Hey Sam; most of the quail went for $2-3 each. They were all sold in lots, not individually, and there were only 5 or 6 lots. There were a dozen quail eggs sold, but they only went for $1 and they didn't look too fresh (some were broken and others had dirt on them so I wasn't even tempted to bid.)
I only have room for a few (my temp cage for them is 2ft by 6ft and 2ft tall) so I stuck with my cage of 7. My male is actually okay, not friendly but is totally indifferent to me. The box that had the quail had some quail eggs in it, so I threw them in the bottom of my bator and I'm hand turning them (I'll be very surprised if I get any hatching because I think whoever sold the quail threw them in to make it look like they were laying heaps).
Here are the Pigeons!
They are in with the quail for now, and they actually seem to be getting along fine. I have an extra two food containers in (like with the other poultry) to minimise fighting, but there hasn't been a single peck that I've seen. My quail are next, resting under the pigeon holes that I threw together this morning.
As you can see, some have the feather loss of severe over-crowding (one in particular you can see her entire back). Again, I've seen no pecking amongst my quail (not once, weirdly enough) so maybe I just haven't gotten any of the trouble makers. I'm fairly certain I have a male in there because my whitest quail has no feathers missing on top, but a few missing under his breast-bone. Sam, let me know if I'm just making this up as I go along, because I have no idea what I bought and I'm actually just guessing. I had a single egg in the run this morning (I've only had them in there for less than a day) and it was from a pigeon. Now here comes the close up;
And now we have TURKEYS! Aren't they lovely? Pinky is the one closer to the camera, and The Brain has the slight lavender pattern on the wings.
Lady Muscovy and one of the Appleyards.
And here is one of my $1 Plymouth Roosters. They've been causing trouble with the rest, but it calmed down a little after Pinky (the Turkey) went nuts at one for being peck one too many times.
And here's a not so great picture of my quarantine pen. It's roof is covered with chicken wire and you can just make out the roosts up the back.
OH! I forgot to mention the young Light Sussex. I have two that I bought for a friend;
If you have any advice for me, or a problem with how I've housed my birds, let me know so I can do my best to keep them happy and healthy
I only have room for a few (my temp cage for them is 2ft by 6ft and 2ft tall) so I stuck with my cage of 7. My male is actually okay, not friendly but is totally indifferent to me. The box that had the quail had some quail eggs in it, so I threw them in the bottom of my bator and I'm hand turning them (I'll be very surprised if I get any hatching because I think whoever sold the quail threw them in to make it look like they were laying heaps).
Here are the Pigeons!
They are in with the quail for now, and they actually seem to be getting along fine. I have an extra two food containers in (like with the other poultry) to minimise fighting, but there hasn't been a single peck that I've seen. My quail are next, resting under the pigeon holes that I threw together this morning.
As you can see, some have the feather loss of severe over-crowding (one in particular you can see her entire back). Again, I've seen no pecking amongst my quail (not once, weirdly enough) so maybe I just haven't gotten any of the trouble makers. I'm fairly certain I have a male in there because my whitest quail has no feathers missing on top, but a few missing under his breast-bone. Sam, let me know if I'm just making this up as I go along, because I have no idea what I bought and I'm actually just guessing. I had a single egg in the run this morning (I've only had them in there for less than a day) and it was from a pigeon. Now here comes the close up;
And now we have TURKEYS! Aren't they lovely? Pinky is the one closer to the camera, and The Brain has the slight lavender pattern on the wings.
Lady Muscovy and one of the Appleyards.
And here is one of my $1 Plymouth Roosters. They've been causing trouble with the rest, but it calmed down a little after Pinky (the Turkey) went nuts at one for being peck one too many times.
And here's a not so great picture of my quarantine pen. It's roof is covered with chicken wire and you can just make out the roosts up the back.
OH! I forgot to mention the young Light Sussex. I have two that I bought for a friend;
If you have any advice for me, or a problem with how I've housed my birds, let me know so I can do my best to keep them happy and healthy
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Thankyou so much for the pic 
so I'm so happy to see yours looking so good 
