Hello! I am a first timer to the quail side of egg layers(have had ducks, geese, and chickens) and want to know what the best quail for eggs are and also for a first timer. Thanks in advance!

I’ve raised Japanese quails before, and want to know if there are any key differences in care for buttons. I have about a week and half left on incubation before these guys pop out of their eggs! How small does the feed need to be? Should I put it in the blender? I can’t find a water dispenser small enough for them, what should I use instead?

As the title says I am looking for somewhere to get nicely feathered Celadon either in hatching eggs or as a day old babys. Thieving otter farms dark and stormy line (and other colors) is interesting but they are Coturnix and I do not know enough about quail genetics(yet) to breed in Celadon while maintaining their colors. For now I am just looking for a good strong blue egg and birds that are going to be unique enough I can tell them apart pretty feather colors would be nice but at the moment I seem to be having trouble even finding black tuxedo Celadon all advice is appreciated. Currently looking just as pets and for eggs but in the future possibly looking to breed once I have property

I do native bird rescue and was recently given a quail. I'm pretty sure it's a pet as this little one runs into my hands whenever I reach down for it, happily eats from my hands and generally doesn't spook.

Found in Sydney.

If you've lost a really sweet pet let me know. I'm not going to say its gender or breed to try and narrow down its actual home. I'm in love with this thing and would love to keep it, but it needs friends and space and deserves to go back to its family.

If it might be yours, please give me the gender, breed, and location it was lost and if all checks out we'll reunite.

I have a few coturnix and the past few nights I've went out to them I've noticed they've all laid in the exact same little nest inside one of their huts, the eggs are all warm to the touch when I pick them up, there's a few feathers inside the hut as well that looked plucked out.

Usually one of my hens sits in there but I'll leave the eggs for 2 days then on the 3rd or 4th day I'll touch them and they'll be cold?

Any idea what they're doing with them or should I just keep taking eggs as I usually do?

Have you ever used dirt in your newborns’ brooder? Not potting soil of course, but just plain dirt. How did it work for you?

Looking for a practical alternative to pine shavings and there’s no shortage of dirt around. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hello. I'm new to this subreddit and had some questions regarding my quails. I recently got 2 button quail from an animal expo (both female). The guy I bought them from told me they were 2 weeks out from being ready to start laying. I was wondering what is the best way to bond with them? Right now they're fairly skittish around me and run when I open their enclosure. I want to have them be tame since they are meant to be pets. Any advice?

in what i've read online coturnix hens don't get broody that often if at all, so i was curious if anyone had experience with a hen that actually incubated her own eggs. if i leave my hen's in with her she will sit on them and so will her husband, but they aren't getting broody by any means. wondered if it was worth leaving them in for her or if i should just continue collecting them. thanks :^)

Hello. I raise chickens in my back yard (enclosed). I want to get some quail, but I don’t know where to get them. I looked at a Hatchery and they only sell eggs 200 at a time. That’s a LOT more quail than I want. Any suggestions? Thanks!