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    how do i hatch button quail and take care of them?!?

    The main difference between hatching button quail vs. coturnix is humidity. Coturnix quail do best at around 30% humidity during incubation, then up to around 60% at lockdown while buttons prefer around 50% humidity during incubation and up to around 70% at lockdown...
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    How old is old when it comes to quail?

    2 years old is getting old for a quail. Yours is almost 4 which is getting very old for a quail. I think the longest I've personally seen is 5, though I have heard of one that lived to 7, but I'm not 100% sure of the accuracy on that one.
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    I haven't studied the colour genetics much. The colour names have changed a lot even in just the last six years, and I haven't kept up. I would still call them by the names that I've used.
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    Ah, yes. My bad. They both appear to be pharaoh hens. The spiny feathers are just rough feathers that will smooth out with grooming, or if they're damaged, with her next molt.
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    Emergency, woke up to sick quail!

    :welcome It sounds like you've done a very good examination to eliminate the standard issues and start her care. If your birds were panicking last night, it may be possible that she flushed and hit her head. The facts that she's eating, drinking, and pooping are all good signs, which make me...
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    ⭐ Kiki's Year Long 🌶️

    I'm missing snow. We had one bit that hasn't entirely melted yet (just because it's been cold), but no new snow.
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    Things you wish you could say

    The local Grocery outlet carries Polar smoked sardines in jars. I LOVE those things. They are so good on rice!
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    1 & 5 in your most recent pics look like females. Both pharaohs. Sometime light in a picture can can wash the brown out and make a pharaoh look like falb fee.
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    Ginger and fee cross will get you that washed out orange colour that looks like a German pastel to me.
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    1 - Falb fee, but need a better picture of the chest for gender. I think female, but straight on pic of the chest will confirm. 2 - Falb fee male 3 - grau fee? sparkly? Not feather sexable, so you'll need to vent sex or wait until it crows or lays 4 - German pastel, probably female. 5 - Not...
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    Cortunix Sexing / Color Help - Come one, Come All

    No. Pansy refers to the patterns on the feathers. You can have pansy in different colours, including black and white (such as pansy fee). Scarlet means that the feathers are a shade of red in colour, and can come in different feather patterns, including pansy.
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    What made you happy today?

    It was a new business then, but has, alas, since failed.
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    Lump in quail abdomen?

    I'm not a vet and I can't physically examine her, but based on what looks like a very swollen abdomen and based on your description of it being hard, I'm guessing (and I could very well be wrong) a tumor of some sort. She is 2.5 years old, which is old, but not ancient for a coturnix quail, so...
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    Lump in quail abdomen?

    Her abdomen looks quite swollen. Has it gotten worse in the last 3 weeks? Looking at this, I would take one of the following choices: 1 - take her to an avian vet 2 - make her as comfortable as you can for the rest of her life or until she's obviously suffering 3 - cull, especially if she is...
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    What should i do to stop an aggressive female without culling.

    I will usually invite them to dinner if it doesn't work once. If their disposition is that bad, I don't want their genes in the covey.
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