Hi guys,
My 1 year 4 month old quail has started losing A LOT of feather over the past 2 days. She's balding a bit, and flaky, almost dead skin seems to be fluttering off her...I thought perhaps it was mites, but I can't see anything, and she seems pretty happy, if not grumpy at being held so...
Hi guys,
I'm in NZ, and wondering if there are other quail raisers here. I'm in Wellington, and my girls haven't laid in over a week. Normally they are pretty regular, after a bumpy start in December. As it's just coming into Autumn here I was wondering if this is why. Possibly it could be...
Just wanted to thank you wonderful people for all your advice... it turned out that I had 3 male quail (how did I not know this! It was glaringly obvious, now that I know -haha) who were super excited about one particular female. They have now been re-homed, and I have 4 lovely females in total...
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I've just seen that the feed I have is only 11.5% protein eeek! I've been mixing oyster shell, boiled egg, mealworm, and greens with it, but I still don't think it has been enough for the girls! After investigating other feeds available here I've really only found two stockists of wild...
Just a quick hi from sunny (but super windy) Wellington, and a big thanks to Don and Sill for helping with my quail queries over the past couple of days. Such great info, ideas and 'peep-le' here! Glad I found this site as I have only just acquired my quail, so this is a bit of a learning...
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I'm new to raising quail, and had acquired two 4 week old Japanese quail two weeks ago as pets. They were initially laying well, and enjoying their new house - it's a roomy outside coop and they have plenty of light and shelter. I have put wind breaker/mesh over the wire at the bottom to...