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This morning I went out to feed my quail and found one of my hens (about 7 months old) sitting in the middle of the enclosure, feathers puffed up very fat, awake but not moving around, even after being poked a bit. I picked her up and she didn't resist, but when I flipped her over she did...

This is my first time dealing with bumblefoot, so I'm following directions as laid out in another thread. Compared to other pictures I've seen, though, this infection seems MASSIVE and I don't know how much I can take off at a time, even after the 20 minute Epsom soak. Should I try to get it all...

Today I separated my 5.5 week old Coturnix quail into male and female pens after discovering blood on the cheek of one of the hens (the blood was also on her claw so it's possible she scratched herself, but she's temporarily sequestered in order to heal up). Yesterday at least two of the males...

This little guy is about a week old and over the last couple of days I noticed his/her toes are a bit funny. He's one of my youngest two from this clutch. Is this going to be a problem for him?

We are using a 40 gallon bin as a brooder with automotive paper towel bedding. Most of this clutch is 4 days old and they poop SO MUCH. For the first couple days we changed the bedding once a day, but I saw that some who use a similar setup to ours change the bedding twice a day. So that's the...

We have 24 fresh chicks that hatched on Monday, and are now happily scampering around the brooder. We're keeping an eye on a couple of them specifically - one that has a crossbeak and one eye, and one that hatched splay-legged that we corrected with a bandage and the shot glass method. My...