quail

I have a white 11 month old coturnix quail. I bought her when she was 6mo and she was sold as a female. However I’m not sure anymore if she’s a female. Her behaviour sometimes is similar to what my males was. He would run to sit on the egg after the female had laid it. My white female does the...

I've got a covey of 16 bobwhites that were born April 2022. In the last few months, I've lost 3 or 4...when I haven't lost that in total for the last 2 years. I feel like that's pretty young for them to start dying off. I also have a batch of about 30 young ones that I've raised for butchering...

why do quails make a purring noise? I’ve noticed it several times if I walk past them too. Is this normal? What does this mean? (I have 3 girls and usually on 2 of them do this)

I'm in Idaho and was wondering if anyone would like a quail definitely a male and can't have to many and dunno what to do with him He's 8.8 weeks old not looking for much just enough to get another chick ~bugs

I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for all the information they post. I started raising quail in 2023, and this forum has been a huge help! I would also like to share that one of my hens went broody and hatched out some babies! I am excited because I have them in a wire bottom...

Just got myself handful of coturnix quail for the very first time. Right away next day, I noticed that one quail is barely moving and spends its day lying down, she wobbled to get food and water, but plopped down and ate laying down. I looked and found already calluses on her legs, from all that...

Hi, I'm new here from Morocco. I'm raising a smal flock of quail and I have so many questions I'm hoping to find answers to. Thanks.:D

I bought a bag of feed earlier this week at my local feed store. It was the last bag of high protein feed they had in stock. When I got home and opened it, the feed smelled a bit more pungent than usual. I was concerned it's rancid, but I poured it out and it was still dry. My only concern is...

I went out to collect eggs this evening and found this! What is it? All my hens seem happy and healthy. Haven't been having any issues at all. Is this something to be concerned about? They are about 4 months old, lay regularly, have oyster shell, egg shell, and Purina game starter, live in pens...

So, one of my hens has had this little growth on her head. And I just noticed today that there is a hole in the skin, and underneath its black, and looks like matted hair.... bird doesn't seem to be in distress, even when it's touched. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts as to what it is, or...

Hello :) I have four hens (pharaoh coturnix) who I believe are all laying regularly now. I've noticed dramatic differences in egg colouration and texture - the ones with an almost solid brown covering are a bit rougher and less shiny that the speckled eggs. I have been assuming this is just...

Hello! As I probably already mentioned in some of my previous threads, I always keep 2 quails at a time. It’s a continuous cycle of me getting a new one when one of them dies, because I just can’t stand seeing my other bird being lonely and sad. It happened again…but this time, I got four 3 day...

Anyone in southern Va ? Willing to travel about a hour and a half from Roanoke but desperate to find love quail under $30 a bird at this point

Hi! I am new-ish to raising cotournix quail (about a year in). I am an esthetician (skincare) and have struggled with acne in my twenties. After becoming an Acne Expert I found out Chicken eggs are an acne trigger for me. I made the swap to quail eggs and my skin has made leaps and bounds...

Hi there, 17 of my quail hatched but 2 of them cant walk properly. Im having trouble figuring out their conditions. Is this splay/spraddle leg? One of the chicks toes seems to be curled up. They in general have trouble standing up and lifting themselves up. The one with the curled toes keeps...

hi new egger here! very excited about starting my quail journey and looking for a place to start, does anyone have good quality quail eggs?!

Hi everyone. I'm Shaz, and I'm brand new to poultry. We currently keep a couple of small parrot species, but recently became a bit obsessed with the quail at our local farm. A couple of weeks on Google and lingering here and we've finally bit the bullet, and now have a dozen CPQ eggs set...

Hey all, I need some advice here. I'll give as much information as possible to see if any of you experts can help me (or alleviate my fears). I have never hatched anything before. Story is my daughter's kindergarten teacher owns button quails. My daughter expressed interest in birds, so she's...

I asked a few weeks ago when this little one was two weeks old but now that they’re older I wanted to ask again! What color is this and is it feather sexable? They’re 4 weeks old today

Hello everybody. I am new to owning quails, it has been 2 weeks since I got them. We have 4 female and 1 male coturnix quails. They are in a coop of size(LxWxH) 1560x520x680mm. They are around 5 to 6 weeks old. We had one egg so far and then no more after that. One of the females keeps pecking...