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Something interesting we have found. From time to time, we like to handle our CPQ and we have found that they really enjoy being 'swaddled' in towelling. We found this out after bathing one of our girls to help her pass an egg and we wrapped her in a sheet of terry towelling to keep her warm...

Not sure if anyone here has experienced this, but we've just received a small egg from Molly. The egg is about the same size as a little finger nail! It's perfectly formed, perfectly coloured but very small! Half tempted to crack it open to see if she managed to yolk it! Has anyone else had...

Last night, we came home to find our 'First lady', Molly sick. She was egg bound. She had an egg that was all ready to come out but she wasn't able to lay it. She was droopy, closing her eyes, fluffed out and sick looking. We did our usual technique of bathing her in warm water to help her...

Today we lost one of our girls, Honey. She was around 10 months old and was our head girl of our bevy. Unfortunately, this morning she suffered an accident which left her with a complicated fracture of the leg. Our vet stated that the likelihood of the fracture healing or the wound healing...

We have been searching with very little luck, on how to entertain quails? We found that our quails just love pecking each others feathers and anti-pecking and a good varied diet does not seem to help. Though blood is rarely spilt, they are getting bald. We considered it may be down to boredom...

We've just checked our new baby (still nameless due to gender defining problems) and we're pretty much 99.9% sure we have a little boy. (he's all white so no tell tale bib). We were just wondering if any quail keepers know what a safe Male to female ratio is. We have a boy (Houdini) and his...

Our little Molly was just getting acquainted with our new arrival (as of yet unnamed) when she marked her territory by pooping. After this...her insides did not go back inside as they usually do, and now she has a pea sized angry red cloaca hanging out. I'm worried sick! Can anyone please...

Is Vaseline safe for Quails? Our Izzy (little chinese painted quail) is getting a lot of unwanted attention in terms of being feather pecked and antipek doesn't work? Is Vaseline safe to use on quails?

Our new lady Cookie has started sitting on her eggs. She issues warnings to the other girls and the boy and sits on the eggs most of the time. But i have some questions. She sits on them most of the time but gets up for between 15-45 minutes at a time to collect stuff for the nest and to eat...

Our quails have suddenly decided that bald spots are in and have started pecking one another. Male on female, female on male, and female on female. Suddenly, all of our quail are wandering around looking like Harry Hill! Is there anything we can do? Anti-peck is only as useful as long as it...

Hi, first time posting (laura usually hogs the account) We have four quails. Our first two were Houdini and Molly (male/female pairing) of CPQ and then a few months later we got Honey and Izzy (two additional females) to ease up on Molly who was getting alot of unwanted attention. He is most...

Hello again. Our female CPQ, Molly, seems sick. She won't eat her mealworms, seems sluggish and makes these strange neck motions as if she's trying to bring something up. We've isolated her from the others to stop the spread of infection. She's an indoor bird who lives with three other...

Sorry to make another topic but we're a bit concerned because our first hen (the first of our three) since our two new ladies have arrived has felt obliged to lay two eggs in one go. She frets quite a bit and then lays two eggs before going about her business. She then misses a day. We've...

Sadly, our new grey CPQ Olwen was in fact a male and couldn't live with Houdini any more so this afternoon he was taken to a rehoming centre where he discovered a wonderful cage of females. I am sure he was delighted as he had been isolated for a week. It was sad to see him go as he was such a...

We bought a new female silver CPQ from a quail breeder on Sunday and after giving her the once over we were content she was female. But she has started to display male behaviours. She has yet to make any male calls (she is still quite young in that respect) but she is rather small (about our...

Our male and female have just been moved into a new cage. It is very wide and spacious and offers them alot of running space. A few days ago, our solitary male started pecking at his mate's tail feathers when she was offering herself to him for mating. He pecked her quite a bit so we seperated...

Our female has been laying for 12 days now and is getting fussy over who she lets near her nest. Our male has been very good, guarded when she laid, pecked our hands when we went to count the eggs and titbitted for her. He is a very tame and friendly little chap. Our male plucked her tail...

Hello, I'm pretty new here and this is my first post. I've read every chinese painted quail blog and helpsheet and factsheet on the net but still have a few questions here and there and we were wondering if you could help us solve a few mysteries? We have two chinese painted quails, a boy and...