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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 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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    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 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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    Float testing on lock down day

    So today is lockdown day for my first batch of mailed coturnix quail eggs, and the suspense is killing me. I got these eggs off eBay, in the middle of summer, so I don't know if there will be any development at all. I literally haven't touched them since the day I put them in the turners, so I...
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    Which quail should i cull?

    So I started out with 10 coturnix quail. They all turned out to be male. So I put them all in a big coop (40 square feet) and have just been letting them grow while I try to hatch other eggs. I killed 6 already because they cooed way too much, now I'm down to the last 4. 3 out if the 4 have bald...
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    I just recieved my first batch of shipped eggs

    So I know you're supposed to let shipped eggs sit for 12 hours or so before you pop them in the Bator. Where should I do this though? The room the incubator is in has a nice steady temp of 60. Isn't the point of leaving them out to let them come up to temp slowly? In that case would it be better...
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    Bad quail hatch

    So we set 20 eggs, and 5 hatched. All the rest were partially developed, but we don't know what caused them to die. Temperature was pretty well maintained (we have a forced air hovabator) but humidity could have been a bit more stable, but idk if that would cause a mass die out about halfway...
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    What can I legally do with preditors in town?

    So I just started keeping quail. Last night was their first night in their new coop, and this morning I found one dead(head pulled through the wire and bitten off) which sucks because now only have 2 birds. I am planning on predator proofing more, but I am also thinking about acquiring a live...
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    Gah! I want my eggs to hatch!

    So today is day 15 of incubating my first ever batch of coturnix eggs. We went into lock down yesterday. Temperature is 99.5 humidity 80% and I am dying from anticipation. I know it's hardly past time for them to hatch but I just want adorible little chickies already! Hatch hatch hatch! What...
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    Temporary pens for raising meat birds in

    So I recently received my wildlife possession permit that is going to allow me to raise coturnix quail. I had planned on keeping about 20 birds in an outdoor pen with about 23 square feet (plus the henhouse), but it turns our that the game and fish department wants me to have 4 square feet per...
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    Incubator and equipement questions

    So I just applied at the Game and Fish for a wildlife possesion permit, so maybe, if they like me I might be able to start raising cotornix soon. How exciting! I have absoltely no idea how long it will take for them to get back to me, or if I will get the permit, so I am killing time and anxiety...
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    Quail in Wyoming

    I am a bran new member (Hi ya'll) and I have joined this forum completely for the purpos of figuring out how to get quail in wyoming. I am currently in the process of applying for a permit from the Fish and Game in order to keep them. I wasn't going to worry about finding someone I am going to...
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