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Male cortunix crowing
@Nabiki thanks for your reply. This morning when I went out to the aviary this particular rooster started to attack me - flying at my hands and pecking me as I moved around. I have never had quail so territorial and aggressive before . So far he hasn’t attacked the others. I will give him... -
Male cortunix crowing
Does the frequency of crowing for males diminish as they grow older? So if one male seems to crow quite regularly, will he ”settle” down and crow less? Or is it once noisy, always noisy? He is 1 of 4 quail that ai hatched. One is a definite hen (spots on her chest). One just recently... -
Quail Aviary 2.0
@le_bwah do you find that the broodies get territorial? I just introduced 3wk old chicks into the main aviary and the other hens (who are laying) leave them alone. But one hen who I think is broody (she’s not laying) has been chasing them and giving them a peck occasionally. No blood though... -
Rat attack
No. Thought about snakes but they don’t have arms? I thought about cats, but the tunnels were rat size. No raccoons. No weasels. So process of elimination left me with rats. -
Rat attack
I lost a whole lot to a rat(s). I had a similar set up. With hardwire floors. The rat grabbed the quail legs through the wire and amputated them one night. The blocks/bricks by the edges of the cage set up that I keep adding to block off holes dug didn’t work. I had to cull the lot of them... -
Judge my coop & run :)
A wire skirt around the bottom edge to stop predators digging in. Yes there are foxes in Sydney (in the middle of suburbia).- ozzie
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What are you looking for when you candle coturnix quail eggs?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/coturnix-quail-egg-candling-guide.71783/ this is helpful. But yes you need a good light source and dark room. -
Show me your brooders
Have you had problems with the chicks getting entangled in her fluff? My Silkie hatched some quail for me and she was a fantastic mom but she squished a few and there were a few that got stuck on her feathers and they died. Interested to know how yours fared? -
Finally have my flock! Can anyone help with colours?
@QuailTail PS if you want local advice and also list of breeders in Australia, there’s a Facebook group Backyard quail Australia. I just joined. -
Finally have my flock! Can anyone help with colours?
Hmm…did the person who sold you these sex them (vent) before selling them to you? The bulk of them can’t be feather sexed. I will leave it to the experts here to help you. -
Can quail use this waterer?
I bought these plastic ones over eBay a while back. You can actually just slot the plastic white bit through the wire and have the bottle hang outside. I can’t with this set up because of the plastic tray section of the cage (it would be too high for the quail to access). But it’s the one... -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
Nope. Chickens are worse than quail. They will rip everything out. I put some fake plant leaves in there for the moment for the quail. Upturned pots on their sides with sugarcane mulch in it and they love it. Tree stumps. They pretty much stay on the ground. They are so cute. Much easier than... -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
In Sydney. So 10km radius is the limit due to lockdown. Not keen on having the eggs delivered because AusPost has been slow in delivering parcels of late. Will just have to wait it out. The aviary is looking real nice. Love the greenery. I haven’t planted anything in mine yet. Just around... -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
For eggs. But I think I will keep breeding them to keep the flock going. They don’t live long compared to chickens. I have to work out some sort of breeding program to introduce new birds into the mix. Currently because of lock down I can only source them from one breeder locally. So I am... -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
No mesh on the ground but there’s a wire skirt around the whole enclosure to stop predators getting in. They seem to like it. And I do too. I can walk in and rake occasionally. They are 7 weeks old. None of them are easy to feather sex so I am waiting to hear crowing. So far none yet. So... -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
Indeed. There is another batch being hatched (possible 7 additions after candling) so Samwise would be in that mix somewhere. :) -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
This is Bag End. So far home to 4 “hobbit quail” (unsure of their sex) Bilbo, Frodo, Merry and Pippin. It used to be the chicken run but now they have run of the backyard. :lol: -
Jumbo Coturnix Aviary Build
I am with your partner. Why isn’t it a rectangle? :lol:. -