I need help with two quail

[Animal-lover339]

so I recently bought two little quails I wanna know the breed and which is male and female I am assuming they are very young because the legs feathering is falling off and they have bald spots but if someone could tell me breed and sees maybe and approx of age that would be super helpful also maybe what they eat I've been giving them feed and corn cracked

 

[le_bwah]

It looks to me like you have two Coturnix/Japanese quail, one male (top, read breast) and female (bottom, spotted breast). Their color is called wild type or Pharaoh.

If you plan on keeping the rooster, you will need to get more hens—roosters can easily over-mate and hurt/stress a lone hen.

Feed them game bird feed, ideally around 26-30% protein. Chicken feed alone won't do. There are things you can cut chicken feed with to boost the protein, but I don't know enough about it to advise how.

The male at least looks full-grown. Note that he also has a growth or injury above his nostrils—no idea what that is, but I bet someone here does.

 

[tennesseequail]

ya, don't leave that poor girl alone with him He will literally kill her probably, not out of meanness, just pure animal lust.

I generally run 1 to 4 on roos to hens, but 3 should keep him plenty busy especially if you have a big cage (which I don't)

 

[Ebony Rose]

I cut my inferior (yet best available) coturnix feed with ground up dry cat food. The feed is 21% protein, the cat food is 30%. I do a 50/50 mix by weight, not volume. Doing the math, (so that you can figure out what you'd end up with), add the feed percentage of protein with the cat food percentage of protein then divide by 2 (because it's a 50/50 blend). So, I'm getting a boost up to 26.5% protein [(21+30)/2]. The feed stores here do not offer soymeal or other forms of protein supplement, pretty much have to make do with whatever they're offering at any given time. (I live in a third-world nation) I do not go higher than 50/50 mix because their feed contains specific vitamins, minerals, amino acids that I am already messing with by adding cat food; I'm trying to limit how much I mess with THOSE figures, while ensuring that they get enough protein.

 

[Animal-lover339]

It looks to me like you have two Coturnix/Japanese quail, one male (top, read breast) and female (bottom, spotted breast). Their color is called wild type or Pharaoh.

If you plan on keeping the rooster, you will need to get more hens—roosters can easily over-mate and hurt/stress a lone hen.

Feed them game bird feed, ideally around 26-30% protein. Chicken feed alone won't do. There are things you can cut chicken feed with to boost the protein, but I don't know enough about it to advise how.

The male at least looks full-grown. Note that he also has a growth or injury above his nostrils—no idea what that is, but I bet someone here does.

thank you very much I'll try and buy more hens asap I hope I can see which is which

 

[Animal-lover339]

ya, don't leave that poor girl alone with him He will literally kill her probably, not out of meanness, just pure animal lust.

I generally run 1 to 4 on roos to hens, but 3 should keep him plenty busy especially if you have a big cage (which I don't)

ohhhh oki thank you ill be sure to buy more and buy a bigger cage

 

[Animal-lover339]

I cut my inferior (yet best available) coturnix feed with ground up dry cat food. The feed is 21% protein, the cat food is 30%. I do a 50/50 mix by weight, not volume. Doing the math, (so that you can figure out what you'd end up with), add the feed percentage of protein with the cat food percentage of protein then divide by 2 (because it's a 50/50 blend). So, I'm getting a boost up to 26.5% protein [(21+30)/2]. The feed stores here do not offer soymeal or other forms of protein supplement, pretty much have to make do with whatever they're offering at any given time. (I live in a third-world nation) I do not go higher than 50/50 mix because their feed contains specific vitamins, minerals, amino acids that I am already messing with by adding cat food; I'm trying to limit how much I mess with THOSE figures, while ensuring that they get enough protein.

ohhhh I see thank you very muxh