A tiny, precious omelet, which I shall eat vindictively at my housemates, who doubted me and my animal husbandry skills. Victory will be delicious. And small.
Okay, crisis over, I went in and there was a tiny, perfect egg in the straw. I am so chuffed, you've no idea. Will take all nutrition advice anyway, so I can be sure of having happy quail :D
Thanks for all the help guys, I'll try the light thing. I had no idea that window light might not be enough!
As for food, I wasn't kidding when I said that nowhere around me sells anything but chicken food. As in, no gamebird, no turkey, no duck food of any type. I'm kind of hampered because my...
I feel kind of bad writing the umpteenth post on 'why aren't my quail laying, what did I do to deserve this?' but I've read all the other advice and none of it seems to apply to me, so now I don't know if I'm missing something (quite possible - I have never kept quail, or indeed any other bird...