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    Show me your quail pens!!!

    I just switched over to a wire floor pen, but until recently I kept a quad in a set-up like this. Worked great for a small scale home operation.. Actually a little bigger than it looks, 5 square feet and with straw or wood shavings pretty easy and quick to clean. The tray on top of the cozy...
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    Doing everything right, and still not laying?!

    Thank you! Strong guess that these birds are more than a year old and they are molting. previously I have gotten young birds in the spring and they just started laying shortly after equinox and then stopped laying in the fall at which point I ate em! so I didnt catch on to the molting cycle. if...
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    Why Can't You Put Quail and Chickens Together

    Just to answer in a completely different way. It sounds like this person just wants a few quail and is not planning to set up a breeding/stock situation. I keep my small flock of quail in a medium sized pet kennel that takes up hardly any room. I think it is not difficult or expensive or space...
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    Doing everything right, and still not laying?!

    Please give me more information on molting if you have it. When and how often do they molt? Is it a regular seasonal thing or random? How long does molting take? Does the f\\lock generally molt all at once together? I have 3 birds, not sure of age. at least ione way laying when I got them, but...
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    coturnix have stopped laying any advice?

    How long does this process take? Does it happen at a regilar time oin the year or randomly? what prompts the molting? Will the bords molt all at once or again, radomly throughlut the flock. I have 3 females and none of them is laying.. I have seen tons of feathers in the pen. ruby
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    Doing everything right, and still not laying?!

    No egg eater. Pyut an egg in there and they just ignired it. Still not laying. someone somewhere else mentioned molting as a reason for lack of laying--please advise. Thanks! Ruby
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    coturnix have stopped laying any advice?

    Can someone talk more about molting in regards to lack of egg laying and also in general (how often? when? why?) I have some birds that are getting the right feed enough light and are of laying age but are still not laying! I have noticed a bunch of feathers in the pen--please say nmore!! I have...
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    Doing everything right, and still not laying?!

    Thanks and sorry for not having read through the stickie thoroughly-- I looked at the headings and didnt see my issue listed, which is less about introduced light and more of a general question about other reasons they might not be laying Conditions are the same as in past years and locally...
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    Doing everything right, and still not laying?!

    Hey Everyone I having been keeping coturnix quail for three years and did a thorough search for this answer before posting but I am baffled. I keep a few quail for eggs and have gotten in the cycle of buying new birds in the spring in time for laying season and giving them away or eating them at...
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    Bloody heads. Argh! Your esteemed input requested.

    OK Thanks What doesn't make snese is it is the same male I have had since the beginning and last year I only had the one male and two females and I had zero problems. The problems started when I tried adding more females because that is what everyone says to do. Is liquid bandage a animal...
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    Bloody heads. Argh! Your esteemed input requested.

    Sorry if there is a thread on this elsewhere...I have done a search and not found extensive information. I have a Male and 3 female Coturnix. The pecking started when I introduced a new female a couple weeks ago. I have been rotating the pecked females out to heal, but they continue to get...
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    Good Online source for feed?

    Thanks for your suggestions! The turkey starter is not from an inner city feed store btw! It is from a semi-rural store about 45 minutes outside the metropolitain area. I have to drive there for my rabbit food, alfalfa, straw and everything else...but they don't have much in the way of game bird...
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    Good Online source for feed?

    I live in a city, the closest real feed store is 45 minutes away and they don't carry game bird anything. I have used turkey starter (25%) but wonder if there are any online feed stores that have reasonable shipping...? Or if anyone knows where to egt game bird decicated foods within walking...
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