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I've been on a quest to source a rooster, and I think I MAY have finally found an option. Bryant's Roost in Tennessee ships live grown birds, with a 2 bird minimum. I figure to meet the requirement, I will take another hen also, why not lol. Here is the link if anyone wants to check it out and...

Hi all, I am in need of just one coturnix rooster! I see most places want you to order multiple eggs or chicks, and for adults they also want you to order at least pairs or "breeding colony". What would you guys do if you needed just one roo? Also if any users here have one they would part...

Will this provide enough fertility to hatch eggs? I am thinking of expanding and doing another pen, and its really been a turnoff dealing with the roosters I originally started my current flock with. What is the bare minimum ratio I can have and also ensure some fertility?

Hi all! New to quail keeping and I am thinking of expanding - seems realllllly uncommon for newcomers to the hobby, right?? :lau Anyway, looking for suggestions for a beginner with a small flock (13 birds) to incubate and hatch eggs! I am frankly pretty overwhelmed by all the choices. Looks...

So I originally had started my outdoor pen with 14 birds, 11 hens and 3 roosters. I culled one roo that was the meanest and that left me with 11 hen and 2 roosters. Some of you may have seen I posted a few days ago about getting my first eggs around this time also. For the sake of the timeline...

So I got my first quail ever this year as chicks, I think it was the first weekend of March. They were chicks that at that time were a few days old. Since then they’ve been a blast to watch and interact with and I’ve been reading non stop on here, Reddit, and the many books I’ve ordered on how...

I am finishing up my fully outdoor pens and I am wondering about feeders and waterers. I plan on making my own out of PVC and poultry cups for the waterer, and a bucket hopper and pvc tube for the food. How many poultry cups should I need and how many food holes should i drill in the pipe? I...

I'm building an outdoor pen for 14 quail. I'm aware of the 1 sq ft/bird rule for the pen, which will be constructed of 2x4, 2x2 and hardware cloth. I'm wondering how much space should i have enclosed, to keep the birds out of the wind and give their feet a resting spot from the hardware cloth? I...

As the question says, I am in need of either one large or two smaller outdoor pens. Googling around I find a lot of results coming from Winola Ranch but those cages look awfully small and don't really seem to be a good choice for outdoors (no solid windblock, etc). Can anyone share a good option...

Hey all, I have coturnix that I am ready to build a new enclosure for, and I'm wondering if i can house them all together. Currently I have 15 quail, 12 hens and 3 roosters. Of the three roosters, one is exceedingly calm and docile, one is the typical rooster quail temperament, and one is a...

So it is about time for me to get my quail into their outdoor homes now that they are old enough and it is also warm enough where I live. It seems like some of the quail (maybe 40% or so of them) have some sparse feathering? Such as incomplete feathering on the lower breastbone area, on the...

I guess I've not seen this discussed, but supposing I meet the space requirements for them, could 16-18 birds be housed communally? Lets say the ratio was at 5 hens to one rooster? Or would they be better served in 3 separate 1:5 pens?

Wondering what everyone prefers for leg bands for coturnix or similar sized quail? I ordered a package of THESE from Amazon by searching "quail leg bands". They only stay on my most gargantuan of birds, most they slide off. None of my birds were able to wear them at all until they were several...

Wondering what scraps can be fed safely to quail, and what ones they enjoy? I saw somewhere that they like cucumber but I tried that and they had almost zero interest in it....I also know that as a general rule they are not quite the garbage disposals that chickens are, but I am looking for...

Where is a good source for Texas A&M quail in the midwest? I am in Iowa. I currently have just regular Coturnix/japanese quail, but Texas A&M have been on my wish list and I don't know where to find any even semi locally...

I have 16 quail currently. Let’s suppose 8 are male and 8 are female. I would keep 4 hen/1 rooster, 4 hen/1 rooster, and that leaves me with 6 roosters. Could they live in a bachelor group pen? Could they be kept singly or in pairs?

Hello all! I am new to poultry of all sorts and just moved to a place where I can have them a few years ago. After getting settled in, putting up fencing, and all kinds of other fun stuff I am ready to start a flock! I look at reddit a lot and have ordered several books about backyard chickens...