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Welcome to the wonderful world of Quail! :) You should be just fine at 3 weeks with warm weather and draft protection. But something else you said concerns me: you have chickens. Are you exercising strict bio-security? I rarely loose more than one in 50 after the first 3 days. If you...

Try letting her set a few days and sticking some day old birds under her from the feed store. if its done at night it works pretty good. and there is always craigslist. If my sexlink project was in the laying phase I'd send you some to hatch because I do not have a incubator I am willing to...

I have been procrastinating culling but today I got a wake up call that I waited too long, the males are fighting. I'm processing tonight. I think I will brine, bacon wrap and glaze them as well, thank's for the idea!

Coturnix quail will rarely set eggs, they just lay the eggs where ever they please. Usually on the wire, sometimes in the feed trough, sometimes in the sand box. (wish I could teach them to always lay in the sand box! haha.) If yours are tame that is great, and rather rare. I encourage that.

I live in Washington State. For me, and my birds it would be a death sentence, but I am glad other climates have other options.

You should not put them on the ground at all. I looked into retiring a favorite female to grass, because of her feet not holding up on wire. (She is an older breeder I bought as an adult and has not laid even one egg since she came to me 3 months ago. She was one of my first and boy did that...

I read a thread about raisimg cornish cross, and I mentioned to my SO that they were feeding fermented mash to the chickens in rain gutters. I asked him what is shaped like a rain gutter but smaller, and waterproof? He acted like he wasnt listening and disappeared into the garage. After a few...

Happy Easter!

Mine are in a covey 8 birds, 2 males 6 females. I have heard that trios work well for lots of folks. I avoid pairs because sometimes the poor girls need a break. The good news is there are always lots of extra males! :gig I need some more female A&Ms... :/

Get another roo ;)

I am feeding a mix of 22% (turkey & game bird grower) and 28% (non-medicated turkey and game bird starter) and when i noticed they were not eating the pellets I made a mash. They love it. The mix should be about 24-25%. I saved half the starter for when the chicks start hatching. Only about...

I got my first covey today, 6 females, 2 males. 5 female brown coturnix and one male and a pair of TX A&M. I hadn't expected much from them in the way of laying, because I read traveling could upset them, and it was a 90 minute drive home. I figured that would upset their laying. Within 5...