➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

I’ve heard that ketchup one a lot actually lol apparently it’s pretty common even in some adults. :lau

For me most ketchup is too acidic but I wouldn’t say it’s spicy LOL
Whataburger has spicy ketchup...but I wouldn't say it's spicy in my opinion. Now that Whataburgers been bought out, the rest of the world my get to know what a 'Whataburger' tastes like!
 
I just realized that my post this morning didn’t post (and didn’t save). when we went out to feed, none were dead which was good, but one of my girls wasn’t acting right. we decided to cull as it appeared she was close to expiring on her own. when hubby opened her up, it appeared to be gizzard impaction with oyster shell!! So we’ve now found 1 more factor in the “unexplained” deaths!! I guess the oyster shell bits are too big for quail??!! I’m going to double check the calcium levels in my feed and if I offer oyster shell again, I’m going to grind it up into much smaller bits!
 
I was just wondering if quail molt.
My egg count has gone down in the last week.

My chickens have slowed way down too and today is the first day I am seeing feathers on the ground.
Yes, quail molt!

ETA - it's been so long since I have had Cot's I don't remember when they molt but they do molt and if in a house they can really fill a room up with feathers. :lol:
 
Im not seeing feathers yet but the egg count is going down.
They will be one year old very soon. I can't believe I've had them a year already.
When I was raising them, it was so long ago that they were called Pharoah quail, no one called them Coturnix, yet! :lau I guess breeder's thought 'Pharoah' was more exotic than Coturnix! ;)
 
i’m losing one of my littles! it’s been acting sleepy today and now crying and in crisis :hiti’m not sure now if it was first hatcher or not but it is the “red range” that i weighed earlier. I tried giving nutridrench but I’m afraid it’s too late.:idunno i see my first hatcher now....it’s roux dilute that is smallest of normal size but oldest so not so small now!! this little is the Crooked neck runt that I assisted with the curly toed one. Not meant to be!
 
I just realized that my post this morning didn’t post (and didn’t save). when we went out to feed, none were dead which was good, but one of my girls wasn’t acting right. we decided to cull as it appeared she was close to expiring on her own. when hubby opened her up, it appeared to be gizzard impaction with oyster shell!! So we’ve now found 1 more factor in the “unexplained” deaths!! I guess the oyster shell bits are too big for quail??!! I’m going to double check the calcium levels in my feed and if I offer oyster shell again, I’m going to grind it up into much smaller bits!
If your feeding a complete and balanced ration, and not feeding any grains, oyster shell 'free choice' is not necessary. None of my quail get oyster shell but I raise mine in on the ground aviaries and there is plenty of limestone grit and the soil is high in calcium to begin with...I do feed grains in the winter, sparingly, I haven't had any egg shell issues with my quail but have with my pheasants, just the melanistic ones though, it seems to me that they are more prone to laying soft-shelled eggs and also more prone to peritonitis. My melanistics didn't lay a single egg this season. A couple of years ago I had some Black melanistics that layed everyday the entire year! They also got peritonitis and eventually quit laying.
 
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