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    Are anyone else's quail seemingly made of dust?

    Mine are indoors. I keep them on pine shavings. I get the flake kind rather than the fine kind. I clean it fully once a week and pick it out mid week. I have found that the flakes aren't as absorbent but helps some with the dust. Their play sand in the sand box is also just damp- not wet. That...
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    Tragedy of the Mixed Coturnix/Bob Flock

    I can't come to any other logical explanation... but still worried for my other birds to be left with him.
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    Tragedy of the Mixed Coturnix/Bob Flock

    I've been keeping such a close eye on them that if it was an issue hopefully just separate them but that was not the case unfortunately. They are indoor birds. I do have cats but my cats have no claws and I have 1/2 hardware cloth on the cage so they can't get in. I was wondering if she cut...
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    Tragedy of the Mixed Coturnix/Bob Flock

    I feel awful that this even needs to be a post I put up here but just wanted to share my experience for others... I have (had) 10 birds, 9 coturnix and 1 bob white. They were separated in groups of 5 in 2 pens. 1 pen had a rosetta coturnix male and his 4 jumbo ladies. The other has a tuxedo...
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    Do quail screech?

    My girls screech when they lay eggs... I'm not sure if yours are laying eggs yet. It's not as loud as a crow but isn't quiet either. The first time I heard it, I thought someone was hurt.
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    Raising quails indoors

    I should add, I have to watch what kind of feed I put in this feeder. It works best with crumbles. A fine meal will clog the feeder and not come out well on it's own.
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    Raising quails indoors

    Sure! This is the feeder I use. I literally bought it full of bird seed for like $5 from a tractor store. I just put it outside for a week and let the wild birds eat the seeds and then, ready to use for my birds. It has little retractable feet to make it more stable for sitting on a surface...
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    Raising quails indoors

    I have a wild bird gravity feeder with small trays. They can't sit on it or put their head in. I also have a 2 liter cup waterer hung a bit high. They can still reach it but no shavings get kicked in so stays pretty clean too. I can go 3 full days without refilling the food and water. Took me...
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    Raising quails indoors

    I have 10 inside and yes, in my bedroom. I live in a city apartment without a yard. Most people who visit my apartment don't know I have birds. I have 5 in 1 cage and 5 in another. We have a kid with pretty severe food allergies so this is a staple to make sure he stays a healthy growing boy so...
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    Can you mix Bob Whites with Conturnix?

    I currently have 1 Bob male in a cage with 3 female and 1 male regular tuxedo coturnix. They get along pretty well. I sometimes even see my little male coturnix mount him which I can only guess is a pure dominance thing. But otherwise the boys seem to ignore each other. We had one incident of...
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    Quail not putting foot down

    Little Bob's (my bobwhite male) foot seems better after a week of rest. I reintroduced him to his cotrunix flock yesterday. All seemed ok. A little rustling. But today, I've witnessed one girl being a bit of an instigator and the 2 are biting at each other periodically. I've never seen this...
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    Quail not putting foot down

    Thanks for the emotional support! I'm a nurse and so I always feel like I'm not doing enough but sometimes with animals, not doing more is better. He is eating and drinking and preening so besides putting the foot down, acting himself. He can still see his friends without having them jumping on...
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    I don’t think I can do it!

    I agree with all the other posts that say unless you're going to become vegetarians (which we are not) it is the price of eating meat. I look at it this way: 1. If I do nothing, the boys will kill eachother in a brutal fashion and we can't eat them then so loss of bird and dinner. 2. I choose...
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    Is this normal?

    Babies sleep a lot... anywhere... this is one of my chicks asleep ontop of their dinner. :love they also sleep stretched out and look dead. After you freak out, they pop up and run around like nothing happened.. completely normal. :wee
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    Quail not putting foot down

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