Would you mind elaborating on how you pasture yours during the day? Mine were delayed in starting to lay eggs and several on here thought it was because I was moving them outside in AM and back inside in afternoon, upsetting them.
I hated to but I moved them into a building under artificial...
I rescued 3 jumbo coturnix hens and they went into a full molt shortly after, of course they werent laying as the’d been in a very distressing home for their 10 months of life, then sold for butcher by my neighbor (their original owner), he went and got them out of 20 degree weather in an open...
From all my research, usually the protein level may be too high causing overly large eggs and/or double yolks. My neighbor starting raising jumbo coturnix 2 years ago and follows the inhumane myshire directives. He fed his first 2 flocks the starter feed at 30% protein for their whole 1st year...
Ive got (I think) a plan, but it doesnt include outside. There are too many predators to leave out at night, they will get in and also the ones that dont will scare my birds so badly at night. I’m in the country. They will have a/c inside the building and no threat of avian flu and Coccidiosis...
It is gamebird starter, and Im buying gamebird layer feed to start transitioning them today. I guess I wanted their best life, safe at night, outside in quail tractor during the day. But I didnt get them for more pets so I’ve got to look at a whole new system now.
The neighbor I acquired them...
Can moving quail inside and outside from quail tractor to cage inside bldg at night stress them where they won’t lay? (More explanation on new introductions)
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Hi, I’ve been reading for weeks, finally joined, I received 7 coturnix 1 week old quail 5.5 weeks ago, and rescued 3 year old jumbo quail 5 days later. My babies are almost 7 wks, 3 rescued hens just now a year. Ive built acquail tractor, 2 actually and Im moving then morning and night outside...