Recent content by PartiPoodles

There are good resources on this forum backing up what Nabiki is saying. Silvers and certain golden to goldens will have you running into lethal gene mixes.

All in your pics are Cortunix, no question. The behavior you’re describing seems totally normal. They don’t seem to mind at all climbing over each other when they think they need to. Temperament is a roll of the DNA dice. Best thing you can do is cull the undesirable traits you don’t want...

I’m really curious to see what others think on these. It almost looks like a blend of Manchurian and Autumn Amber. The head pattern is what’s throwing me off.

I have 14 different quail pens with each getting different amounts of sunlight exposure. Any time egg production drops in any pens it will always be a reduction in sunlight exposure to that pen when they are shifted or moved. As soon as I move the pen to get more sunlight, the egg production...

Well, we were able to get 2 days of medicine in him, and then sadly I found him deceased this morning. Thank you all for your help. At least I can be at peace with doing the best I could and now I’m that much more equipped with knowledge to care for the existing flock, thanks to you. Passing...

@Wyorp Rock Thanks for sharing that pic. I had no idea they had all those air sacs. I had thought the air sacs were limited to the lungs and wing portions of skeletal sections

My sister was a vet tech for 20+ years, but has very little avian experience. I asked her to help examine him since that is still far more experience than mine. She checked his throat and crop while I held him and she said it’s definitely clear. Though she did say she wouldn’t know what...

Pharaoh should always be the easiest to replace if you choose to later on and you can get some interesting combos from your existing flock lineup if you choose to do your own hatching.

My heart goes out you. That’s a hard thing to witness your bird going through and even harder to know what to do and when. The main character in my favorite fictional book series, Orphan X, has a personal commandment he holds himself to that I’ve found to be so valuable many times in life...

Thank you so much @Rose the Legbar and @Eggcessive !! I’ll have my sister hold him while I check his crop and throat as advised. He’s still doing it this morning, so whatever the cause may be is still there. All of my chickens and quail the Nutrena Naturewise 20% Protein All Flock pellets...

Agree with Nabiki’s suggestion also. I’ve culled any males that show continued aggression and continued aggressive pursuit of other quail and haven’t regretted it. My last 3 batches since have had zero aggressors. I know it’s still going to happen as DNA is a roll of the dice. However, we...

Anyone have any ideas as to what may be the cause of this in the video? Cockerel is approx. 4-5 months old Serama. He has been doing it for over 50 minutes now nonstop. Strange thing also is that his tail feathers normally sit at a vertical position. Now they seem unusually off to the side.

My 14 unit Quail High Rise Condo set up is very near completion. Both levels have oil drip pans from O’Reilly Auto Parts slid in between to contain the messes. This was made by repurposing a Metaltech Baker Rack scaffolding set that had the working surface ruined. Same as the yellow ones...

Wow! I’m impressed, Jim. I spent months trying to come up with a feeder solution using anything from dryer vent tubing to rain gutter tubes etc. Then I ran across your pics here and jumped out of my seat in excitement! You totally nailed it! How is it working so far and are they able to...

That’s a great option I hadn’t considered. Thanks for the idea!