Recent content by Halcomb6

Honestly other than vent hole sexing, I can only tell the difference at mature age.

Yes I have raised hundreds of quail on this feed. This hatch is the first I've had trouble from.

I give them chick starter and grow. It's 20% protein, highest we have around here. And I have a heat lamp on them, same temp as all my other hatches had. What should I do to solve this problem?

I had recently received some chicks from someone and they have died off. I only have 5 out of 20 left. The week old chicks are laying down and spreading out almost like their dead. They just seem to be VERY lazy. I give them vitamins in their water, have crushed their food. Good clean conditions...

I would like to ask a question too while we have a beginners thread. I purchased jumbo Coturnix a week ago. I have them in a hutch style area and I have a 3:1 female male ratio. With plenty of light and warmth. They had already stopped laying for winter, when will my artificial light jump start...

I purchased 50 quail from a man about a week ago. He kept them outdoors with no artificial light. How long would it take them to start laying eggs again? I have them inside my garage in a very large homemade rabbit hutch that I fellow quail owner helped me build. I have light on in their cages...