Hiya! First time raising quail. My coturnix are now 11 weeks old. The egg laying has been hit or miss, which I chock up to weather and time of the year (it's been super rainy, super cloudy, and we just hit 13 hours of daylight a day now). I'm hoping that picks up soon. The females do show some signs of being mated with, like missing feathers on the back, and I saw one rooster jump on a hen for a moment, though that could have been nothing. But the roosters aren't crowing.
I know, I see threads here sometimes that are like "how do I make this dumb bird shut up?" so maybe I should count my blessings, but is a lack of crowing a sign that mating probably isn't happening?
I know, I see threads here sometimes that are like "how do I make this dumb bird shut up?" so maybe I should count my blessings, but is a lack of crowing a sign that mating probably isn't happening?
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