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today i found blood in the quails house. i have a male and one that i am unsure of as he is not showing any foam but has the feathering of a male, any way this one had blood on his chest where some one had attacked him, do you think my male had a go at him because he might be a male even though...

my lovely quail is a boy, he seems ok with all the girls at the moment and they all seem happy, when will he start roughing them up, how old does he have to be to start mating, he chases one, she the only one that is brown all the others are speckled just like him, he grabs her but she always...

i did it, it's only taken all evening. :-)08

thank you Marigold that was much easier to do, why didn't i do that before..... :-)19 :-)11

hi this is the quails new home for the summer (yes i know what summer). they will live in it in the day and i will put them away in the shed at night, just to be on the safe side, as Mr and Mrs foxy likes to come and visit us and my menagerie.

Hi Marigold, yes she is a sweetie, she is a very friendly bird, wish they were all like her, i am going to be gutted if she turns out to be a boy. How many quails do you keep? The quails i got from Bulgaria i think are girls showing the correct coloured feathers. they are a lot wilder, not to...

just thought i would post another photo of my quail, hope its a girl. does anyone else have a quail that just lie's in your hand and play dead, why does she/he do that, the minute i put her on her back she just closes her eyes and goes limp, she is a very friendly bird will sit for ages on your...

hi these are my first quails, can anyone tell if they are male or female, or is it to early yet.

Hi i have some quail eggs coming off ebay soon, just needed some advice on how to hatch them. i have hatched ducks and chickens but not quails. these will be coturnix quails. any advice would be great full.

this is a better photo. http://tinypic.com/r/jsc4ds/5

here is a photo of my baby mini appleyard ducklings.

hi i have just hatched out a mini appleyard duckling and he's very lonely, for some reason only 1 hatched, does anyone have a baby duckling about 2 days old to go with my duckling, i would love another mini appleyard to go with him to keep him company. or if anyone knows of anyone who breeds...

my first little chick has died, it pipped and his beak was out and i went to check on him and no noise i tapped the shell nothing i opened it up and he was dead in the shell, i was really worried that this would happen, i have another that has broken the shell but this one is still alive, it's...

hi i have 6 mini appleyard eggs in the incubator at the moment it's day 26 and two have broken through the shell only a small hole, one has it's beak poking out, how long does it take for them to get out. I have hatched some before but i helped them, i got anxious that they would die in the...

hi just wondering if i should put a wet cloth in the bottom of my R-com 20 when it's hatching time for my baby duck eggs, just to keep it moist in the incubator, as people say that the fan can dry out the eggs, if i put in a wet cloth this should help. what do you think i should do, would it...

hi can anyone tell me if it's ok to give floating pellets for the ducks on the pond.

hi i have a r-com 20 with 6 duck eggs in, it's now day 21 and all is well. :-)17 can anyone tell me what the humidity should be for the last 3 days and what temp i should be running the inc. i am getting a little nervous that i might mess up at the last bit. also i can anyone tell me what the...

hi i have a r-com 20 with 6 duck eggs in, at the moment it's day 21 all eggs looks like they are ok. my question is what temp and humidity should i set with this incubator, how high should i set it to help them hatch. i know that i stop turning the eggs at day 25, do i drop the temp on this day...

http://i39.tinypic.com/25i7zo7.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/2hd2q6v.jpg this is my two girls that i breed and the male i bought.

hi i have been reading about feeding your baby ducklings on crumb, some say for only 2 weeks and some say up to 5 weeks, which is correct as i don't want them getting angel wing or suffer from lameness from being on crumb to long. can anyone say how long they have kept their ducks on crumb for...