Quail questions

[Pennae]

haha thanks kingmt i wont be free ranging them, how about a chicken tractor so they get a new place to be every day, and i will show you pics

 

[kingmt]

They are best in the air on wire. They can get worms on the ground & are exposed to other bird droppings.

This is just repeating what I've read but seems logical to me.

 

[Halloweengirl13]

Wire can be hard on their feet since they are ground birds. Are yours for eating , eggs or pets? Mine are pets, I like raising them . I keep them in a rabbit cage, With pine shavings. They have a box to lay eggs in and a dog bowl for a dust bath.
Here is one of my tuxedo girls discovering that I refilled the dust bath.

 

[Halloweengirl13]

This one would not fit so she's rolling in the shavings.
I also use rabbit bottles for them to drink from. It's great cause they can't get their bedding in the water that way.

 

[Pennae]

im raising for eegs and pets

 

[Halloweengirl13]

This is my button quail brooder, the parents are in a cockatiel cage with fake plants and a nest bowl and a little wooden house. The babies have a resin stump and a log they can hide in and fake aquarium plants they really seem to enjoy exploring and hiding under the plants.

 

[Pennae]

soo cute cant wait till mine hatch

 

[kingmt]

If your asking me I raised mine for meat & eggs. 1/4" hardware cloth isn't hard on three feet. However I've always put something in there for them to get off the wire even tho it isn't used.

 

[Pennae]

so 5 of my eggs were infertile and i stupidly cracked 1 so i was left with 18 of the 24 eggs and theyre hatching, 6 have hatched so far ill tell you the colours so you can tell me what type of cortunix quail they are, ok so 2 are very dark brown with only a couple white hairs here and there, 3 are yellow with a big brown line going down there back (with a few other lines here and there)
and 1 is different it is yellow with lots of brown spots and lines on its bach, tell me what you think

 

[Halloweengirl13]

They are kinda hard to see with the red lamp on , is it possible to get pictures with normal lighting?

Do they look like this?