Eggs in Winter?

[Rozzie]

It does not matter that the coturnix & button quail can see each other or not. What matters is that the button quail CANNOT tolerate cold. A member here recently lost all of their button quail from this.

Button quail are from a warm climate. They will die if they get cold.

My button quail & coturnix are all in the same area. They see each other & listen to each other. Doesn't make a bit of difference to anything.

 

[ra]

I mentioned earlier that they have been brought inside! They are happy and lying together as I write!

 

[Rozzie]

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OK, I just saw that they were in the garage. I never saw a post where you said you'd brought them in. (Or, maybe your garage is warm! Mine isn't. Brrrr.) I probably just missed one of your posts.

My garage is sitting at 48 degrees right now. That's with a heat vent open & a space heater on. Brrrrrr.

 

[ra]

They seemed happy in there I have a big brooder in there with chicks and it actually helps keep it warm unless I open the big door. I like to hear them anyway and it is neat to see them care for each other!

 

[Robo]

My garage is insulated and with the heat lamps going it is warmer than my house.

 

[joe125]

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OK, I just saw that they were in the garage. I never saw a post where you said you'd brought them in. (Or, maybe your garage is warm! Mine isn't. Brrrr.) I probably just missed one of your posts.

My garage is sitting at 48 degrees right now. That's with a heat vent open & a space heater on. Brrrrrr.

That's way to chilly to me as well, but for a fully feathered coturnix adult...It's room temperature, and egg laying heaven. Turn off the IR heat lamps and get you 4 watt nightlight. Feed them good feed. Give them 14+ hours of full spectrum white light in their 24 hour period. Put on a set of safety glasses, because they should be putting your eyes out shooting eggs in your face!

Coturnix are not buttons! 48 deg. is nothing to an adult coturnix. I fear that people confuse coturnix with buttons, and also confuse coturnix chicks with polar bears and adult coturnix. It takes a lot of heat to raise coturnix from day old chick to 7+ week old young adult, but once they cross that threshold, then fretting about temp ranges between 30 and 75 are moot! They can handle it!

 

[Rozzie]

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OK, I just saw that they were in the garage. I never saw a post where you said you'd brought them in. (Or, maybe your garage is warm! Mine isn't. Brrrr.) I probably just missed one of your posts.

My garage is sitting at 48 degrees right now. That's with a heat vent open & a space heater on. Brrrrrr.

That's way to chilly to me as well, but for a fully feathered coturnix adult...It's room temperature, and egg laying heaven. Turn off the IR heat lamps and get you 4 watt nightlight. Feed them good feed. Give them 14+ hours of full spectrum white light in their 24 hour period. Put on a set of safety glasses, because they should be putting your eyes out shooting eggs in your face!

Coturnix are not buttons! 48 deg. is nothing to an adult coturnix. I fear that people confuse coturnix with buttons, and also confuse coturnix chicks with polar bears and adult coturnix. It takes a lot of heat to raise coturnix from day old chick to 7+ week old young adult, but once they cross that threshold, then fretting about temp ranges between 30 and 75 are moot! They can handle it!

Yeah, I know the coturnix are fine in it. My girls are still out there, with Christmas lights. I can't let it get too cold out there - pipes will freeze.

Buttons, on the other hand, are all in the house in the toasty warm 70 degree basement.

I'm worried about Ra's buttons, unless he has a fully heated garage, unlike mine.

 

[PortugalBreeder]

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Check their food ingredients to see how much protein it has. If it says 18% protein or more, it's enough for them to start laying. 18% is already pushing down, less than that if they lay will be bad for their health.