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    HELP! Head injury! Does this quail need to be killed?

    I found one of my female coturnix with a large head swelling while cleaning the cage today. She was pecked on the head and had feathers plucked by an aggressive male, but that was weeks ago, and the male is long gone. She was fine a couple days ago. This came out of nowhere, I have no idea...
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    How to minimize fighting?

    So I had a ratio of one male to six female coturnix in a cage, and all seemed to be going well for a little while. Then I found a few hens had been roughed up by the male :( I removed him and he was killed for food. I have another male that I would like to introduce, but I'm frightened for the...
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    Quail-sized Oyster Shell?

    My coturnix hens will be laying soon, and I wanted to give them some extra calcium. I looked at the oyster shell at my local farm store but the pieces were huge! Is there oyster shell I can buy that will be more "quail-sized"? What do you guys use to provide calcium to quail? Thanks!
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    Coturnix Quail Male/Female Ratio?

    I currently have ten, 5-week old, coturnix quail living together in an enclosure. I got them when they were too young to be sexed, so of course I have too many males! I have 4 males and 6 females. I would like to keep two of my males, so the male to female ratio would be 1:3. Or...
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