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Quail Poetry
Recently got an interest in collecting poetry about coturnix quails. I havent found much, but I thought it might be worth posting about here in case anyone has similar interests. All replies to this thread welcome, including poetry of your own! I'll update it if I find any more quail poetry...- HardlyQuailified
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What color is my quail? A brief intro to common colors in Coturnix Quail.
What color is my quail? There are potentially dozens of color related genes in coturnix quail and thousands of potential combinations, few of which have been thoroughly studied or understood but they can be broken down into a few basic ‘families’ or groups and you can hopefully narrow it down...- Susan Skylark
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Looking for coturnix quail
Hi! We recently received two female coturnix quail from someone who couldn’t keep them anymore. But we feel like they should be in a flock and we have a set up and everything so we are looking for 4-6 more but most sites we have looked out only offer 10+. If we could have any advice on how to...- Costamesaquails
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An instant and affordable quail aviary option?: Using pop-up mattress mosquito netting to house quail.
After officially owning coturnix quail for a year and in our fourth generation of birds, I really wanted a large, group housing option that gave the birds more room and a more natural feel, as well as the ability to do deep litter management for the bedding, but not being a handyman or having...- Susan Skylark
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Paralyzed legs, broken wing
Hello everyone! My coturnix quail couldn’t get up one day when my mom came home. It must have hit its head. I wasn’t home at the time. She took it to the vet, got some medicine and minerals. It’s been 4 days and the bird still can’t get up, it’s very thin but it started eating today. It can’t...- Qquails899
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ISO Coturnix females in N.C.
I would like to get a quartet of laying female coturnix quail sometime this year. They would be for eggs/pets so I would like tuxedo or celadons. If anyone knows of any good breeders, that would also be helpful. TIA! -
Coturnix hatching eggs in MN? Possible ship?
It's been forever since I've been on this forum. I stopped raising birds when a tornado took out my Seramas and I moved to a city that didn't allow "barn animals" including chickens and quail. Currently have a new incubator and I'm looking to do a quail hatch. Looking for fertile hatching eggs...- spookyevilone
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New Quail mom. color and gender questions
Looking to get a couple if coturnix hens in the next week or so. I know some colors cannot be sexed by feather. Currently looking at these too potentially coming home with me. Are either of these sexable colors ? -
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Momma quail!
I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for all the information they post. I started raising quail in 2023, and this forum has been a huge help! I would also like to share that one of my hens went broody and hatched out some babies! I am excited because I have them in a wire bottom... -
What did my coturnix hen lay?
I went out to collect eggs this evening and found this! What is it? All my hens seem happy and healthy. Haven't been having any issues at all. Is this something to be concerned about? They are about 4 months old, lay regularly, have oyster shell, egg shell, and Purina game starter, live in pens...- Starrponies
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Growth/tumor? Something on Quail's Head
So, one of my hens has had this little growth on her head. And I just noticed today that there is a hole in the skin, and underneath its black, and looks like matted hair.... bird doesn't seem to be in distress, even when it's touched. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts as to what it is, or...- Wandering_r0gue
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Quail beak bleeding
Hello everybody. I am new to owning quails, it has been 2 weeks since I got them. We have 4 female and 1 male coturnix quails. They are in a coop of size(LxWxH) 1560x520x680mm. They are around 5 to 6 weeks old. We had one egg so far and then no more after that. One of the females keeps pecking... -
Unique colours this time
Got a bunch of unique and New (to me) colours in my most recent hatch. They're growing into their colours quite nicely. I have mostly no idea whether they're Male or Female... one or two I have ideas. These are just a sampling from the 26 in the last clutch.- Wandering_r0gue
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Help ! With feather sexing / feathers look male but vent sex is female (no foam)
Hi everyone. Newbie quail owner here. I have a quail that is 8 weeks old (according to the breeder I got her/him from) The feathers on its breast look male but the vent sexing (and I’ve looked about 10 times trying to figure this out) is female. No foam (I’ve pushed all around trying to...- UrbanHenKW123
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Splay leg and removing from incubator
Hey y’all! We are hatching some coturnix quail. We had about 7 hatch last night, that was late day 17, and a few more have pipped and are starting to zip this morning, early day 18! They are all looking fabulous and healthy, but I’m suspecting one chick that hatched last night has splay leg...- hotmessmom
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Plantasmagoria Micro Homestead and Farm: Welcome to Quailtopia!
These cuties don't grow like weeds. They grow like super virus, over taking my heart and infecting me with their birb faces. I'm excited to begin this new self sufficient chapter of my life. Usually I bite off more than I can chew so I'm starting small! It's going to be hard because I can't get...- Plantasmagoria
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Just got my new Coturnix Quail! What colors are these?
Sorry for the awful photos, I’m nervous to get them out again! I’m so excited to have them, waiting for them to calm down to sex. If anyone notices like, a blatant feather sexable roo please tell me! I’d also love to know what varieties they are! I love my beautiful rainbow quail mix!!!!- clickbeetles
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