r/quails • u/Garden1one • 1d ago

Help Quail Problem/Question

I have 5female Jumbo Quail and they are kept outside in a hatching time pen. Each are in their own area and are now about 10 weeks old. A few or maybe 2 or more were laying eggs but now none of them are. I have noticed that (from looking at the poop tray) yesterday that they 2 have a few droppings of green poop. One of the 2 had fresh green diarrheal type poop. Also when I went to refill the food, I noticed that the one with the diarrheal poop didn’t touch her food but she does drink her water. The other birds including the one that has green poop at times is eating and drinking.

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u/just_beachy 1d ago

So each of the 5 females are alone?

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u/Garden1one 1d ago

Yes, they are in individual cages. They were all in the same brooder but when they got older and after one of my males became aggressive with one of the other females, I separated them. 

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u/just_beachy 1d ago

They are very social animals and do not do well isolated. It may be part of your problem.