Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

[shelleyd2008]

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Grouch!

haha if i was being a grouch you'd know it and i'd get kicked off BYC lol!

I just dont want to start a debate and theres already been a long drawn out one on this subject

. annnd this post is for coturnix education not hybrids so that's why i want to steer away from it. It can surely be discussed in another post but i wont attend it LOL!

What??? Monarc doesn't want to go off-topic? Just yanking your chain, I'll stop now. But for the record, you started it!

 

[monarc23]

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haha if i was being a grouch you'd know it and i'd get kicked off BYC lol!

I just dont want to start a debate and theres already been a long drawn out one on this subject

. annnd this post is for coturnix education not hybrids so that's why i want to steer away from it. It can surely be discussed in another post but i wont attend it LOL!

What??? Monarc doesn't want to go off-topic? Just yanking your chain, I'll stop now. But for the record, you started it!

Shelley this isn't highschool now comon'. "you started it!"

Who instigated this, now really.

Again this post is for coturnix colors and education. I was innocently answering my personal oppinons on strombergs bird colors/hybrids (and why I didnt want to post their color titles on the main post) I didn't want to discuss it further. Thanks for stopping this now I appreciate it.

 

[skand]

Question... our quail are just under 8 weeks old. They are all doing thier respected girl/boy calls...
When would be a good time to change their feed, if at all? They are still eating the game/turkey starter. Ive tried with the adult gamebird conditioner and maintenence. They will eat it, just not sure on if they are supposed to change feeds?

 

[monarc23]

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I change mine to adult game feed once they start laying or 8 weeks old whichever comes first. that's what I do though I dunno what others do.

I've switched as earily as 6 weeks old and hadn't had a problem

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I change mine to adult game feed once they start laying or 8 weeks old whichever comes first. that's what I do though I dunno what others do.

I've switched as earily as 6 weeks old and hadn't had a problem

That's what I do, too.

 

[shelleyd2008]

What's the difference between the starter and the adult feed?

 

[monarc23]

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the starter has more protien i think? I dunno i'll have to look and get back to you on that one

yeah that's it lol (just looked)..... 24% protien in starter (in the brand i use), and only 15% protien in my adult "grower/finisher". I suppliment though so if you suppliment and don't feed starter i assume it could be the same as feeding starter if that makes sense.

 

[shelleyd2008]

But neither of them has calcium right? So how do you supplement calcium for them? I tried putting a cuttlebone in my buttons cage. It worked for a little while, till they broke it

So now I don't know what to do with that. They still have the cuttle, but I had one for my pharoahs to. Don't know if I want to put it in for them or not now.

 

[monarc23]

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I dunno about calcium in the bags i'll have to check that too and get back to you

But cuttle bones, I grind them up and give htem to the birds in powder form works great

my starter has calcium of a min of .7000% and the max is 1.2000%

the finnisher/grower has a min of.6000%
and the max is 1.1000%

 

[shelleyd2008]

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the starter has more protien i think? I dunno i'll have to look and get back to you on that one

yeah that's it lol (just looked)..... 24% protien in starter (in the brand i use), and only 15% protien in my adult "grower/finisher". I suppliment though so if you suppliment and don't feed starter i assume it could be the same as feeding starter if that makes sense.

Right, because they still need a high level of protein right? So just leaving them on starter would be okay? I actually feed my adults flock raiser, which has I think 20% protein, so this is okay for them, or do they need more protein?