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NOT SO MUCH CUT AND DRY TOTAL WAY. BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD REASONS FOR STRONG SUGGESTIONS. FOLKS COME ON HERE FOR INFO SHARING, HOPEFULLY CORRECT INFO (NOT ALWAYS THE CASE) BUT ULTIMATELY THE ANIMALS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE OWNER AND THATS WHERE THE BUCK STOPS.... NOW IF SAID OWNER CANT ACCEPT ADVICE OR INFO OFFERED THEN YOU'RE DONE AND NOTHING MORE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. ANYONE CAN POST INFO IN MANY NUMBERS OF WAYS INNOCENTLY AND WHEN READ BY ANOTHER THE PERCEPTION OF THAT CAN BE TAKEN THE WRONG WAY--- THATS AN UNFORTUNATE FACT OF FORUMS.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE KEEP NEEDLING EACH OTHER AND YOU WILL FACE THE WRATH OF THE MODERATORS. IF YOU DONT LIKE THE PROGRAM CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
LIKE IT OR NOT THERE ARE ACCEPTED FACTS ABOUT SPECIFIC SPECES AND EVEN BREEDS OR STRAINS WITHIN THOSE SPECES, THEY ARE DICTATED BY MOTHER NATURES DESIGN- NOT OURS. YOU CAN ACCEPT THESE AND PROSPER OR RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE(AS IS THE CASE IN THIS VERY THREAD) TO YOUR OWN AGRAVATION AND FRUSTRATION AND EXPENSE WHILE THE ANIMALS SUFFER. SO KEEP IN MIND THE ADVICE OFFERED WHILE POSSIBLY UNSAVORY TO US IS BASED ON THESE TRAITS, ATTRIBUTING THEM TO 1 PERSON THEN DEVELOPING A DISLIKE FOR THAT PERSON ISNT CORRECT OR FAIR TO EITHER PARTY, NOR DOES IT ASSIST ANYONE.
1 OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN THE QUAIL FORUM IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A FEW SIMPLE BUT OFTEN OVERLOOKED FACTS:
#1 QUAIL ARE GAMEBIRDS, NOT DOMESTIC POULTRY. THEY DO NOT RESPOND WELL TO MANY DIFFERING WAYS, THEY HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SPECES THAT HAVE EVOLVED DIFFERENTLY TO MEET DIFFERING CONDITIONS AND HAVE NOT BE KEPT DOMESTICALLY ANYWHERE NEAR AS LONG AS OTHER DOMESTICATED POULTRY= THIS IS FUNDIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE FOR ANYONE WANTING TO BE A GAMEBIRD ENTHUSIAST. BY ACCEPTING THIS IT MEANS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME THINGS WILL DIFFER GREATLY AND FOR GOOD REASON===MOTHER NATURES REASONS.
#2 THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUAIL AND THEY EXHIBIT VERY DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS AND PROBLEM SETS AS WELL AS NEEDS. ANSWERING A BOB WHITE QUESTION WITH COTURNIX INFORMATION IS ALMOST ALWAYS GOING TO BE INCORRECT--- THEY ARE NOT THE SAME, PERIOD!
THESE ARE PLAIN AND SIMPLE FACTS YET SO OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND USUALLY THE ROOT CAUSE OF STRIFE HERE