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  1. QuailRaiser

    Victoria/Vancouver Island BC

    Hello fellow VIers ;) I'm in Langford - and our bylaw is 4 hens for under 1acre/over 5000sq ft - I managed to get two free hens from a woman in Saanichton who was downsizing her flock last week (I love usedvictoria.com) and a free rabbit hutch we converted to a coop - so we've managed one week...
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    Victoria/Vancouver Island BC

    No problem! The main predators I deal with here are raccoons, Cooper's hawks, mink (this one's a must, they'll kill all of your birds), if you're near water otters, rats might go after chicks or eggs, and last year I had a bear go into my co-op..
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    Victoria/Vancouver Island BC

    Hmm well bear in mind our summers can be hot, so don't suffocate them in insulation. At the same time, here in Brentwood last winter one night the thermometer registered -17 so it should be something that can keep the hens warm enough. Chances are though, if you put enough straw in the nest...
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    Trio of Silver Coturnix

    I have several sets of Silver Coturnix for sale, trios $40, ask about other colours.I would be open to trading for some button quail as well.
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    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    read page 1 of this thread
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    Cross-border quail?

    I was wondering if anyone had the regs handy i lost my pdf set, i'd like to get a look at the canada to us and vice versa egg/bird import papers
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    P&L Gamebirds

    Hey Sid, thanks for reminding me, almost forgot :) so far i've got 37 chicks, ( 6 silvers!!) with a couple stragglers still coming out. I'll post percetages and pics tomorrow! Cheers Finn
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    Quail Breeding

    usually it's 25% regular pharaoh, 50% a&m, and 25% mixed between a&m's with brown colouration and large pharaohs (but not a&m size)
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    GREAT NEWS!

    ^^ agreed, good luck!
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    quail aviarys

    @ school now, i'll send pics of my setup later, two pens approx. 6x12' x6.5' high, i can comfortably fit 50-100 birds in there, plus doves
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    FEBRUARY Hatch-A-Long 2015:Please Read First Post To Join H-A-L

    I just put 77 quail eggs in the incubator, ETA March 2nd
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    P&L Gamebirds

    they all arrived, going into the bator now
  13. QuailRaiser

    Found a Chukar, what to do?

    craigslist.
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    P&L Gamebirds

    That's what I heard, hoping I get some ubc silvers in the batch, he's the only one in Canada with them
  15. QuailRaiser

    P&L Gamebirds

    Hi all, i've got 72 mixed colour eggs arriving from perry schoefeld/P&L gamebirds next week, I was wondering if anyone's hatched them out or if anyone would be interested in future updates as the hatch progresses
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    Quail, quail, quail how many, what types???

    no, please do the birds a favour and DO NOT mix quail species. as a rule of thumb, they all kill eachother. the bobs kill the coturnix, the chukar kill the bobs, etc... except for a few lucky exceptions. i repeat, DO NOT MIX QUAIL SPECIES. and otherwise, either decide on bobs or coturnix, if you...
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    Beginner Quail Owner

    Correction: all colours above are coturnix quail, the brown ones are called Pharaoh (the colour variety), the white is a Texas A&M, and there looks to be some mixes in there. they should be laying soon, they take anywhere from 6-12 weeks to start laying. that is unless they've been moved...
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    Books on Quail. . . Which one?

    Coturnix Revolution. Possibly the best book ever written on coturnix, by BYC's Stellar (alexandra douglas). 400 pages packed full of everything you could need info wise
  19. QuailRaiser

    Baby Quail

    Cheers, no problem.. good luck with the little ones xD and if you have any more questions just ask
  20. QuailRaiser

    Anyone have live quail for sale in canada?

    Title says it all^ pm for details
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