Thinking about getting Quail, I have questions

[ChickieBooBoo]

If they dont have nest boxes do they just lay their eggs on the floor then?

 

[mhwc56]

um yah..they lay wherever they happen to be at the time or they like their sand box or your hand as Buttercup Chillin can tell you... BTW if the egg has just been laid and you touch it the spots can come off ..

 

[Rozzie]

I read over and over here and elsewhere that quail will just drop their eggs anywhere in their cage. That may be the case with quail that are kept on wire bottom cages. It is not the experience that I have had. My Coturnix (remember, they have 16 square feet for a covey of 4 birds) have a basket in the corner for their nest. The only time they lay an egg outside of that basket is if I have just given them a big fresh pile of long dried grass. In that case, they'll lay in the dried grass pile for a day or two before going back to their basket. I line the basket with either dry grass or wood chips -- doesn't matter which. They'll even lay there with no lining at all in it. Note: My quail are not in a wire bottom cage. I've kept them on wood chips in the past. They are now on pine pellets for bedding.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

ok, thanks for the info.

 

[Stellar]

I have the litter boxes for cats in each cage and if I fill it with litter and grass that's where the eggs go

 

[JJMR794]

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FLOOR, DUST BATHING AREA, WATER FONT, FOOD DISHES, OTHER SLOWER MOVING BIRDS, YOUR HAND, ETC.... ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT ITS A GOOD THING THEY ARENT STICKY OR WE'D BE PEALING THEM OFF THE WALLS AND CEILINGS

 

[JJMR794]

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I HAVE CATS FOR YOUR LITTER BOXES! ONCE THEY ARE FROZEN SOLID IT SHOULDNT BE ANY PROBLEM TO SHIP THEM TO YOU....

 

[Stellar]

Very Funny!

 

[JJMR794]

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YES BUT TRUE.... IF I HURRY I CAN GET THEM IN THE FREEZER WHILE THEY'RE STILL FRESH

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

Quote:
FLOOR, DUST BATHING AREA, WATER FONT, FOOD DISHES, OTHER SLOWER MOVING BIRDS, YOUR HAND, ETC.... ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT ITS A GOOD THING THEY ARENT STICKY OR WE'D BE PEALING THEM OFF THE WALLS AND CEILINGS

lol