who else raises mountain quails here?!

[*MiniAnimalBreeder*]

heyo!
i raise mountains, and i have been losing my because they are breaking their necks! It is the foxes fault.

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

I do!
I have the same problem too.

I lost a male.

(

 

[KFCGirla(TM)?]

haha so do i!

 

[Stellar]

Hence why they are not meant for young novices...just saying

One of the species of quail that need a lot of TLC. I don't raise them. Honestly, I hatched some, sold them when they were adults because I have a lot of birds and one who can tend to them more often (even though I am out there all the time)...but I had a tough time keeping them alive for starters, the chicks that is, adulthood was easy but I found a home for them with natural setting and they love it there

Maybe they are just not meant to be in cages

 

[KFCGirla(TM)?]

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[Little_Bigfoot]

sounds like you all need higher cages every one i know who raises them and breeds them keeps them in an 8 foot tall avary setting with half inch wire, i plan on getting some in a year (thats my goal) no sooner, i just got blue scales and once i feel i can deal with any temperment problems i will get mountain quail, i am also interested in mearns quail has any one raised those, they have a really interesting defence pattern where others will fly off they are so confident in thier camoflauge that when a predator comes they instead hunker down you guys should google it its pretty cool to see.

 

[aprophet]

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Either that or lower cages cages much over 14" tall and most quail will flush and break their necks I am not sure what the minimum an aviary should be 6-8' ?? but I think most with the aviaries have softer netting as opposed to hardware cloth or chicken wire etc

 

[Valley quail breeder]

Use 1" foam padding and attach to the top of the pen (Aviary) so when they do flush it wont hurt them. I went to a mans house he had like 20 pairs all in individual small cages with that in each pen and he never lost any.

 

[JJMR794]

THERES AN EASY FIX FOR THIS...

It is the foxes fault

AND IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY ITS A PERMANENT FIX​

 

[Fat Daddy]

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AND IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY ITS A PERMANENT FIX

Conibare, havaheart, or 22-250'A.I....? I use the last 2 together alot...