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I feel awful that this even needs to be a post I put up here but just wanted to share my experience for others... I have (had) 10 birds, 9 coturnix and 1 bob white. They were separated in groups of 5 in 2 pens. 1 pen had a rosetta coturnix male and his 4 jumbo ladies. The other has a tuxedo...

I have a 3 month old Bobwhite who stopped putting his right foot down. I have him in with a group of coturnix that he was raised with from day old hatchlings. 3 females and a male. There is no fighting and I haven't witnessed any fighting. They are inside birds with a solid bottom cage with...

I currently have 2 smallish gravity feeders set up for my 10 quail. I love it. I only have to fill them every other day. I had been feeding a high protein chicken starter that was small crumbles. I just switched my birds to a quail layer feed as it had a better ratio of calcium. However, it is...

I just picked up 4 new jumbo coturnix hens 2 days ago. They are 7 weeks old and were raised together. They are still in the quarantine pen for now. I have noticed a couple have some rough looking feathers. And one has been losing the feathers on the back of her neck. Looks like over breeding...

I have 8 week old tuxedo coturnix. I have 1 who has been laying consistently 1 egg a day for the last week or so. This morning I found a second 'egg'. So I think one of my other girls finally is trying to lay an egg. It was shelless and yolkless. Can this be normal while when a girl starts...

I have changed my plans to put my quail outside for various reasons. For now they are hanging out inside. They do stink a bit but not more than I can handle. I clean the cage a couple times a week. I have always had quail outside so smell has never been a huge concern. I have read on here that...

Hi! I have a new batch of baby corturnix, mixed colors about 2 weeks old in the brooder box. I picked them up about 48 hrs ago from a farm. There are 12. The woman said one was a runt so she threw in an extra to have 13 incase the runt didn't do well. But after close inspection and watching...