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Tried woodshavings for the first time. This was the result:

Just out of curiosity, if a hen were to incubate and hatch her eggs in an established group, would the rooster be okay with the chicks, or would he need to be removed to prevent killing them? I've seen paternal data regarding bobwhites and mearns but nothing about Japanese quail.

A little update on my wry neck, Plum, who I can definitely now say with confidence that she absolutely adores being pet and held.

Okay guys, want some opinions on behaviours. My main flock of misfit hens are incredibly tame and always have been. Occasionally they will peck me because I often bring treats so they’re used to pecking into my hand to get them, which is fine, however!! Lately Plum, my wry neck, has started...

For a while now I have had two Chinese painted (CP) quail (assumed a pair) living with my Japanese Coturnix (JC) hens. Surprisingly, the CP roo has not once mated with his CP hen. Instead, he took a fancy to my JC hens. At first it was a futile attempt, he would climb on their necks and sit...

With my roosters Peach and Rocky finally maturing, I made the decision to get some more hens. My house is now full of quail (help!). It took me 2 days of intense observation but I finally can tell the new ladies apart, so I want to introduce them. Meet Sweetpea (the most lax of the group...

Hi all, my roosters have finally come into maturity and have finally been seperated to their own cages... which means I had to go get girlfriends for them haha. 6 hens arrived today to be housed between them, and now my house is way too full of quail (14, god help me). For the most part the...

My quail make quite the variety of sounds, but it was a bit f a head turner when I heard Plum making a sound I'd never heard before. I went to record it to see if I could catch it but unintentionally caught something else instead... ((This is the second egg they've ever produced, got my first...

Hi all, A few posts back a bunch of people commented that my blue Coturnix quail was a rooster. I took it for what it was since my boys were developing slow and hadn’t been producing foam for a while and accepted that he could be feather sexed like everyone was claiming. But now I’m not sure...

Hi all, My pair of button quail live with my Coturnix hens currently, and get along like peas in a pod. I often see the buttons snuggling with the other hens, so they’re coexisting well, and I know there is no fighting occuring between them. In the day all is fine... but at night, it’s a...

Hi all, Just curious on what sort of factors will affect egg production other than calcium and protein intake? My quail are finally on a layer feed diet with their crumb feed, but I wanted to know what other aspects can help or hinder in our little quail in laying. Will natural lighting and...

Can you train quail? As it turns out - yes, yes you can. Tonight I got my roo's to try out target training for the first time, and it turn's out they figured it out! Rocky didn't seem to get it as quickly as the others, but he got there eventually. In comparison Cookie was a little genius and...

Hi all, My quail are now 6 weeks old, which I know is where they'll be reaching sexual maturity and begin producing potential eggs and roo foam. I know that the rule of thumb for keeping quail is 1 roo for every 4-6 hens, and that eventually my lot will need to be segregated to keep the peace...

All stress aside, my stunted quail may have put me through hell, but they’re so sweet and cuddly and have made so much progress. They’re almost completely ready to leave for the farm (sans a few head feathers), but here’s everybody now: Chip: Cookie: Rocky: Plum: Peach: Dot: The...

Hi all back once again. this is my third (and HOPEFULLY final) post regarding Cookie, one of my stunted quail. He’s pretty much gotten all of his plumage sans for a few around his eyes, but I’m hoping that’s finally enough to determine just what exactly he is. Diluted pharaoh, german pastel...

Hi all, I unintentionally stumbled across a local advertisement for someone selling two Chinese painted quail, and since quail are almost impossible to find here, I foolishly purchased them with intent on them joining the farm. Safe to say that won’t be happening now; they’re completely untame...

Back with more cute videos featuring Rocky, who still loves his daily snuggles and also has an appreciation for my dog hair covered bed sheets.

Hi all, My stunted quail chicks have finally been growing, it was definitely the food brand that was the cause of all our past problems, so the quail are now getting much rounder and feathered. They’re a month old. Now I’m trying to figure out what a couple of these colours could be. I thought...

Just out of curiosity, I know that the general rule of thumb is 6 hens to a roo, and that you can keep all hens to a flock, but can you keep a flock of all males? I know it's possible to keep bachelor flocks in chickens, but didn't know if it were any different in quail.

Every morning and afternoon when I clean out the brooder, I place the quail chicks into the tortoise table. They really enjoy it in there, and start having a bit of a bounce about. I always find it cute, so I finally took the liberty of recording it. ((PLEASE don't comment about the cat...