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My quail coop! My first time building something of this size, and it turned out fairly well. I had to add in some "unique design features" due to some measuring inaccuracies... but all in all, I like the way it turned out! The green roof plan is borrowed from the kippen house chicken coop plans...

I wonder if the quail felt I was somehow publicly shaming their lack of eggs by posting online, because this afternoon, I found our first egg in their coop! So exciting. The two males are certainly jostling each other a bit already. One is clearly smaller than the other and there's a definite...

Yes, sorry they're coturnix. I guess I just have to continue to be patient!

My quail are turning 8 weeks old this weekend, and they have yet to lay any eggs. Is this normal? From what I'd read, I expected them to start laying around 6 weeks old. I've got 2 males and 5 females in an area about 2.5 by 3.5 feet. The males have been crowing for at least a week and a half...

I'm new to quail so I'm no expert, but my quail will be 4 weeks this weekend and I've had them off of a heat lamp for a few days now. They're still inside, but we've had some warm temperatures lately and they were way too hot with the heat lamp on (but they've always preferred the temp to be...

Thanks all! I'm glad to be reassured that this is all normal

So my quail, just over two weeks old, are acting strangely today. They go through phases of jumping, flying, running around, and scraping their beaks against the sides of the brooder as though they're trying to find a way out. It usually starts when one of them hops and lands next to another...

My quail are about two weeks old now, and I did something yesterday that they loved and was highly amusing for me, so I thought I'd share! I am brooding them in a plastic bin, and when the bedding gets a bit mucky I have an identical bin that I set up with new bedding, transfer their food and...

I'm raising quail for the first time and I've got two who are runty like this. I'm hoping that they catch up in growth to the others! (they also share some similar odd behavior - they both like to dig and kick up their bedding excessively, WAY more than the other quaillings.)

I'm just curious, I've seen chickens and other birds with those little plastic rings around their feet. Does anyone use these or something similar for quail? I'm raising my first batch of quail, and as they grow I find myself wondering things about their growth patterns. For example, is the one...

Thanks! So after being separated for a few hours yesterday morning, I put the little offender back in with the others and he/she has been playing nice so far. I put in a little plate of chopped apple (their favourite treat so far!) into the big brooder just before I put him/her in, so that...

I've just hatched quail for the first time, and I had a 50% hatch rate from the eggs I got through the mail (7 of 14 hatched). I don't know if that's normal though! Someone more experienced at incubating may have done a better job of getting more of them through. I cracked open 4 of the 7 that...

Thanks! I actually may have had my brooder too cold for most of the time they've been in it, I've mostly been using the quail themselves as a thermometer, but yesterday I put an actual thermometer in there and while it's not in the actual hottest spot in the brooder, it's close and registering...

I'm not an expert, as I'm just brooding some quail for the first time now, but I'm using a product I got at a local pet store made from reclaimed wood pulp. It's sort of like clumps of brown paper material. For the first 3 days I put paper towels on top of this to make sure they knew where and...

Hi, I've been lurking at this site for a while, but I couldn't find an answer to this question, so I went ahead and joined! I'm hoping you all can give me some advice. I have seven coturnix in the brooder right now, they are now 7 days old. One of them has become aggressive towards the others...