Hello quail friends

[dawn335]

Love it! My birds aren’t bothered by my dogs either. I just hatched 12 coturnix quail this week. One of them sure squeaks a lot. When do you start adding shells? Are there other options besides for oyster that people use?

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi, and welcome to BYC! We're happy to have you with us!

 

[triciayoung]

A cage cleaning for two cages:View attachment 3650060

Welcome. Beautiful pictures, thank you.

 

[N F C]

Hi, thanks for sharing pictures with us!

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi all, I've been a reader for years - finally made an account haha. Used the advice here to hatch my first cortunix quail and they're doing great! 12 of them are 3 weeks old (I think a mixture with Italian, pearl). Started from Craigslist eggs

I have a soy allergy so they're on a soy-free chicken feed I supplemented additional protein to to hit nutritional requirements. Still keeping an eye on their nutrition because I know a soy feed would be better. Now that they're going to need additional calcium I'm interested in sourcing my own oysters, otherwise I'll buy the regular oyster shells.

So far they've been indoors with my dog so they learn not to spook from dog barks, and I learned my dog's allergic to them They're silly birds and love to dust bath. When they're grown enough I hope they take well to moving outdoors. Built a reinforced cage that can transition between ground tractor and off the ground with AHFK24 rabbit kit parts

Welcome into BYC!!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Congrats on the quail hatch, Coturnix are a fun breed to keep! I have a Soy allergy too, gotta read those labels on everything!

Make yourself at home here!

 

[Boppo]

Glad to meet you and welcome to BYC. I also keep coturnix. They are such sweet and pretty little birds.

You probably already have seen some of these, but I find these articles very helpful. I hope you do, too.
Quail articles

Coturnix Care

Incubating Coturnix and Beginners Guide to Hatching Quail

Quail Diseases and prevention

To look for articles on your own:

A. Use the SEARCH button, but use the Advanced Search choice, and select ARTICLES at the top of the box. Just enter your keyword(s) and scroll through your results!

B. I find it helpful to notice the rating and reviews. All articles are by BYC members, and all the reviews/ratings are as well. The ratings help a newbie like me sort the most useful and reliable articles.

C. You can bookmark the articles or posts you think you want to refer to again using that bookmark icon at the top of articles or posts. You can find them again by clicking on your own avatar and looking at the list of bookmarks you have built up!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. Thank's for sharing the picture's your Quail are Beautiful! And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Welcome to BYC @hokiedokie

 

[swampfox440]

Hi, welcome to BYC! thanks for joining us.