BENT NECK?

[Quailkeepa]

I couldn't upload a video, so I made a gif of a recording from my quail pen. The lighter dirty cream quail is the focus. Does she have wry neck or an injury? I bought her from a craiglist ad about a month ago. I only have 1 male quail in the pen who does mount the girls. Maybe he mounted her too hard? She eats and drinks just fine like the others.

 

[Nabiki]

She looks pretty normal to me. There might be a hint of wry neck, but not enough to cause her any problems. You may not want to breed her in case it's genetic, but she will live a completely normal life.

 

[Susan Skylark]

This is a functional wry neck, had to help him hatch but could eat and drink on his own, culled him at 6 weeks, half the size of clutch mates, next time will probably cull at hatch, he survived but got picked on, was a mess (fell over a lot), had to work hard just to drink. Yours looks pretty good!

 

[Quailkeepa]

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This is a functional wry neck, had to help him hatch but could eat and drink on his own, culled him at 6 weeks, half the size of clutch mates, next time will probably cull at hatch, he survived but got picked on, was a mess (fell over a lot), had to work hard just to drink. Yours looks pretty good!

Oh wow, thanks for your insight. I can see a physical difference. You definitely made the right choice. Thank you again!

 

[007Sean]

I agree with @Nabiki looks pretty normal to me.