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Female coturnix call at midnight?
Yeah, I had male and heard male's crow before. The call is different from the male crow. It is the normal female call, magnified in volume by 10 times. Besides they all lay eggs. Update: I took one of the two inside, and put her in the garage. She doesn't call anymore for the past two days. The... -
Anybody use this feeder for quail?
I made a simple mod to the long stick metal ones, and it significantly reduced waste from outrageous to of no concern to me: Simply use two long pieces of tapes, one apply outside, one inside, to block the lower half of all holes, and the sticky side of the two pieces of tapes meet each other... -
Female coturnix call at midnight?
I have two female coturnix recently started to make very loud call at night. I have all quails in the yard, straight females. The light went off around 9pm, and they would start their call around 10pm, and do it about once every 10 minutes all the way until dawn. It starts to get really... -
rabbit cage from TSC
ksukristin, I did not line the bottom with smaller size mesh. The bottom is 1/2 by 1 inch, gauge 14 wire, I think that is pretty standard for raising quails, and comfortable enough for their feet. The only thing I felt that could use an improvement is, I wish the openings on the side wall are... -
rabbit cage from TSC
willow_lane, I build the poop tray, it is 4 pieces of wood and a piece of plywood nailed together, really simple and cheap. The kit IMO is not worth the price since if you use it outdoor, you can't just go plug and play, you still need to modify it to make it raccoon proof. Pokes79, did you try... -
rabbit cage from TSC
Great cage. I use this cage, and the cheapest I found is here (their shipping is really cheap too, I order 3 cages and a bunch of other stuff, and the total shipping is less than $10): http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/%28jii2ui55b03efz554mczqxz2%29/productDetails.aspx?SKU=8014789 The cage... -
Feed per coturnix?
My 28 adult birds eat a 50 lbs bag for 20 days. Slight wastage but not much. So that is roughly 0.09 lbs per bird per day. -
Feather Plucking? Why?
From my experience, usually it is only a few culprits to cause the whole flock to lose back feathers. Try to watch and identify the culprits, then remove them. -
I'm getting coturnix - Update w/pics...
I thought it is impossible to hide anything between hubby and wife? -
Disappointing Coturnix Hatch
Sorry to hear the disappointing result, but I am pretty sure nothing will come out after 25 days. Are these shipped eggs? -
Can we talk about keeping quail on the ground?
I use a rabbit hutch, the floor where the quail stays is about 2 feet off ground. Then between that and the ground, I have a second layer of 1/2 inch hardware cloth to protect them from predator. However, what I found out is, not all poop would fall right through, some will stick to the lower... -
Best way to peel hard boiled quail egg shell?
Wow, thank you all so much, that's a lot of tricks I can learn to experiment with! I am going to give each of them a try. -
Best way to peel hard boiled quail egg shell?
Our family eat quail eggs in a few different ways, one of them being hard boil then peel and season the egg. However, I found it's quite time consuming to peel the egg shells. For about 100 eggs, it would take me and my wife 1 whole hour just to peel them. I am guessing there got to be some... -
Can we talk about keeping quail on the ground?
Not quite sure I understand the worm idea, chickens are kept on the ground as well and I have not heard they have issues with their meat/eggs contaminated with worms, what is the difference between quail and chicken? -
Found out a new way for butchering quail.
You should really title it different, since when you say a "new way of butchering", what naturally comes to people's mind is a replacement of the decapitation butchering method. My first impression at the title was "wow, cool, maybe a cool idea that is more humane, like involving anesthesia or... -
Found out a new way for butchering quail.
Man are born evil. Is there still an argument? -
Xxxl Super Jumbo Coturnix
Put in a small box and weight the box, then subtract the box. -
Quail Chicks Not Getting Out???!!! Help
I have two eggs like that in my first and only hatch so far, they are the the only two that piped. I helped one out, now it is over 6 weeks old and doing good; the other one I did not see its pip, and it died within the shell when I found it out. If you want nothing but absolutely healthy... -
Is it safe to feed quail rice, cooked or uncooked?
I use uncooked rice as a treat for my coturnix (feed from my hand), they like it and I don't see any problem from my quails. They don't poo them out either so I assume they digested them. I do feed them sands to help them digest.