quail advice

I recently got a batch of 8 quail babies, and now it looks like I have 3-4 boys who have all started crowing. We have an HOA so quail us the only way I get backyard birds. Anyway my question: if I move these dudes to their own kennel and cover them at night, will that give me a few more hours if...

Here are 2 Bobwhite eggs developing. You can see active little chicks inside with good veining which is an indication the incubation is going well and the c...

I recently purchased 33 (asked for 20 and was given LOTS of extras!) California Valley Quail hatching eggs, that are currently in my incubator. I’m using a Nuture Right 360, and I’ve got them set at 50/55% humidity and using my automatic turner. I’ve got it set for 23 days, lockdown on day 20...

My two beautiful button quails. Silver: Togepi and Brown: Starly. Togepi is male i think, he has the red tinted feathers at the end of his tail. Not sure about Starly since she doesnt have red feathers but she has the white bib. She also does the three syllable call. The breeder told me she is a...

Hi so I have a weird situation, I keep quail in my backyard and everything I have read online says they don’t go broody in captivity and they don’t hatch babies out. One of my hens was broody last year, so qthis year i decided to let her try to hatch her eggs out. Well I just got home and she...

What can I give to my baby jumbo coturnix quail to compliment chicken starter seed? I wasn’t aware that they needed more than chicken chicks and only just read that they need more. Do they actually need more, or are they ok as is?

Hi, I have 3 baby quail, all ranging from six to eight days old. For some reason they sometimes chirp really loud. Not the normal chirping, or even slightly louder. Just super loud, louder than my alarm. What does this mean, and what could it be caused by? Note: they stop chirping loudly when I...

I'm a new quail owner and I noticed something strange about one of my pet quail when I was cleaning their cage. I haven't noticed this growth before. I don't pick them up a whole lot so this mightve been going on longer without me realizing. I'm not sure if this is an accumulation of dirt and...

I had 4 quail in my brooder, and the youngest was really small and frail. He might've had something wrong with him because he kept running into walls, and I had to keep leading him back to the heat source. I'm not sure what was wrong with him, but he drowned in the 1cm deep water dispenser last...

I had 4 quail in my brooder, and the youngest was really small and frail. He might've had something wrong with him because he kept running into walls, and I had to keep leading him back to the heat source. I'm not sure what was wrong with him, but he drowned in the 1cm deep water dispenser last...

I would like to get in to breeding quail, and possibly make some money (although I am aware that will be difficult backyard breeding on a small scale.) I was wondering what breeds of quail I could keep in a large group in an aviary to breed. Is this possible with anything besides coturnix? I...

Hatched the baby around 4 days ago, and around an hour ago it seemed perfectly fine and happy. I checked up on it and it appears the poor babies neck is limp, but it’s still breathing. I hate to see it in pain, what do i do? i attached a picture of the baby. like stated, it’s breathing. very...

Hi ! I have quail that I got 3 of back in mid December at about 2 weeks old. One male and 2 female. Over the past couple of weeks, one time being just today, she’s killed 2. I thought the first incident was the roo, but now I think differently as I saw evidence on her. I brought home 3 younger...

What do you have / wish you had in your Bobwhite and chukar flight pens? Housing / roost recommendations, plants to grow, water and food systems, etc. Currently own bobs, but chukars are still incubating (will be kept separate) Looking for your ideas! Pens coming early may! Located in South...

Hi there. I am new to quail. Today, I found a quail in its cage not able to move. I must have sexed him wrong and I think he got beat up by another male. When I culled him, I was looking at his feathers. The skin underneath is yellow. Is that normal or did he have a disease. I can't find...

I have a 1yr old male coturnix quail that l lost one of his toes a few months back due to an infection. I recently noticed him laying down more and limping when walking and after a little searching, found his left elbow severely swollen. I read on a seperate thread that it could be...

Last year I had a quail that got hurt. Another quail in my coop pecked around her eyes so bad she could see for a few weeks. We gave away the quail that hurt her and separated her from the flock until the scab went away and she could see. But lately I have been noticing that her feathers still...

I assume this is a prolapse vent... never had to deal with one before now thankfully. The quail in question is about 2mos old and started laying about a week or so ago. She didn't have the prolapse when I went to check on her, but after I picked her up to check her feet I put her back, this...

My 2wk old Coturnix Quail chick is slightly bloated around the abdomen, I'm not sure how long it has been. I bought four chicks a couple days back and I have noticed this one is slower and smaller than the rest. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Hello all! I’m totally new to this forum so I hope I’m in the right place. This is my husband’s and I first time hatching Coturnix quail and everything has been going smoothly. Temp has been 99.5 and humidity has been 50% for Days 1-14. For lockdown humidity is now at 65% and temp is the...