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    Broody quail: Day 0

    I also found this information in a study about wild coturnix quail and it perfectly describes how my girls have acted while broody:
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    Broody quail: Day 0

    Thought this might interest some people on here :) One of my coturnix quails has gone broody and I've just put a clutch of shipped eggs under her - you can see one sticking out with red paint on it (to distinguish it from the infertile eggs that the others may lay nearby). I've gone for nine...
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    Quail disease identification?

    One of my girls is looking a little unwell. One of her eyes looks slightly swollen and dull, the feathers on her head are rough, and she seems a bit tired and slow. I have some oxytetracycline antibiotics which I'm administering as a first resort but just wondering if anyone can identify...
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    Portable quail hutch? Opinions please.

    I keep my birds in a small, moveable hutch which I peg down to stop it blowing away. The birds love being on dirt and although they constantly poop, if you're moving it every few days/week it should be fine. I've left mine in one spot for a few months over winter (mild winter in Wellington NZ)...
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    Good Uses for Quail Eggs

    My Japanese quails have started laying again for the season (down in the southern hemisphere) so I'm starting to end up with a good number of eggs at the end of each week that I'm not always using. They're such reliable layers! I tend to just fry up a few eggs here and there to eat, and I do...
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    Good quail toys/entertainment?

    I know the thing my birds love the most is a big pile of fresh dirt from the garden crawling with wee bugs and other goodies for them to rifle through. That and dust baths. They will spend ages enjoying a bit of dirt or dust. They don't seem to pay much attention to anything else I try and give...
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    More protein?

    Hi - I'm in NZ and hatched out a couple of baby quails. I fed them Sharpes Meat Bird Crumble which is 19% protein and my birds grew up fine. Mine were hatched by a broody quail hen, which is unusual, and this meant they were out in the pen with a dirt floor from day one and they were very quick...
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    Bullied Cross-Beaked Quail

    Hi I have four coturnix quails - two are about 9-10 months old and two are 4 weeks old now. The two older girls are tuxedo and white, and the babies were hatched out under the tuxedo who went broody (I shipped in some fertile eggs to put under her). The two babies are pretty happy and healthy...
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