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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...

Thanks for that JaeG, Yes, with these shorter days they're not really getting enough light I guess! Hmmm, I've moved them to a sunnier and warmer spot so that may help...They have loads of shelter and seem happy pecking around so I may just leave them to do their thing and give them a break...

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...

Haha, yes it is a bit Sill! And yes, all bits are connected. I joined up the hutch and another wire one, and knocked together the wooden and chicken wire bit, connecting it all with wire and windbreak - it gets pretty windy where we are. However they can be disconnected and partitioned off for...

They sure do! My girls love jumping up and down them, and I've set up a few different ones, just from bits of wood, that lead up to small platforms where they like sitting and watching the world. I covered them with bits of hay and grass which they love burying into. At first they were a bit...

Here's mine...it's a bit of a monstrosity, cobbled together from an old bunny hutch, bed bases and pallets and chicken wire. Haha. My husband made the flip up roof from pallets. I'm going to add another extension on at some point...maybe put in a pool ;0)

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...

Great! I'll get the second one :) Thanks!

Hi! 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...

Thank you so much for this. Does sound like I've been given a male not female. I will definitely keep him (the original) apart from the others. The others are girls for sure, I saw the breeder check the sexes, and they were all raised together. I will take your advice on the housing and...

Here's some very poorly taken photos of her (she's pretty quick!). I tired to upload a video of her call but it won't upload. Will try later. I noticed this morning that another of the new quail had a wee peck on her head and removed her immediately. It's not bad, and I think happened...

Thanks heaps! Very helpful :)

Hi, 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...