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I’m in UK. Mid country is best for CPQ. I’m in Essex in the south and they are few and far between. Hence I got a dozen eggs to replace one quail that died lol. I find them do interesting to watch tho. They live in my office ... I’ve four enclosures now. Watch this space if they hatch babies

That’s not all of them but they don’t all like posing. i got the eggs from someone on eBay. I’ll try contacting them to find out. Do you know what the colour is called of the two with the white faces and black eyes?

Hi, yes all from the same breeder who has a lot of different colours. Had a dozen eggs and hatched 8. 4 makes 4 females. In pairs for colou except one white (male) and an extra std brown female.

Thank you for that. Guess they know what they like lol. Just hope I’ve got it right now as you did in the end. My other pairs I’ve put together as pairs if the same colour and they’ve all settled immediately. Only slight nagging doubt is that these eggs were bought in and I wonder from a...

So today I realised that a white hen amongst my youngsters is in fact a cock. So I tried him in with my older hen. different story. She’s playing coy with this one. She saw off the other two I tried. But runs away from this one. But he’s the first to do a cock bird dance for her - at least...

thank you for your reply. I’ve tried putting both males with her at different times for just a short while. She chases them a bit but not aggressively she just appears to want them to do their job - they appear not to know what to do. I’ll try again with the one now crowing and watch them again...

Hi Shadrach. Thank you for replying. Stupidly I forgot to state that I’m talking about Chinese Painted Quail....

Hi to anyone who can advise me I’ve a year old hen whose mate died suddenly a few months ago. I couldn’t replace him so hatched some eggs for a replacement. My boys are now 8 weeks old. Are they old enough yet for me to introduce one of them to an older hen who really needs mating? Also I have a...