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My adults are also on starter and will stay on it, its impossible for me to find high protien adult game bird feed here, so I keep them on the starter which is higher protien (but still not enough so i suppliment). No detriment to their health tho the roos I processed reciently were...
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If they are fine on it and you can't find nonmedicated game bird feed, stick with it Specifically, for coturnix I can't say for sure the reason but one theory is that if you're going to eat the quail it's not good ot have them on medicated feed. I am a firm believer in not medicating...
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it's definatly worth trying because this is an annoying mystery that needs cracked! LOL! It may take up to 2 weeks before they start laying but if you can do it sooo do it!
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yeppers I know they're the same ones but i was just curious if they were all tibetans or something which visually you cannot tell roo from female just on the feathers so I was taking a stab at you havign all roos or something lol!!! However speckled chest on browns and goldens yep...
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That's great to hear Cody!
A & Ms lay the same colored eggs that any other coturnix does So they may be laying However, I've come to realize that A & Ms are a pain when it comes to reproduction. I dont even have a pen of them anymore, I just use them for incorporating other colors...
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That's great to hear Cody!
A & Ms lay the same colored eggs that any other coturnix does So they may be laying However, I've come to realize that A & Ms are a pain when it comes to reproduction. I dont even have a pen of them anymore, I just use them for incorporating other colors
LOL i just saw this post now
well I get almost 20 eggs a day right now (sometimes a lil more or a little less depending on the weather) from my coturnix.
All my other birds are too young to lay yet
I sell and hatch most of my quail
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in the inc? A lot. a dozen developing Golden Salmon Marans, 13 BBS marans, 13 mottled cochin bantams, 8-12 (forget) silkie and standard cochins eggs, and lets just say A LOT of coturnix eggs
as for live birds,
4 white silkie chicks
1 black silkie cockerel
2 birchen cochin bantam...
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that's wonderful!!! I'd get a petition going in your neighborhood as well for as many people as think it's a good idea. Helps having people in your area on your side! Good luck!
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wait wait wait! Let me get this straight! Your quails are legal but your chickens arent? Did they say why? that's so silly! I'm glad you got decient neighbors though!