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    Stumbling walk during heavy molt?

    Yes, after molting she was fine. It was disconcerting, but turned out ok.
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    Stumbling walk during heavy molt?

    I don't remember how long exactly. Too long for comfort! But she did get over it. Sadly she passed last spring, so I can't offer insight on the next molt.
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    California Quail only laying infertile eggs

    They prefer to roost at night and hide under cover during the day.
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    Found an injured California quail and nowhere is willing to take her

    Does it look like she's sick or injured? She may like millet, chia seeds, sprouts, or defrosted corn kernels.
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    How Many Eggs do California Quail Lay a Year

    How large is your yard?
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    How Many Eggs do California Quail Lay a Year

    I know someone who lets her (handraised) valley quail out to free range under supervision and then calls them back in to their aviary. Is that what you do, too? I've done this with chicks, but I'm too scared of hawks to try as they get older.
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    How Many Eggs do California Quail Lay a Year

    I have 4 pairs in about 230 SQ ft aviary. They still fight each other and will kill if you don't intervene. They seem to chase their target down until it's too tired to flee anymore. Any unmated birds would be targeted first, but they will also attack other mated birds. Pairs appear to mate for...
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    How Many Eggs do California Quail Lay a Year

    You can certainly eat the eggs if you like. They're a little smaller than coturnix. Fyi in case you haven't gotten to that point yet, mated valley quail become aggressive/territorial, especially towards their own sex, during the breeding season. Depending on numbers and space.
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    How Many Eggs do California Quail Lay a Year

    Several of my valley quail have gone broody, but I haven't let them hatch chicks. Unfortunately they lay a lot more than 40 eggs in the season because I take the eggs away. I keep them as pets, not for egg production.
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    Getting new valley Quail chicks

    I agree. For your aviary size, I wouldn't really recommend adding more birds, with the possible exception of one male if your females become aggressive to each other (which may happen if only one pairs with the male). Chicks can't be sexed until they're older, so you could end up unbalanced...
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    Californian Quail... housing and feeding requirement questions

    Thanks! Would you mind sharing what's in the milled feed, or the nutritional analysis you seek (eg cystine, lysine), to try to replicate locally?
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    How to tame/ let quail be house pets

    That's amazing! Our little girl that we lost laid her first egg on my husband's shoulder, with her face pushed into his hair. We didn't know what was happening and then--bam!--little quail egg. She laid her second one on his lap a day or two later, but then we showed her a really nice little box...
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    How to tame/ let quail be house pets

    Yes, we're very lucky! She's wonderful. We raised two together but sadly lost her sister earlier this year. I wish I knew what she thinks about us and herself. We have an outdoor aviary with valley quail, but she doesn't get along with them and wants to stay with us. I think she knows we aren't...
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    How to tame/ let quail be house pets

    How did you paper train your bobwhites? We have a valley quail living indoor with us. She's very comfortable with us, follows us, and snuggles all day long if we let her, but she doesn't like to be held. She tells us what she's comfortable with or not.
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    Passionfruit Leaves??

    So the consensus is that it's safe? I've read they're edible raw or cooked for humans but wanted to confirm for birds as well.
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    Californian Quail... housing and feeding requirement questions

    @007Sean what do you feed your adult valley quail? I'm wondering if I'm giving mine too much protein.
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    Christmas gift treat ideas?

    My adult California quail are not very interested in bugs. I give them greens (sprouts, kale, etc), fruit (strawberry, banana, apple), and seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, chia, flax, millet). For Christmas I like to buy millet sprays. They get bored with anything after a while, so even if they love...
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    Please help identify worms?

    Poor thing, that looks terrifying! Good luck!
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    Californian Quail... housing and feeding requirement questions

    Handle them frequently to get them used to humans so they won't be afraid of you as adults. I have 9 in an outdoor aviary and one indoors as a pet. The indoor one follows us around the house and likes to cuddle, but as adults they ALL hate being touched. They do become aggressive during mating...
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    Organic Feed

    Be careful. Fish tanks can easily overheat. A cardboard box will work fine.
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