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dominant old roo and eggs not fertilized
Hi all, I have 9 quail of various ages. There's 1 male and female that are a year old, but the dominant roo is 3 years old as are his preferred hens. It appears that the young roo is not mating with any of the hens. And the old roo sticks with his old girls who are his favourites. If I was to... -
How to choose which males to keep / re-home?
Hi all, I have 6 hens and 5 male quail. They are now a couple of months old, and I really need to reduce the number of males. But I am not sure how to judge which roos will be the 'best' with the hens. One of the smaller roos, who crows more than the others, is really starting to chase a couple... -
10 weeks, not laying, advice on lighting
Hi all, My coturnix are approaching 10 weeks old and have not started laying. Coming into winter, we have only 10 hours of daylight here at the moment. Plus, their enclosure is in a shaded area, so they are probably only getting 9 hours max of light. I'm looking at the LED candles with timers... -
Sexing 4 week quail (with photos)
We're getting ready to put our 4 week old quail outside into their enclosure. It measures 2m x 5m, so I feel comfortable putting all of them in there (we have 11) but I figured now is a good time to sort out the roos from the hens and work out exactly what we are going to do with the extra boys... -
New to quails (and this forum). Help with chick feather loss.
Hi all, I've just joined because I've been using this forum as a resource for all kinds of information since we put our first batch of quail eggs in the incubator last month, but I've not actually joined! I'm in Australia, and have had backyard chooks for ages, but this is my first experience...