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    Raw Diet for Coturnix Quail?

    That's why cockroaches definitely seem better! high protein, low fat. I will definitely switch up my bug proteins, though, to other low fat insects so the nutritional content varies :) mealworms only as treats. I'm raising them for eggs and as pets, as I'm a vegetarian (obviously i have no...
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    Raw Diet for Coturnix Quail?

    Breeding insects was actually at the top of my list! I attempted lots of research last night, and tried to find good sources of thiamin, vitamin d3, vitamin a, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, niacin, choline, vitamin b6, calcium, and protein for poultry so that I could make sure that if I do this...
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    Raw Diet for Coturnix Quail?

    Yes, I'm sure it is!! The more expensive part is a bit of a hard one, but I mainly want to transition because I find a lot of happiness in preparing food for animals like that! Mixing things and growing things and combining things into different concoctions and meals to experiment with is the...
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    Raw Diet for Coturnix Quail?

    Hi! I have 20 coturnix quail who i currently have on a high protein game bird diet, but I've been considering trying to transition to a diet i formulate myself! My problem is I do not know what exact things like seeds or fruit or nuts or insects or crushed eggshells for calcium or other types of...
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    Quail Coop Thoughts? :)

    Hello friends! I just wanted to show my quail coop and get people's thoughts on their current setup :) They are both for eggs and as pets! I currently have a small dried sunflower corner as a kind of "brush" pile to replicate things they might like in a natural environment and they seem to use...
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    Quail Sexing?

    thank you!!!! yeah definitely with my little tuxedo babies feather sexing isnt a thing.. I'll look into vent sexing to see if I'm confident enough to do it :)!
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    Quail Sexing?

    Hello! So, I recently hatched 20 coturnix quail on October 4, so they are nearing 6 weeks! I just moved them out to their coop (picture because they look so tiny there and its adorable) and I'm curious if I have to wait until spring to tell who are hens and who are roos? there hasnt been any...
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    Quail chicks with wry neck (?)

    Unfortunately no the adults aren't mine - I'm going to email the farm i purchased my hatching eggs from to inquire about any nutritional/genetic issue with their breeding quail definitely. Currently I'm feeding a (crushed slightly) game bird starter with 28% protein. For the little chick with...
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    Quail chicks with wry neck (?)

    Hello friends! I cureently have 24 quail chicks, one 5 day old, one 7 day, and the rest 6 days. One of the little ones (top picture) has had wry neck for several days. I think he is also developing a splayed leg from the way he must walk :( he is much skinnier than the others. I have noticed him...
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    How long can my baby quail stay in incubator?

    Yes they are coturnix! I moved about 3 of the earliest hatchers to the brooder and will be moving the rest in the morning i hope! I'm using the brinsea heat plate! Hoping they get throught the night well!! they were very into eating for a moment but i worry that since i didnt dip their beaks...
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    How long can my baby quail stay in incubator?

    Hello! Almost all of my quail have hatched, but the first to hatch was last night around midnight. It is currently around 10 PM, so 2 hours until it has been 24 hours and it has not been removed from the incubator to the brooder. There are still little ones hatching, and some wet chicks. How...
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    Hi friends!

    9 Definitely :( this year has been a bit of a drought so i understand that the coyotes were most likely just very hungry! I do not judge them personally, all animals need to eat, but we are actually building a new (and more secure) chicken coop this year as ours is over a decade old now!!
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    Possible Coturnix Quail Coop c:

    Thank you! I think 30 or less sounds great!!
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    Hi friends!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Ive had chickens basically my whole life! I love off grid, and my parents and family and I have almost always had some birds for eggs and friends! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 8 hens currently. Recently, a...
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    Possible Coturnix Quail Coop c:

    Hi! I've done a lot of research into quail the past couple years, and I'm thinking of getting some spring of 2021! I'm new to it, but my family and I have raised chickens and ducks for awhile. On our property, we have a chicken coop someone else built that I'm thinking od renovating into a...
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