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    Adult quail have stopped laying suddenly?

    So I have 6 one year old hens and 10 16 week old hens. They are kept outside in a dirt bottom pen. They are definitely getting 14+ hours of sun light. The new hens have been in the pen with the old hens for about a month. I'm getting about 3 eggs a day. I used to get a lot more than that with...
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    My first eggs??!

    So should I put a surge protector out there and put them back on? Why could it be that I had the lights on for 3 months and they never laid anything, but 3 weeks after I turn it off they start laying? Is it possible the lights were stressing them out and when it turned off they got back to...
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    My first eggs??!

    So I hatched some coturnix latish (in august I believe) last summer. they're housed in a pen outside. They were about 6 weeks old in Septermber hit so I didn't really get the opportunity to get any eggs, so from September until about two or three weeks ago I put Christmas lights up in their coop...
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    Sand?

    When it's 100+ degrees outside in the summer I spray my birds down about once a day. I get the impression that they appreciate it.
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    Breeding season for captives?

    Interesting indeed. No worries, I was partially checking because I was curious if they were family turnix and genus Turnix and my phones a pain to look things up on.
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    Dogs vs. Cats ( need more cat fans!!!! )

    Alerting ≠ assistance. Sure cats can alert, but they cannot brace to help you up, open doors, bring medication, counterbalance, clear airways or block dangerous objects, partly due to their size and partly due to the fact they don't like training like dogs do.
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    You know you're an animal lover when _______.

    . . . When you keep snakes in your closet instead of clothes (to protect them from the crazy snake haters of course!) . . . When going to school without a dog makes you cry
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    Dogs vs. Cats ( need more cat fans!!!! )

    6 I'll like cats as much as dogs when cats become intelligent enough to be seizure assistance animals.
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    Breeding season for captives?

    You mean they have the genus name Turnix? Well I'll be darned. I had no idea that button quail and king quail were completely different things. I thought it was two different names for the same thing. Interesting.
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    Breeding season for captives?

    Button quail and king quail aren't the same thing? What's the Latin name of button quail?
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    Shelf quail pens?

    I seem to remember a few months ago some guy posted on here how to make quail pens out of industrial shelving, but I can't find the post on here. I'd like to make something similar but I can't remember how he made the removable litter pans on the bottom, and I can't find the silly thread on the...
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    Quail vs. Chickens

    So I'm a serious noob, so you might wait for someone more qualified to answer than me, but I'll take a wack at it. Are quails omnivores? Insectivores? Vegetarians? Garbage disposals? Lawn mowers? I believe quails are galliformes, just like chickens. The only difference is you need feed with...
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    Does anybody NOT like quail meat?

    I really can't tell the difference between quail and chicken to be honest, except the one I had (a particularly aggressive male) was incredibly tender and juicy
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    quail pen questions (hidey holes and lighting)

    Sorry it took so long to get the picture up I've been busy. So if I shouldn't put the lights up until after they start laying, what if it's too late in the year for them to start? Right now we're getting 12 hours and 48 minutes of daylight, in another month they'll get 11 hours and 26 minutes...
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    quail pen questions (hidey holes and lighting)

    So I have a 4'x10' outdoors pen with an insulated 2'x2' box for shelter. Currently it is bare dirt (rock hard clay actually). There are currently 16 four week old quail in there, but when I cull the extra males I'm anticipating having 5-10 birds or so. I would like to have eggs during the...
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    I don't want a mower, and I actually LIKE animals

    I really love goats. If I could I would probably get like 3 lamanchas. They tend to be friendly, happy little buggers that can double as pack animals.
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    Which One?

    Coturnix I believe are pretty widely accepted as the calmest and friendliest.
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    Float testing on lock down day

    Well I tried talking to them last night, and the eggs started rocking again so I guess it at least woke them up if they were sleeping or something. No pips still
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    Float testing on lock down day

    Ok that makes me feel better about the bloom. Have you ever tried talking to eggs in the Bator? I read somewhere that if you talk to chickens while their in he egg they will talk back and possibly imprint on you. Would this work with quail do you think?
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    Float testing on lock down day

    I was just worried about the water removing the bloom from the surface of the egg. I have another question. I moved the eggs into lockdown at about 1 pm yesterday, and at about 4 pm a few started rocking and chirping. Today the rocking and chirping seems to have pretty well stopped, and there...
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