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I take them out and for a dust bath in a hooded litter box for about 45 minutes 3x’s a week, but other than that they are on the wire floor. I’ve tried putting in a shallow bin with pine shaving but the scratch it all out almost instantly. If you have any suggestions, I’ll try them.

They’ve turned this into their nesting box… I find at least 1/2 the eggs each day stuck in here now lol.

I’m limited on space, so I’m really just trying to make something work with what I have available. The 9 quail (8 hens, 1 roo) remaining seem to be getting along just fine, so I’m just going to let them stay as is. I’d prefer a decrease in the eggs’ fertility rate over havoc and finding them...

So the grape vines are great for 10 minutes before they eat them, but I’ve ordered some fake aquarium plants that they can’t eat which I will staple over the divider between the rooms so it will provide cover in each area. I rigged a couple hiding spots out of random things I had on hand. The...

I built a 2 layer hutch that is wood with hardware cloth for floor and ventilation. Each layer is 4’ x 2.5’, divided into 1 side fully enclosed with wood and the other has the hardware cloth ‘windows’. I do still have the 2 layer hatching time cage. I don’t love it, neither do the quail. But...

I’ll give it a shot! Thank you!

They sure are. This group is my “docile” bunch… but apparently, that docility only applies to interactions with me, with their fellow quail they’re absolutely nuts :confused: Is there a general rule about how many times/how often they should be mated to produce fertile eggs? My operation is...

@007Sean Thank you both. Do you think it would be wise at this point (being there are still 3 new hens in there) to move the remaining group to a separate enclosure to mix it up a bit and then move them back into their pen? Should I wait a certain period of time before introducing a new roo?

He was dead when I found him, if not I would have culled him immediately. Should I be putting the hens I want to breed in a separate enclosure with a rooster just long enough to watch them mate and then separate them?? I’m so confused on what to do here.

I had 8 coturnix hens living together happily for about 2 months. 5 days ago I integrated 2 roosters. One was killed by a skull penetrating peck within 1 hour. 3 of the hens were acting unusually psychotic when I discovered this. They were darting around trying to attack the other birds in...

Thank you!

I have a 4 week old hen that has just started making poops that are soft and almost look slug-like. Previously they were more compact. She is on Purina Game Bird Starter Feed (30% protein) and I mix some chick grit with probiotics in (but they seems to just pick around it and not eat it)...