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  1. Heather Christensen

    hens stopped laying and it's Spring!

    My two quail hens stopped laying about a week ago. I'm in New Zealand, so it's halfway through Spring here! They are about 9 months old. They slowed down a little over Winter but never really stopped - though I didn't give then artificial light or anything. I think they each at different times...
  2. Heather Christensen

    Coturnix Quail hens "crowing"

    I've got 4 quail hens in two cages in the same room - 2 in one cage and 2 in the other. One cage is on top of the other. They are all confirmed female, and since I sold the males that were in with then (1 was in each cage), 2 of the females have taken up their own version of crowing. It is not...
  3. Heather Christensen

    Introducing new quail

    Any advice on getting newly introduced quail to get along with each other? I had 2 in one cage, 2 in a seprate cage as they were new, to do 30 day quarentine. I tried putting them all in together yesterday. One of the original quail was being so agressive, I put her back on her own. The other I...
  4. Heather Christensen

    Quail Egg Recipes

    Have any favourite quail egg recipes for parties/ pot lucks? I will have approximately 30-34 eggs to put to use for a pot luck lunch this weekend.
  5. Heather Christensen

    Quail drinking lots of water/ watery poos

    One of my quail is drinking way more water than the others, and her poos are coming out watery, but otherwise normal. I think its been the case for a while, but when I separated my 4 into 2 cages (2 in each cage) it became apparent - one cage was going through water at more than double the rate...
  6. Heather Christensen

    Weird Tasting Quail Eggs

    Our quail started laying a little over a week ago. The first 4 eggs we ate tasted fine. Well, my son ate the first one, the next 3 we made into scrambled eggs with and shared, it tasted exactly like chicken eggs. We just hard boiled 5 of them (the next oldest ones, so they are about 1 week old)...
  7. Heather Christensen

    quail getting picked on

    So I've got four 5-week old quail. The white one started crowing last week, so I figure its male? One is pharoah and I can tell by the coloration is female. The other two are tibetan and I don't have a clue if they are male or female yet. So they have all seemed to be getting along well until...
  8. Heather Christensen

    First quail egg!

    My little quail are just 5 weeks old, and I found the first egg in their cage today! I wasn't expecting that quite so soon. Now I need egg handling and storage advice. Do you keep your quail eggs in the fridge? Its Summer here (in New Zealand) and its been hot - about 78 degrees F today - so I'm...
  9. Heather Christensen

    is one of my quail sick?

    I just noticed dark, runny poo in my quail's cage. They are 4 weeks old and I just gave them greens for the first time today. Maybe someone's digestive system is just being slow to adjust? They all are acting bright and healthy. What should I do? What signs should Iook for that it might be a...
  10. Heather Christensen

    cleaing solutions

    What kind of cleaning solutions can I safely use on quail cages/ water dispensers/ food dispensers/ etc?
  11. Heather Christensen

    A better water set-up for my quail

    Hi, I need a better water set-up for my 1 week old quail. I have one of those gravity water dispensers - with a tank that refills a water trough around it. They manage to poop in that thing a couple times a day. I went to clean it out today and the whole water tank stank, and I worry about the...
  12. Heather Christensen

    chick with laboured breathing, sleepy

    have 4 day old baby quail. I've just noticed one looking like it's not doing well. It's breathing fast, seeking the warmest spot under the heat lamp or electric hen, and sleeping there. I don't know what's wrong with it. Is there anything I can do for it? I lost one chick yesterday and it...
  13. Heather Christensen

    chick in distress

    I have 4 day old baby quail. I've just noticed one looking like it's not doing well. It's breathing fast, seeking the warmest spot under the heat lamp or electric hen, and sleeping there. I don't know what's wrong with it. Is there anything I can do for it? I lost one chick yesterday and it...
  14. Heather Christensen

    Help figuring out why my chick died!

    Hi, I'm brand new to this, just hatched my first quail chicks 3-4 days ago. Had one die the day before yesterday. It came out the wrong end of its shell, seemed weak and uncoordinated from the start, and its yolk was only partially absorbed. I was sad but not too surprised to find it dead...
  15. Heather Christensen

    cold chicks!

    First time quail hatcher/ keeper here. 6 of my 12 eggs hatched yesterday and the day before. As all hatched chicks had dried by last night and no new pips in the hatched eggs, I took the 6 out. My set up is in an indoor rabbit pen with an electric hen. Even at the lowest setting, the electric...
  16. Heather Christensen

    awaiting hatching...

    I'm having a go at incubating and raising quail. Got a nice but basic (no auto-turn) Brinsea incubator, and a dozen Japanese quail eggs, mail-ordered. They are due to hatch today and I'm feeling nervous! I've seen a few egg wiggles off and on over the last few days. Today, no wiggles, no sign of...
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