Recent content by swinva4

I didn’t realize that was an option, thank you!

Great questions. When they died, they both were about 4 months old. They are eating Purina game bird layer feed. Not laying, but I figured that was due to the weather changes. For the first one, no issues in poop to my knowledge. The second one let out a watery poop yesterday but we thought...

Hi all. This is the second time this happened to us, one of my quail suddenly died. I keep a close eye on them, checking their behavior and appearance several times a day. Background: I have outdoor quail in a tightly enclosed coop and run. The first one was about a month ago. I intruded a new...

Ugh, was hoping to avoid culling just because I very much see them as pets that provide eggs but I do have a neighbor that would if necessary. I will add more hiding places throughout the run!

Hi all, long post alert. A few questions about quail temperament and if I need to be more patient or if a specific quail is just not going to work out. Some background: I had a Celadon roo and Pharaoh hen by themselves for about 2 weeks, before the farm sent a Celadon hen (the roo was a...

Awesome! Thank you so much. Do you happen to know how long they would have to be sitting on them for the eggs to be considered no longer viable?

First off, I apologize for my ignorance as this is all very very new to me. Right now we have one hen and one roo, both coturnix. Not ideal, but the farm was supposed to send 2 hens and obviously did not sex one correctly so now we are waiting on a few other hens to balance it out. My hen just...

I am getting them as adults, I think they send them as soon as they are sexable- so I assume still fairly young! I am glad to hear that it should be okay :)

Hello from Virginia! Me and my partner became coturnix quail owners by accident (one showed up in my yard!), but we quickly fell in love with them. I am very new to raising them, and have learned so much from the community already. Right now I have a Pharaoh and Celadon, but will be possibly...