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Quail feed
Hi I have two adult californian quails, its there first winter outdoors in a planted aviary was wondering what to give them as an extra supplement for. Winter, I saw thewild bird suet balls with inseccts. In them, can you give these to quails? -
plants for aviary
Hi, trying to find the right plants is driving me nuts everything is contradicting!, so my aviary is 6ft high, 3ft wide and 6ft long, I have 2 Californian quail going in there, Whats do you suggest a plant for good shelter for them to roost in, conifer? any 6ft kind of dogwood?, also in the wild... -
Quail aviary planting
Nice! Mine will be 6ft x 4ft and will be put on my decking, I have a blackcurrant bush for it. I'm thinking some tufts of grass so they can make a nest, not sure what to use for them to roost in, as these like to roost up high most the year -
Quail aviary planting
Hi has anyone done a planted aviary for quail. Did you fix a bottom to the aviary or just filled with soil and planted it,(the aviary will be on top of decking) also this is for Californian quail any suggestions on good plants to use? -
Home made quail feed? Does anyone make/mill thier own?
I feed mine chick crumb mixed with finch seed then chuck eggs or mealworms and some veg in occasionally, seems to work, I gave my quails layers mash and that worked well, lots of eggs then lol -
making your own quail mix?
Hi, I'm going to try grow more food on the veg plot for my animals, I've got loads of stuff to grow for the degus, but what do you suggest for Californian quails?. I have a black currant bush to plant in their run when I finish building it. -
new californian quail enclosure
thanks guys, just wanted to check, I thought they woulkd be ok as they like oak which is poinsonous to a lot of animals so I guessed they are pretty hardy when it comes to food, also just found there is a rowan stump in there with berries on it which I believe is good for them, so that should... -
new californian quail enclosure
Hi guys, Im going to be building an outdoor enclosure for my pair of Californian quail, the area I have to build it by has conifers and I think a pine tree, if the cones/pine needles drop onto the enclosure floor is this poinsonous to them? or are they likely to just ignore it. also I know... -
californian quail
Hi, I was keeping Italian quail before, I am looking into getting a pair of Californian quail, any tips for this species would be great. also have people had much success in keeping them in outdoor avarys? im getting the impression they might not be to hardy. I was going to make the aviary half... -
Emergency quail food
Finch seed is usually easy to get hold of and if they are laying then scramble up some of their own eggs for extra protein, I give my quails layers mash as well, a little bag in pets at home. Also sprouts, brocalli, dandelions, mealworms. hope that helps -
parent & babies button quail
I love the bluey grey coloured one! gorgeous well done -
Bringing the quails outdoors!!
Ok so im planning on building an aviary for my 5 Italian quails (4hens 1 male), has anyone found and plants they particularly like for shelter or any they defo should stay away from for that matter. also whats the best way for keeping out predators, I usually dig chicken wire quite far... -
violent quails
thanks for all the comments everyone. I don't think the space is an issue, we had to take one of the hens to the vets, and they said it is the worst time of year to introduce new comers coz its the middle of breeding season. so I think later in the year i'll try what you said and switch them... -
violent quails
well the male is actually the tamest out of them to me lol. its all around the neck and head on all the females, where he has been grabbing them to mate. just been cleaning up their cuts and all females have bad eyes, ones got half its face swollen, the other is now missing an eye, and then...