quail advice

One of my hens (Venus) is having some major issues and I am wondering if anyone has any similar experiences that could help. Venus is a 2 1/2 year old hen that is suffering from symptoms including: - Weight loss (prominent breastbone) - Labored breathing (gasping for air at times) -...

Hello! So for context, we have a wild experiment going on where we're incubating supermarket quail eggs with our dove hen, and on day 14 we put them under a heat lamp so the dove doesn't bother them. We did this in August with just 3 random eggs from our fridge, 2 turned out fertile and 1 of...

I’m a newbie so if I’m posting in the wrong area please let me know. I have 2 week old quail and woke up today to find two of them died. One has had swollen eyes we’ve been treating with terramycin and I thought he was getting better, eating and drinking and such. So I went through all of them...

Its my first time hatching japanese quail eggs and I was wondering if my first hatchling is healthy or not. It hatched about 24 hours ago but is still rather weak and it's feet are curled up. It has been drinking it's water, not so much eating though.

Hi, We've had quail here in the UK for nearly 2 years and have just started hatching out our own. We have 10 adult birds and 5 that we hatched out 5 weeks ago. The only other pet that we have is a cat Sammy who is mainly a house cat and doesn't seem interested in our quail, but there are plenty...

My quail Lilith Just started limping and I looked at her limping foot and found it looked like this!am not sure what this is but it looks infected! I have currently removed the rocks from there box and add a small bowl of ice and water for her to walk around in Her only roommate is my other...

(Note: I started posting a new thread for all my questions and decided it was over kill. Now I am simply gonna post questions and updates on one thread! Welcome friends! I thank all of you who have already given me help and advice as I begin my quest into this new hobby! Hopefully someday I can...

I recently hatched a batch of quails ( both celadon and coturnix quails) and I took a liking to this celadon quail and wanted to keep it. It is 2 1/2 weeks old right now and I wanted to know the gender. I'm okay if he's a male I would prefer a hen though.

Hello, I need some help with what to do with my quail. She had a head injury and had half her scalp pecked off. It was hanging on barely as a flap and I cleaned her up and gave her a bandaid hat to keep it clean and everything in place. I expected that as she healed it would re-attach (I had...

Dear Community, I have some eggs soon to be set into the incubator but I am a first timer and I have a few questions that the internet just doesn't seem to have a direct enough answer for. Firstly, If I do open the incubator in the last three days, is it really as bad as I have heard...

Hi all, My partner and I are first-time quail parents. We have three quails at 2 weeks old. We've named them Merry, Pippin and Bu. 5 days ago, Merry flew out of the pen and we weren't aware until midday when we went to check on all three. We found Merry 10 mins in and it was stuck behind the...

Since I had to sadly giveaway my pet quail pepper because he could’ve killed My female Oak twice my two females feel stressed and aren’t the same so am thinking of getting a new quail chick and I plan on putting that quail in the same pen The second quail (Lilith) is also female sooo is it okay...

How many quail eggs could a large Gold laced wyandotte successfully cope with? Thanks in advance.

PLEASE HELP! Hi! I need some help. I have a quail egg I've been incubating, it pipped late last night and there has been no movement since! Is this normal? I understand that chicks will rest afterwards but as I am new to this process I don't know anyways I can help it! Thanks :)

Hi All, It’s my first time raising quail, and first time posting on BYC. Looking for some advice as I have discovered two injured females in the past 2 days. As a bit of background, I hatched 2 groups of quail during lockdown. The first group consisted of 3 males, so once they were fully grown...

Hiya! I have 4 boy coturnix quails, they grew up together but have to live alone due to either attempts at mating or aggression. I'm not sure which one!! I have one bird in particular, called Arnie. He's especially friendly and loves any kind of human attention, but I have a problem. He's bald...

So i have a 5 month old button quail, unsure of the sex but up until this point i always thought it was a male. Yesterday i noticed him/her fluffed up in the aviary so bought it in overnight. It had a small lump towards the back of the vent, so i thought it was egg bound. Put it on a heat pad...

So I rescued a quail when she was 5 weeks old, had her nearly a month now. She gets handled a lot and always gets her fave foods when I hold her, although it does seem 50/50 whether she enjoys it or gets stressed. I think I’ve figured out her happy little cheeps from when she’s eating her fave...

These quails were rescued from a bad situation so they face feather loss, but I wanted to see if I could find out what gender they are. (And color variation?)

I've just hatched my first lot of quails and had an amazing hatch rate. 17 out of 19 fertile eggs hatched!! I would just like some help identifying what type of chicks they are and what they will look like when they have grown.