My quail do have a dust bath and of course they go nuts in it. I moved the male and have only noticed a slight improvement in the female's behavior. One of them is still nervous as ever. I can reach in and grab the feeder and 3 of them will brush right against my hand while the one just paces...
I'll watch a little closer. However, the coop is 4' off the ground. I keep a game camera on it every night. I've seen possum and raccoons but no rats yet.
I have 5 coturnix quail 4 females and 1 male in a 5x3 coop. They have always been very relaxed until a couple weeks ago. When I approach the coop now they dart around and sometimes bounce off the screen on front of coop. Also the male almost always mounts a female when I approach as if hes...