japanese quail

I live in Australia and am a beginner to owning quail and I recently found out you can show your quail like you would a chicken, duck or turkey but when I try and research it, all that comes up is quail hunting. Is there a specific organisation you have to be signed up to? Can anyone tell me...

Are coturnix and Japanese quails the same? I currently have one male coturnix and need to get him a friend. Will he get along with a Japanese quail? Is it best to get a male or female? I read that male and male can get aggressive sometimes

Hi there, I've followed these forums for a while but decided to join as I purchased five quail just over a week ago and I've found they're a great little project to have! Unfortunately since yesterday I've been having problems with my little Tuxedo and I think "she" may actually be a rooster...

In the not too far future we plan to expand are quail meat (and my pet) quails but I'm curious, what are some trustworthy online breeders? We have bought from MyShire and are awaiting are order but we haven't bought from anyone else online. Thx,

Please forgive the disgusting state of the upside down food cups. I forgot to clean the the last time I cleaned cage. Ugh. But anyways, here are my first coturnix hens in 16 years!

Please ignore the messy cage. It's normally not this messy, LOL. This is a temporary enclosure for my quail. Getting a bigger one soon.

A little update on my wry neck, Plum, who I can definitely now say with confidence that she absolutely adores being pet and held.

I have an almost 4 year old coturnix quail (female). She in an indoor quail and has always been the healthiest of the flock. I noticed that she was dragging her body around her coop early yesterday morning. When I further investigated, I found that one of her legs wasn’t moving. She has been...

For a while now I have had two Chinese painted (CP) quail (assumed a pair) living with my Japanese Coturnix (JC) hens. Surprisingly, the CP roo has not once mated with his CP hen. Instead, he took a fancy to my JC hens. At first it was a futile attempt, he would climb on their necks and sit...

Finally my celadon girls started laying eggs. My question is if their very first eggs are ok to incubate? Or should I wait one or two weeks or longer? The male is mounting correctly. Thank you! I wish you a nice day!

Hi! This is my first post, but I've been reading you for a while. Is there someone who recognise this Japanese quail color? And if so, is it a hen or a ro? It is 5 weeks old now, and I would hope it is feather sexable. Thanks a lot!

I have some nearly 6 week old quail that I hatched in February, everything has been mostly okay except a very tiny FTT quail and now, a crying fluffed up and underweight quail, she keeps crying. I’m treating everyone with corid because that’s all I can think this is. But I’m wondering if anyone...

So I have this old Japanese Quail who turns 4 on the 11th of November and he is still going strong. Many people find it crazy just how tame he is, as he'll happily take a nap on you and loves attention, as long as his dustbathing time isn't disturbed. :p You could probably do anything to this...

Hello, I’m new to this website but I’m looking for advice. My Japanese quail recently injured her beak. Her jaw is slightly twisted which has made it difficult and painful for her to rip apart food. Thankfully she CAN eat and drink. So I kept her inside for two days to keep a close eye on her...

Hey everyone! Am new to this forum and made an account in the hopes that someone might be able to help with these issues we've been having with our Japanese quail babies. We're still pretty new to quailing in general and hatched the first chick on Nov 10. The first 2 chicks we got died...

I am concerned about my coturnix quail. She lives in the bottom of my aviary with four other quails; three are her daughters who she's just finished raising, one is a rescue I introduced yesterday. They are all girls (only one I'm not 100% sure about). I just noticed however that she has a lump...

Hello, I am new to this forum but I have been reading posts and threads for ages. I've been keeping quails since December last year. I thought it would be good to join to get advice and share my experiences. So recently one of my japanese quails went broody and hatched 10 chicks. Around the...

My little Japanese buddies got a big upgrade today, introducing QUAIL MANSION! They settled in immediately, and are absolutely loving it so far!

After deciding quail was in my future, I quickly went from none to a covey of eight in a couple of weeks. I used to keep button quail but Japanese quail are a whole new experience. Some of them actually LIKE being held! It started with the only survivor of the batch a friend tried to hatch, and...