Recent content by Kaya1
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Northern California Quail Fanciers
Here's a random pic of my golden girl. She's very demanding during feeding time, and throws herself at my shins -
Northern California Quail Fanciers
Here's a few of my birds. I can't remember what the yellow variety are called exactly, but 3 of them are extremely social with me and just smile at me all day -
Roux Dilute/Egyptian Coturnix Quail Discussion Thread
I call my Texas A&M "White Chick" as well -
Roux Dilute/Egyptian Coturnix Quail Discussion Thread
I was wondering what her color was called. She's also a bit more wild in personality. -
Northern California Quail Fanciers
Hi everyone! I'm Wes, aka Kaya1, and I live in Placer county just outside Sacramento. I currently have 22 female Coturnix of all different colors and sizes. I don't want to deal with males, so I don't breed or hatch. They're all my spoiled little daughters in their 8/12' aviary. Everything I... -
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Growth on stomach
Occasionally they get mud balls on their feet, but this girl got stuck in between some sticks and the chicken wire, and hasn't walked right since. I removed all of the sticks. She likely poked her belly, and it got infected. -
Growth on stomach
They're in an aviary on mostly clay dirt and sand. This one has a limp though, and kinda drags her stomach on the ground a bit. My girls are also kinda fat, so that may contribute to it. For how wounded she is she still hobbles along happily, and no other birds bother her. -
Growth on stomach
I need help identifying a growth on my hen. It looks like it could be a cyst from an infected wound. If anyone has had a similar situation I'd appreciate advice on how to treat it. -
Broody Texas A & M
Yes, she's been sitting on a pile of eggs for almost a week now. I've just left her alone. I have 21 other females and no males in the aviary and she's my only A&M, so it's probably just her breed. -
Broody Texas A & M
I'm not overly experienced with A&M's, but the one I have has been doing the exact same thing for 5 days straight. I'm assuming it's their behavior -
Any problems keeping quail in a big city?
I'm in Sacramento area and I had my birds in cages on my apartment patio for over a year. I couldn't find any laws against it, and no neighbors ever complained about the roo, even though I could hear him from across the complex. -
Do quail miss flying?
I went from small cages to a big aviary, and my cots only flew when stressed. They do, however, run and pounce when they're excited or happy, sometimes getting a little air. I'd say that flying is a stress response, so I doubt they "miss" it. -
Cheap and efficient housing for 30 quail?
I started with a metal shelf with 1"/ 1/2" wire around it, linked with zip ties and small Rubbermaids for sand. It ran me around $150, but like you said, they get bored, and they were less happy. Now I have 14'/10' chain link fence with chicken wire on dirt.