding answers to: 1) At what age can you offer them water out of auto-fill style poultry drinking cups without the fear of them drowning? 2) When can...
  17. TumbleGrump

    What do you use as Quail Starter Feed?

    My son is getting into quail, build himself a DIY quail hatching incubator. I am wondering what you guys feed the quail as starter feed and where to buy it? (online?) Thnx Marty
    • TumbleGrump
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    • quail quail advice quail feed quail starter feed
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  18. J

    Care for Quail that lost feathers

    So a week or so ago rats managed to get into our quail enclosure. Only 3 of them survived and one of them has lost a significant amount of feathers. Many flight feathers seem to be missing but there's been no bleeding. What I’m more worried about is her back. Her entire bottom up to where her...
    • _Jay_Bird_
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    • dry skin feather condition quail advice quail feathers quail injury
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  19. Aaron nassery

    I got a issue ladies and gents that I need your help with.

    I was looking at some incubators and I kept seeing the same ones over and over and I was wondering if any of you guys/girls had any experience with them and if you can possibly tell me your thoughts on them. Which on is worth it? Which one would you buy? How do they hold temperature/humidity ...
  20. D

    Aggressive male?

    Hello, so i hatched 4 of 12 quail eggs on 14/11/2020. One died 19/11/2020 because it wasn't eating or drinking and couldn't walk. In December I figured out I had 2 males and 1 female, they were all fine until the end of December when 1 of my male quails who started foaming first started...
    • D3f4ult
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    • newbie quail advice quail aggression
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Quail
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