Recent content by jambourghini

I no longer have quails, a weasel got into their coop. :( that was 7 years ago now wow

That would certainly be interesting. It's regular wing feathers are growing in along with the others' though! Maybe the rest of its adult feathers will come in as well.

So, I hatched some coturnix quail 5 days ago, and one never stopped looking slightly damp even though it had dried off. In the past couple of days I've noticed that it is now missing patches of fluff on its back and chest, and then saw that when it scratches itself, it's feathers fall out. Its...

I'm going to search around and see if anything is getting touched and heated that shouldn't be, etc. I don't smell it at all in the incubator or on anything in it when it's been off for a while, so it's difficult to figure out what it could be.

I've been searching around and I haven't found anything on this subject, so here goes. I got a 1602-N model hova-bator (thermal air) and it works nicely. However it's been releasing a horrible plastic or chemical smell, and it's especially bad inside. I left it running overnight to warm up...