My quail (PIC'S)

[likes2grill]

I thought I would start a thread on my quail. Last week I got 10 of them to start off with. Today they are 17 days old and I am very proud of them. I have wanted quail even before I got started with chickens just always told they are to hard to raise. Anyways here are some pic's of my start...

 

[joebryant]

Neat! What kind are they?

 

[Kullas]

i like the upside down flower pot. do they use it?

They look like coturnex if so there not hard to keep at all. nice looking setup ya got

 

[likes2grill]

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They are coturnix

 

[likes2grill]

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Yeah they love it. I put sand on the cardboard when I feed them and it helps keep it clean (nothing sticks) and they play in it all day.

 

[likes2grill]

Something (I think a cat) killed 5 of them today. Only 4 left out of 10

. Pulled them through the wire as small as it is or most of the way through.

 

[d73]

Coons do that too.

 

[Kullas]

Im sorry to hear that. how high are they off the ground?

 

[renegaderidgefarm]

sorry about your loss!!!!! Dang predators!!!!!!!

 

[NancyDz]

Yea sounds like a coon, get some hardware wire and line the cage with it. They will get more tonight... you may want to put them in something else or move the cage inside the garage or something until you can line the cage or cover the outside with 1/2" hardware wire. So sorry about your losses