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    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    Someone had posted question about getting eggs and then wonder about pens later. I made this which has had as many as 108 adult quail in it at one time. Yes it was crowded. I was designing to use 1 sheet of plywood. The dims are 3' wide and 7' long. I have it to where I can slide a plywood...
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    Comparing quail sizes

    You guys must train your quail to sit on the scales!!
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    Comparing quail sizes

    Robbi, makes sense why I never got responses from emails! Is it too late to gets some eggs this year? I need a winter time project.... Thanks
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    Snake in coop thread!!!

    I got a call at work this summer from my wife who was off and home. She was in charge of feeding my quail who was about 1 week away from laying. She was freaking out telling me I had to come home for lunch immediately! Snake was in quail cage. She is terrified of snakes, so I went on home...
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    breeding pen question

    I am sure if I spent hrs searching I would find my answer, but anyhoo, I am wanting to building a breeding pen about 10' long very very similar to GQF breeding pen setup. My question is about the floor. It doesn't look like normal 1/2" wire, it looks like flat expanded metal of some kind...
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    How many Quail do we have?

    so that got us to 1503, then thanks to mr black snake, minus 7 for me so now 1496!
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    outside winter time options

    Okay,rookie here. I am sure it may be posted somewhere else but here it goes. I am looking to have my breeding pens in a hall way in a barn. I have no doors on barn so in winter time it will be cold. I am in middle TN, temps rarely get below 25 F anymore and if so no more than a day or so...
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    Watering

    I am not happy with my nipple waterers I am using for my quail.. They are not leaking, however when the quail hit the nipple I am sure more comes out than they drink. I have it on gravity system in a 1 gallon bucket about 6" above the pen. I was thinking of going to cups, but not really...
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    How many Quail do we have?

    581+38=619
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