Roxas13
Chirping
- Sep 7, 2020
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So I hatched a few quail a month or so ago, and one of them just seemed... off ever since she hatched. She holds her head low to the ground all the time and tilts it to the side when she runs, she takes very careful and slow steps when she walks, and is a bit more aggressive than her hatchmates. Her head feathers are also constantly fluffed up, making her head look a lot bigger than your average quail. She also doesn't make a lot of noise, even when she's alone. It just seems to me as if she has some sort of developmental disability, like a quail equivalent to autism or down syndrome. Has any other quail hatchers seen a quail act like this? I haven't been able to find any info online. She's never had any head trauma, and she's acted like this since she hatched.
The pic below is how she holds her head all the time. It almost never goes above that level. She does stay in a good sized plastic bin with hay in my room, I just had her out to observe her movements.
The pic below is how she holds her head all the time. It almost never goes above that level. She does stay in a good sized plastic bin with hay in my room, I just had her out to observe her movements.