Show me your quails!

[LeafBlade12345]

Dc, how often do you clean their coop on wire? Thank you! Also, this would be for about four or five birds, breeding and eggs.

 

[dc3085]

Once a month I take the feeders off the cages and hose the whole thing down (including the birds if it's warm out). I use a stiff brush on the top and bottom of the wire real quick and I'm done. If it's cold out I don't hose the birds down I put them in another cage. Fair warning, if a bird is sick or weak and you hose it down, it will probably die. This can be seen as either good or bad I suppose but for me I consider it a good thing, eliminating a weak bird from the flock. The hose down can lead to a few stress eggs (no shell, or off color) at first but they get used to it.

 

[LeafBlade12345]

Sorry to bug you, but how long does it usually take? We haven't had coturnixes before. Also, do you know any reputable breeders who will sell tuxedos? Thank you! Oh, and what do you start your quail chicks on? We have been trying to find a better feed then the one we are currently using for our chicks. Thanks again!

 

[dc3085]

I keep 50 coturnix +\- and it never even takes an hour to do all the cages. For the chicks i either purina startena or king pheasant crumble.

 

[LeafBlade12345]

Ok thank you! Do you raise for meat or eggs? I think we will get some coturnix instead of doing other batches of the same quail we have hatched.

 

[dc3085]

Mostly mine are for meat and my color breeding projects but i usually sell eggs/birds as well.

 

[spotsplus]

I have Buttons and one Coturnix. Sadly a predator got into my quail coop and killed all my Coturnix.

 

[nicktrkula]

this is my best hen from my project pen of pied coturnix

 

[LeafBlade12345]

Cool! How often should you shovel out sand? Is it hard and how long does it take? Thanks!

 

[kyzerc]

Heres some 3 or 4 week old texas a#m,s I have recently hatched/