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    Aviary style litter ideas (likely to get wet)

    Crikey - does no-one have any ideas? ...Im not alone in not knowing then..... ho humm...
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    Good coop for quail?

    Mine use a ramp quite happily. Ensure the ramp has a nice rough surface so they get a grip. Try to keep the angle low, not steep or they don't like it. Sarah
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    Heated Water Bowl - Fire Started in Indianapolis, killed 6 chickens and 60k damage

    It is such a shame that when trying to be super kind to your pets you can do so much damage to them, and house and home. I have been using a soil warming cable wound around my waterers to prevent them from freezing. The low ampage and voltage makes for extremely low risk. Add to that the use...
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    Aviary style litter ideas (likely to get wet)

    I have quail in a 2 storey rabbit hutch that when I get back out into the garden in a few months will be moved to a better location. I am looking for litter/substrate ideas. The Quail will have free roam of a caged off area outside of the hutch. If you visialise an outdoor aviary/ meshed cage...
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    Japanese Quail with Arthritis

    I'm so sorry to hear there is no improvement. It sounds like the poor fella is more advanced in his arthritis than I had credited. Send him my warmest wishes and take each day as it comes. I am sure that everything you are doing or have started as treatment will be helping. Keep an eye on...
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    Luxuary for Quail

    ha ha, like little gardeners, trim those leaves.
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    Luxuary for Quail

    I have just been tacking the electricity cable from my newly installed "underfloor heating" on my quail cage. ...crazy, possibly. It all started when we were looking for a way to stop their water bottle/drinker freezing when we are away for several days and have no neighbours under 70 to ask...
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    Japanese Quail with Arthritis

    I have an image of you in my head TwoCrows, standing with a sturn face watching the birdies reach out, take a cod liver oil capsule, and a swig of rum to wash it down with....
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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    It looks like with their slim bodies and long necks they would be too hard to catch anyway :)
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    Very unusual chick, Guinea / chicken hybrid!!

    .....Some people may not like this next comment but I would love to know the answer. Do they taste more like chicken or guinea? it could be a gastronomical extravaganza Sarah.
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    Japanese Quail with Arthritis

    when i started reading this thread i was thinking "I wonder what they feed".A few extras in the diet can really help. i would enhance their feed with omega 3's which are known to have benefits to inflammatory arthritis. Something like cod liver oil, sunflower seeds, various nuts. The contents...
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    some thing attacked my quails

    It would be worth taking a good look around the cage/house incase there are any new sharp edges to anything that they could have managed to get hurt with. Sometimes the most innocent looking bit of wire mesh can have a nasty sharp edge to it.
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    Best UK online shops?

    does no-one have the need to shop in the uk? :)
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    additives to prevent freezing?

    Thanks all for the comments. I have to admit i'm feeling like the folk here ca be a bit on the aggressive side. Of course Im not going to "play with their lives". Quite frankly that was a stupid thing to post. I am well aware of the risks, even down to impacting osmotic impact and causing...
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    additives to prevent freezing?

    To prevent water freezing I shall be trialing a couple of additives. Water only freezes at -0 (below 0 degrees C degrees when it is pure. Adding salts reduces the freezing temperature - hence the sea doesnt freeze until it is seriously cold. In the UK, we are looking at -5 at the worst...
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