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Scuse the first timer here but a few questions on day 14 as I prepare for button lockdown. TIA Does it sounds right that temp was at 37.7c and now dropped it to 37.5c for lockdown & increased humidity? How do I know if simply keeping the two chambers of the Brinsea Mini 2 Advance full is going...

Hello! I just recently had my first hatch! The eggs are button quail (so tiny!) and I bought 15 eggs online from a reputable farm that wasn’t too too far away. They got here next day shipping and went right into the bator. I kept the humidity steady at 40-45% until lockdown on day 14, but had...

I’m new to hatching, and I incubated 15 button quail eggs recently. 9 hatched, and out of those 9, 2 of them have crooked toes. I think my humidity was off during lockdown. How will this affect breeding? They are pets so I likely won’t breed but if I decide to, how likely is it that the babies...

So sometimes my button quail will randomly do like a dying squawk and then just flop onto the ground. Like full on head splat on the ground, body flat, like he died and just went "bleh". Idk how to explain it, but his head lays flat on the ground. Scares the hell out of me, but when I approach...

I took out her first ten eggs to give to someone else. I didn't want to hatch them bcuz they looked small. My button quail first laid two eggs after that. They are both next to each other in the cage. I didn't see anymore days following that so I assumed she was done laying. However, I checked...

So i hatched quails yesterday, one hatched out perfect while the other needed help, when it was fully out i realized why it couldn’t go out by itself, it had issues with one of it’s legs and wings and was also pipping upside down (not aircell) unfortunately the little guy only lived for around a...

Is it normal for her to lay eggs wherever and just ignore them? Will she gather the eggs when she's ready to incubate? How many eggs will she lay before sitting on them? Right now she has five eggs in the enclosure, just ignoring then. The enclosure is decently sized and they have a sort of arch...

So I have a rescue button quail (long story) that I've been caring for for almost a year and a half now (wow time flies). I have her in a big cage outside that I clean weekly, she eats, drinks and runs around totally normally, has all of her feathers, her eyes look good, etc, but only 1 nostril...

Good day all! I'm looking for some advice from any seasoned quail parents out there. I am curious as to whether there are any signs that a quail, in my case a button quail, "might" get broody? I have 9 button quail that are 10 weeks old which i hatched in an incubator. These are the first birds...

I have 4 button quail that are around 5-6 weeks old. When can you start telling the sex so i can separate them appropriately? I definitely don’t want the males to hurt or kill each other. Can they be sexed by color ? I know i have one white and one silver, but i’m not sure what the other two are...

I’m not sure how to identify these quails! I already have 2 separate enclosures for 2 pairs and homes for the rest although i still can’t identify whos who. They are turning bald and i am scared that it might escalate to soemthing worse if i don’t separate them soon. There are 6 of them: 1...

hello beautiful chicken people, this is my third attempt at incubating button quail eggs. this time I tried a dry hatch because I hear it's more reliable. today's day 6, I candled the eggs and they're not looking great. are any of them developing? a couple of them have wheels so thick you can't...

Here is my article that I posted about her previously for some context: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rescued-3-week-old-quail-need-advice.1490455/ It turns out she’s an adult button quail. Her legs don’t quite work and she’s slowly getting healthier - I would love to eventually get...

Hi all, My quail are now 6 weeks old, which I know is where they'll be reaching sexual maturity and begin producing potential eggs and roo foam. I know that the rule of thumb for keeping quail is 1 roo for every 4-6 hens, and that eventually my lot will need to be segregated to keep the peace...

Hello! I have 8 quail chicks. One was the only to hatch from some eggs I had stuck into an incubator, the rest I picked up from a breeder today. The chick I hatched seems to have some sort of respiratory Illness. I am keeping him separated from the rest.. I was wondering if it's okay to keep him...

Hello! I recently put some quail eggs to hatch, and only one has hatched so far. The chick hatched yesterday.. anyway, said chick makes a strange noise. It sounds almost like a faint tapping or clicking. It's not exactly consistent, but its occurring enough to concern me. The chick drinks water...

I have some leftover baked rigatoni that has button mushrooms in it. Is it ok to feed this to my girls?

Hello, I am not really about the chickens, but quail. A lot of helpful info has helped so much. I am excited to be part of the community and to learn from everyone here!

Hi there. I have a sweet new button quail. It hatched with Splayed leg. We've tried the band aid trick, sponge, the straw and rubber band. Nothing is working and the poor stressed thing doesn't want to eat or drink now. Any ideas.to help would be great!! Our main enemy is size. Stuff that...

I have a pair of button quails and the female has laid an egg every day for 12 days now. At first I took out the eggs but I’ve left the last six and she has laid them all in the same nest then she covers the eggs a bit. Could this mean she wants to brood? I’m concerned about leaving the eggs in...