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[le_bwah]

Yes you can do a concreatfloor

Check out deep litter and deep bedding instead—both have their pros and cons, but are easy on the brid's feet and encourage natural behavior.

 

[cosmosue]

We have opossums and raccoons. They don’t seem to bother the quail and they can’t get in, so if you create something for them that has the proper material - they won’t be able to get them in MOST cases. I have lost chickens to predators but only 1 quail and that was a black snake - he was able to get in, killed my roo, couldn’t eat it because it was too big and then he left.

But the quails have actually scared away would be predators because they get a bit flighty when scared and the noise and bustle of this has scared away raccoons and opossums I have seen it on camera and I just laugh like haha my little birdies scared you! They haven’t been back recently. They haven’t gotten anything so they are wasting their time. They usually try for the chickens instead.

The neighbors chickens prob did not need to come inside - i have never ever taken my chickens or birds inside for the cold and even though I am in S.C. it DOES get cold at night sometimes into the teens.

I toss a cover over them just in case if it’s REALLY cold, I haven’t had to do it yet this winter except for the California Valleys, but I’ve not had issues. Of course babies you wouldn’t put out there they must be old enough and fully feathered to withstand the cold, and must have a place to get out of wind chill. Some breeds are better at cold than others - I would definitely go with coturnix.

Coturnix can pretty much get used to anything. People in my area have dogs barking all hours of the night and it drives me insane but the birds don’t care. Dogs have run through the yard and the birds didn’t really care. The dogs are more interesting in killing my hens (which they did before and god was I angry at the idiot owner and he was made to pay for damages and hens!)

But coturnix are hardy little quiet birds that make great pets and great egg layers and breeders, though they usually won’t sit on their own eggs but of course once in a while they will and someone will come along and say “Mine Did!” But it’s not likely. They lay and they run off lol.

They are very curious and usually good tempered and you can train them to eat out of your hand some treats like mealworms.

 

[CuteQuail]

The quail just hatched yay! But now they keep calling and seen to not eat the food. I sprinkled some food on the bottom and have a water dish with pebbles at the bottom so they don't drown, but they keep calling. Am I doing something wrong? Please respond immediately.

 

[007Sean]

The quail just hatched yay! But now they keep calling and seen to not eat the food. I sprinkled some food on the bottom and have a water dish with pebbles at the bottom so they don't drown, but they keep calling. Am I doing something wrong? Please respond immediately.

Do you have a heat lamp or a heat source for them? If so, what is the temperature at their level?
Should be between 95°F to 98°F for the 1st week, then you can drop the temp 5°F per week until they are either feathered out or ambient temps are adequately high enough that no heat source is needed....young chicks can not regulate their internal heat so they need an external heat source. Heat source should be placed n one end of brooder and the feed and water at the other end of the brooder.
Usually they peep because they are cold or lonely.

 

[CuteQuail]

Do you have a heat lamp or a heat source for them? If so, what is the temperature at their level?
Should be between 95°F to 98°F for the 1st week, then you can drop the temp 5°F per week until they are either feathered out or ambient temps are adequately high enough that no heat source is needed....young chicks can not regulate their internal heat so they need an external heat source. Heat source should be placed n one end of brooder and the feed and water at the other end of the brooder.
Usually they peep because they are cold or lonely.

I have a heat lamp in the brooder, but how do they eat and drink. They have been calling out for a while

 

[CuteQuail]

The brooder. More quail are on the way. I sprinkled some food around, and have wet food.

 

[cosmosue]

So the temp is warm enough in there? Above 95 but not too hot? They should be moving freely around or sleeping, if they huddle under the light they are cold, if they keep to the sides away from the heat they are too warm. I usually remove my thermometer after a week or so because I just read the body language. Well I go by that as well at the start too, but I use the stand up digital.

They will call though because maybe they hear others peeping in the incubator or sometimes if I walk away they will call out, if I’ve been watching them like sitting by them and I leave they will call for a while. Or they will just stand in their food and call at the top of their lungs for fun I dunno I always say those are little roosters they usually are... lol... but first I make sure there is no issues.

So make sure their temp is ok they might just be calling for more friends.

 

[CuteQuail]

I have one quail looks kinda runty. It keeps crying and doesn't seem to be able to eat food for itself and I have to keep feeding it. Will it improve or just not fit for survival?

 

[CuteQuail]

I have one quail looks kinda runty. It keeps crying and doesn't seem to be able to eat food for itself and I have to keep feeding it. Will it improve or just not fit for survival?

 

[CuteQuail]

It keeps shaking and rolling over. I'm really worried.