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    Feeding cotournix with different ages and sex

    My Cotournix flock of 23 live together in an outdoor run that is vegetation and about 500 square feet. I have senior birds, year old birds, juveniles (4 weeks) and in 3-4 weeks will add 9 chicks that just hatched yesterday. The quail are pets with the bonus of eating eggs. I am trying to figure...
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    Integrating juvenile cotournix into a small flock

    Yes, all quail.
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    Integrating juvenile cotournix into a small flock

    Forgot to add as photo
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    Integrating juvenile cotournix into a small flock

    Thank you for your reply. I only have one big room I call the coop. Maybe that should be called the run? Currently I have the had raised chicks in 3 rubber made totes with fine mesh on top. Group A has 2 roosters and 4 hens, B has 2 roosters and 3 hens, and C has 3 hens plus a very old hen that...
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    Integrating juvenile cotournix into a small flock

    I have a 25 by 20 foot coop with 1 very old male, one old female, 3 two year old hens, and 2 three week old chicks ( male and female). I hand raised the other 14 chicks and next week at 4 weeks old I want to move them into the coop. I figured I would divide the coop in half and give them their...
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    Older quail hen that walks tail up

    Thank you for the vitamin e suggestion. I gave some last night and this morning and my hen can now turn her head without falling over and is moving better. My vitamins come tomorrow
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    Older quail hen that walks tail up

    Thank you!!!!!!! I ordered the vitamins. Tomorrow I will look at the label on my Purina starter and compare to the one you mentioned, order if it seems better. I know for my horse feed, vitamin e isn’t stable. I’ve only had 6 quail so it takes forever to go through a 50 # bag. So I probably...
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    Older quail hen that walks tail up

    I don’t know for sure, at least 3. She was gifted from a man who raised them for eggs. That was 2 years ago that sounds a lot like my bird! How did you administer the vitamin e and how much did you use? I will look into that feed. I have wondered about hitting her head, but she doesn’t tend to...
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    Older quail hen that walks tail up

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    Older quail hen that walks tail up

    I found one of my older quail hens on her side in the aviary which is the size of 2 big bedrooms outside.The quail live on the ground with quail friendly foliage. She had a very dirty rear end which I cleaned up and found no injury. Possibly foam from the male? I brought her inside and tried...
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