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I purchased two young quail from the feed store yesterday. My hatch three weeks ago rendered only one hatchling due to a 20 hour power outage snafu. It has been surviving just fine with some bantam chicks but I decided to get him some company like him. I think the white mix with wild one is...

Sick babies dont eat and will just want to sleep in the warmest point in the brooder. Older quail fluff their feathers and pretty much just want to sleep in a standing position. They also are not interested in eating.

That sounds like it is going to be very nice for them. I like having a more natural environment too. I dont like the idea of cages but I do have my very large area with open but separate areas (5 different areas). They can move around but they can also find their favorite spot to hide. I...

The female coturnix wild type and goldens have speckled chests where as the males wild are mostly just reddish on their chests, The males goldens get a very dark beard area. Regarding size of enclosure I just recommend hiding places where they can get way from the crowd if they want. I put in...

I speak for your group of quail but from the experience with my large group that is about 50/50 males and females I have seen the egg production drop dramatically. Im not looking for eggs though but I do think that the egg laying is seasonal. I have observed that the mating is seasonal...

Its so easy to get addicted to babies. I love hatching both quail and chickens. There is something so sweet about their helplessness when young. I love the older ones too but the babies....

I sort of tried that. When I opened the door to the aviary one day a few of them jumped out. I thought, just let them see if they like being outside for a day. A few wanted back in the aviary immediately but some sort of scattered the yard. By evening the still free ones were in the park...

I guess here in California folks have weird ideas. I think we are actually behind the rest of the country in even having fowl in our yards. I have my quail as pets and I love them but I just have way too many males and I worry about the stress on the females. Plus Im overloaded with eggs. I...

One woman told me she was afraid to eat quail eggs, chicken eggs yes but not quail eggs.

I guess there is a market for the meat and eggs. I tried to give some of my eggs away and even some of the males as long as the folks didnt tell me what they planned to do with them. I could not find any serious takers.

I have to ask, what to you folks hatching huge amounts of quail do with all your birds? Are you farming them for meat and eggs? I have way more quail than I really need as pets right now but I cant see myself raising them to sell for food. Just curious, not a judgement on anyone. Please dont...

I have a large aviary housing mostly males due to a skunk intrusion where most of my females were killed severely upsetting the balance. Then to add to the problem I had 13 survivors from a hatch of 16 from 60 eggs. All are males. Im working on getting some females for the guys and maybe that...

Try Ebay. They have many; also go to JamesMarieFarms website and there are others too.

So it will be a long time until natural attrition solves my problem. Guess Ill get some more adult females.

What is the expected lifespan of coturnix quail by the way? I had a skunk dig into my pen and kill most of my females which really upset the balance. I also just hatched out a full male group so Im over-run with males. I am in the process of purchasing females to get a better balance. It is...

It is rare that a quail goes broody so unless your environment has consistently high temps enough to develop eggs that have been sitting in the pen for at least two weeks I would not worry about it. The greatest challenge in more natural environments is FINDING the eggs. I have a few "nesting"...

If you have any sort of light on at night turn that out. My outside quail are pretty quiet and even my inside adult quail without light are quiet, just a crow once in awhile.

Oh my...brain damage from developing upside down??? Lesson learned for all to check those eggs very carefully. They are so small and often looking a lot like marbles, pointy end is hardy recognizable. If you leave them to cry they will eventually stop. You just have to be patient and let...

Go to James Marie Farms website and contact Robbie through there. He has a lot of knowledge regarding quail. Id say candle to see if there is an aircell at the large end. Break the egg open from the large end first and see if there is a little beak anywhere up there. If not the chick is...

Now this info is for chickens but reading this Id advise assisting. You dont what the things to exhaust themselves. Can you try on and see if it is oriented beak down? If there is a lighter colored one try regular candling and see if you can see any fluttering up near the aircell.