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I have 3 cages with coturnix quail and 1 cage with golden manchurian quail. Up until 3 days ago I was getting anywhere from 15 - 25 eggs each day from the 3 coturnix cages and 4 a day from the 4 goldens. Keep in mind that nothing has changed as far as environmental conditions, feeding, water...

As a newbie to the chicken and quail family, I am looking for some insight. I have quail (both jumbo pharaoh and golden Manchurian) that are 10 weeks old and not laying eggs yet even though the roos are a crowing. I give them 25ish% protein feed and at least 14 hours of light each day. Most...

That's good to know. Thanks.

I have 5 new chicks; 4 of which started laying. RIR @ 18 wks, Ameraucanas (1 @ 20 wks and 1 @ 21 1/2 wks), 1 Buff Orpington @ 20 wks. They are 24 wks today and the other buff hasn't laid an egg yet. Any insight on why she might be so late? She is supposedly born at the same time (within a couple...

Newbies have been with the oldies since they were 16 wks (6-8 wks now). The coop is about 10' x 4'. It was a weird day for them. One oldie would not let them up until another oldie laid her egg (and she wasn't even in the coop yet). Once that happened, everything was fine and the newbies went...

Switching gears from quail to chickens, as a newbie I need more advice. I have 5 chicks that are 22-23 weeks old and are beginning to lay. I also have 3 older hens that have been laying for a couple of years. The problem is that a couple of the older hens aren't letting the younger ones in the...

Thanks to everyone for their input. It is always a blessing to have you folks out there to lead all of us newbies in the right direction. The concensus is to go with the Purina Game Bird and Turkey Startena which i found at my local Tractor Supply Co. If anyone has advice to the contrary...

:flI have both adult quail and chicks that i am raising for eggs. I cannot find a high protein feed (22% - 28%) anywhere at a half decent price. Can anyone let me know where i can find this? I have looked all around the internet with no luck. Any suggestions will be appreciated. I will settle...

I am new to this chicken stuff, and have to admit that my wive and I both are really getting in to the whole thing. We started 4 months ago with 3 inherited layer adults and 5 three day old chicks. For the last 2 months, they both have been sharing a pen and coop only separated by chicken wire...