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She currently cannot see the other quail, I tried leaving her next to them but she acted terrified until I moved her out of sight of them. She actually seems a lot calmer this morning so maybe she just needed a while to settle into her new environment. Maybe I'll give them a couple of weeks to...

Thanks for the tip on the peppers! Both girls have access to oyster shell, and they're on a food with a good protein level - and as many bugs are silly enough to crawl into their enclosure! I did wonder about the ratio, but when we got them the previous owner said they were the sweetest trio...

Thanks, that's good advice! She's had a good check, and I can't see anything further wrong with her except the bizarre laying habits, which I suspect are due to the trauma and stress. I might try a vet and see if they can diagnose her with anything before I put her with another hen then. I don't...

No worries - thanks anyway!

They're all coturnix quail, and up to this point have been happy and snuggle together overnight with no problems. They're fine with us as well, a little skittish at times, but they've never shown any kind of aggression at all until this! Thank so much for replying, I'm really quite worried...

Hi all, I'm new to BYC and fairly new to quail keeping and hoping somebody can give me some advice. I was given 3 quail about 4 months ago and told they were about 8 months old, 2 girls and 1 boy. They all seemed affectionate and very happy until a couple of weeks ago 1 of the girls attacked...