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Review by 'Udderend' in article 'Quail are slobs: a case study of various watering and bedding options for solid floored pens'
This is extremely helpful info, especially as My single quail is billeted in my laundry room, with free range of the house during the day. She is quite the Messy.- Udderend
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Imploding Quail eggs?
Wow, I just saw all the great articles you wrote about quail. I think I'll just sit down and learn things for a few days. Thank you for that. I'm an accidental quailist. I wasn't looking for a Birb (but i have a an epic horror story about chukkar raising gone awry), she was foisted on me in... -
Imploding Quail eggs?
The eggs look beautifully formed, but some days they have speckles, and some days they are just blue. Always they have a matte/chalky finish. This is my first quail, so I don't know what's normal. The membrane is so thick! I have learned to open the eggs with embroidery scissors. Also I have... -
Imploding Quail eggs?
I do want to assure everyone that I have multiple bags of appropriately formulated game bird rations languishing out in the feed room that this small avian terror has vehemently rejected, flinging them to the far corners of the laundry room and fixing me with the beady glare of outrage. She... -
Imploding Quail eggs?
Nothing about this birb is appropriate. Trust me. She is a criminal, anyway, and very pleased with herself. I just found the excellent article https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/what-to-feed-your-quail.79205/ and resolve to learn from it, beginning with the excellent advice to supplement... -
Review by 'Udderend' in article 'What to Feed Your Quail'
Ooooooooh. This is really helpful. I am not a deliberate quail keeper- it was foisted on me against my will. I still appreciate learning what I ought to be doing. Thank you.- Udderend
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Chalky eggs
It sounds like we have the same problem. I have a single Coturnix that free ranges my house. She is probably about two years old. Her eggshells are always chalky, and the minute they are laid they begin to form a little circular crack, an indent, at the small end, which pops open within 10-15... -
Imploding Quail eggs?
I can try more a more deliberate approach to calcium, thank you. I've never offered her oyster shell because it looks too large for her, and I am too lazy to think of crushing it. It's easy to experience that thick inner membrane and think I'm dealing with a strong healthy shell. She has... -
Imploding Quail eggs?
That was my suspicion in the beginning, but, alas! She makes a big deal of fluffing up in the dog bed next to my chair, and lays them in front of me, then scutters off like she committed a crime. I am usually right there to receive them warm and slightly wet. Then I watch the crack develop... -
Imploding Quail eggs?
My house quail lays an egg nearly every day. About 80 % of them develop a divot in the small end within minutes of laying which slowly cracks open a nice round hole into the shell. Quail egg membrane being on par with industrial polymers, I just refrigerate immediately and consume every 4...