Help quails losing feathers

[JaeG]

Here's some of them. I love the colors of the white one but the darker one standing in bowl is my favorite. He's the second to smallest but he always stands high on legs and buffs his chest out. Looks like a penguin lol.

So pretty!

 

[aapoole]

Another question guys and gals... I know most birds have to have gravel to help digest their food, do my Coturnix quail who are now 2 weeks old need gravel in their cages? If so, at what age do I start putting gravel in cages?

 

[JaeG]

Another question guys and gals... I know most birds have to have gravel to help digest their food, do my Coturnix quail who are now 2 weeks old need gravel in their cages? If so, at what age do I start putting gravel in cages?

They will only need insoluble grit when you start giving them food other than the gamebird grower which is water soluble. So if you feed them mealworms or greens they should have insoluble grit. They will need oyster shell grit from 6 weeks old for good, hard egg shells and they will choose to eat it when they need it.