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Hi all, UK-based first-time quail keeper with a flock of 7 that are 12 weeks old. My boy, John McQuail, has been completely fine, healthy, hates being picked up kinda guy, until now. I noticed yesterday that he was moving weirdly and straining to poo. So I managed to grab him and put him in...

Hi folks, I've been hit and miss on here since getting my quail. They've been keeping me busy! I wanted to speak to some more local quail owners. I recently found out that feeding dried mealworm / calciworm etc is ILLEGAL in the UK re DEFRA and re food chains etc. I had to google it a fair bit...

Hi everyone, hope you're having fab days wherever you are. We had a lovely bright sunny day in Yorkshire, UK and now the thundery weather again! Anyway! I've been getting eggs from my quail the past few days which has been lovely. I believe we've got 2 laying. I did want to ask should I be...

Hi everyone, I tried checking other threads but feel I need some extra support from the community. We had our first egg yesterday which I was really excited about but considering there all 6 or 7 weeks I thought that might be slightly early. I rotate my quail around my garden and decided to...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm new to owning quail and acquired 7 on Saturday July 24th 2023. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 7 quail. 6 lasses and 1 lad. (3) What breeds do you have? Japanese Coturnix Quail. (4) What are your favorite aspects...

Hi all, UK resident here. I've recently got some quail as of Saturday July 24th . I've got 6 ladies and 1 roo. I'm raising them in my back garden in an large Omlet run attached to a more typical rabbit type ground hutch. I wanted them on the ground to be able to forage in the grass for bugs...