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    Quail Room Design

    I wish I had an entire room to renovate for a quail project *envious* lol But that poop... it'd be like a poop factory...
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    Broody hen and a crazy roo

    I guess I didn't put much thought into it... I suppose I could section her off to incubate all the eggs or just a small handful for now and place the male with her if she needs him in order to stay on the eggs. Just hope that the other eggs are fertile from the larger hens. They're in a cat...
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    Broody hen and a crazy roo

    Okay I've stated that my male has 'issues' (hides, lazes about, sits on eggs, growls at me when grabbing for eggs) Now I'm suspecting a hen or the male has taken to hoarding eggs in a corner to sit on. My male and a particular hen have taken to shoving all the eggs in one corner. I WISH I had...
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    raising DOQ

    Day Old Quail?
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    A&M laying age

    My AMs started laying 6 weeks in. Only one hen started laying around 10 weeks. NO IDEA WHY! Just may be a late bloomer.
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    How do I know that the Roo has been doing his 'job'?

    With the weather picking up and not being all dramatic now... I'd like to start hatching some eggs. I've got 1 male to 4 females. I'm not against sectioning him off with only 2 females, just felt keeping them all i n one cage would be fine. I see ruffled feathers here and there but I'm not...
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    My Quail Breeding Pens

    http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/ctnbirds/005-13_zps8d43f02c.jpg http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/ctnbirds/006-11_zps086aafd7.jpg http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/ctnbirds/001-4_zpsca2d52fb.jpg Corrected the links here. Seems the images were turned into links and then the...
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    What exactly are soft-shelled eggs?

    I had that issue the first week I got my quail. I suspect that it's because they were stressed. THEN I upped the amount of oyster shell I mixed in their food. Haven't had an issue since. I add some to their sand box, their food, and a wee bit on the side. I try to avoid leaving it on its' own...
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    Running beaks across cage?

    They are easily amused. If you go right up to the cage they'll crane their necks and stare at you and chirp. (or run their beaks across the cage). If you REACH for them, then they panic and it's every bird for themself.
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    Running beaks across cage?

    LOL! Well I'll cut a few branches and toss them in. They have a dust box and are content with that but when I come out they run towards the front of the cage cooing and running their beaks across it... I'll watch from the window and they're still doing it an hour or so later!!! Eventually they...
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    Minimum coop height

    I am using 16 inches for my cages. My feeder and waterer are a bit tall so I wanted clearance for it. One bird insists on flying but has not killed themself yet. No injuries either. my cage is 16 inches high 2 ft deep and 3 ft long. And holds 5 of my quail. i almost think it is too big for them...
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    Running beaks across cage?

    Are my birds mental or bored? Just got 5 texas am (6-8 wks old) and 3 of the females are continually running their beaks across the cage. they have not hurt themselves but it is just a bit weird.... (or maybe not? these are my first birds). Any suggestions or jokes? lol
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    spraddle leg?

    Yeah I'm worried about the internal since that's something I can't do anything about. If something like that happens I'll just cull it :( This may be my first time hatching but it's not the first time with a baby bird. This one has all the spirit of an active chick... it just poops out faster...
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    spraddle leg?

    The sandals How it usually sleeps After laying him down it kinda just flops about and then rests like this It is stretching in this pic, but imagine it on its belly... it'll sleep like this or on its' back like this. He'll peck at food from time to time but I have to give it...
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    spraddle leg?

    Chick has curled toes and hobbles about but falls over quite often. occasionaly it takes to extending its legs behind itself. I thought it was spraddle at first but it hobbles well with my mini sandals. 2 days old. Had to help it hatch it took 27 hours to get as far as it did... which was not...
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