➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[CoturnixComplex]

Batch 2 have tons of nutterbutters and in betweens. All kinds of weird browns

I like the weird browns.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Thats spit up dear! Not illness

I wondered if youd seen it or heard of it before when you mentioned it last and nobody responded i ment to but i get sidtracked easily im so sorry i realize you couldve gained alot of comfort from our knowledge but late is better than never so know that is compleatly normal for quail to spit up on you when theyre scared because youve picked em up.

@el dorado quail

Sorry I meant to say it was normal too and also got sidetracked, by bunnies.


They're hoping it will surprise you into dropping them as a last defense.

Edit: said something about diff bird. Sooo tired. Should go sleep.

 

[mixedUPturk]

@el dorado quail

Sorry I meant to say it was normal too and also got sidetracked, by bunnies.


They're hoping it will surprise you into dropping them as a last defense.

Edit: oh wait diff birds. Sooo tired. Should go sleep.

So glad your trip went well! just Had to respond to that post asap

 

[mixedUPturk]

These are all such gorgeous birds yall!



Those buttons take the cake decided were moving mine inside for the 'winter' really i jus want em inside again and their outdoor cage would be pretty handy.

 

[el dorado quail]

Thats spit up dear! Not illness

I wondered if youd seen it or heard of it before when you mentioned it last and nobody responded i ment to but i get sidtracked easily im so sorry i realize you couldve gained alot of comfort from our knowledge but late is better than never so know that is compleatly normal for quail to spit up on you when theyre scared because youve picked em up.

@el dorado quail

Sorry I meant to say it was normal too and also got sidetracked, by bunnies.


They're hoping it will surprise you into dropping them as a last defense.

Edit: said something about diff bird. Sooo tired. Should go sleep.

The spit up thing is good to know!
The reason I'm worried about those 2 is they're really skinny and have like 100% liquid poops along with the crazy drool. Hopefully isolating them is going to calm them down and they'll eat.

 

[muddy75]

Take those pics of your albino before it keels over ! I will make the albino page soon.

Yep, these are all between like 4 and 8 weeks.



You do! (or lavender manchurian; they look a lot alike and keep fooling even me)

I would consider the pearl types like 70% feather sexable in my opinion? You tell the same way you do with Italians. Brown head markings and solid chest = male black head markings and speckled chest = female BUT they're way more prone to random in between weirdos that make you second guess until someone lays an egg.

Add in the silver gene for snowies and you can *only* tell by the chest markings or lack thereof and it gets even harder and less certain.

ok will definitely get pics today....this is 2nd or third full albino and I’ve had at least 1 partial....not sure which colors (birds) they came from. this is first one to survive this long!! i didn’t jinx him!!

 

[Tesumph]

The spit up thing is good to know!
The reason I'm worried about those 2 is they're really skinny and have like 100% liquid poops along with the crazy drool. Hopefully isolating them is going to calm them down and they'll eat.

Sorry, I don’t know the history here, but you might consider treating for coccidiosis. Just a thought!

 

[muddy75]

my girls have stopped laying again.....i’m pretty sure it has to do with shortened days. i’ve been trying to turn on the lights for an extra 2-3 hours each day (dusk-bedtime) but hasn’t made a difference yet
i attempted to get a button out yesterday for a picture....that is nearly an impossible feat! it only got away from me once and luckily i was able to quickly retrieve it and return it to the cage safely. i’m starting to lean toward all 4 hens based on behaviors and lack of red color. i’m itching to hatch more in an attempt to get another blue male, but while DH also wants another “benjamin” , he doesn’t want me hatching anymore eggs until we get the button cage and the “brooding/grow-out” room in the shed completed. based on my current schedule and available funds, that is still a ways off!

 

[Kiki]

my girls have stopped laying again.....i’m pretty sure it has to do with shortened days. i’ve been trying to turn on the lights for an extra 2-3 hours each day (dusk-bedtime) but hasn’t made a difference yet
i attempted to get a button out yesterday for a picture....that is nearly an impossible feat! it only got away from me once and luckily i was able to quickly retrieve it and return it to the cage safely. i’m starting to lean toward all 4 hens based on behaviors and lack of red color. i’m itching to hatch more in an attempt to get another blue male, but while DH also wants another “benjamin” , he doesn’t want me hatching anymore eggs until we get the button cage and the “brooding/grow-out” room in the shed completed. based on my current schedule and available funds, that is still a ways off!

I think all the cleaning and commotion this week pissed them off.
Let them get settled down again and I bet you see eggs.

 

[el dorado quail]

Sorry, I don’t know the history here, but you might consider treating for coccidiosis. Just a thought!

We went through a 5 day dose of corid 2ish weeks ago. I think stress and mealworm overdose might be the driving factor behind the liquipoops. I will dose them again if it doesn't clear up in a few days