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The light is over 14 hours, quail have plenty of space, constantly have fresh food and water, not stressed by predators, the weather is warm, but we're only getting two eggs a day. We have 13 girls all of age to lay! What's going on?

This quail was born weirdly, with wry neck or something, but did fine for a while. Suddenly, I check on her, and she's laying on her side. The morning I checked her she was fine, it was the afternoon when she couldn't walk anymore. Is this a developmental issue or a problem with the flock. Any...

She was born with a weird neck, like wry neck or something, and we thought she could still live. She was doing great until yesterday. I checked on her in the morning, and she was running around fine. Suddenly, in the evening, she was laying on her side weirdly and couldn't stand up. We moved her...

Specifically zone 4-6. I need a shrub to give quail some cover but dual purpose that grows edible fruit or something for them. We eat their eggs, so nothing that would be toxic to us. any ideas?

Chicks suddenly dying. One chick seemed healthy, hatched 2 days ago, now is flopped over, is just limp when I pick it up, and can't stand anymore. One of the other chicks died this way. Is it an illness? is there anything we can do?

Every time we hatch quail eggs, we get a low hatch rate, 2 out of 12, 6 out of 18, 20/ 48. this last time, we got 20 chicks but 6 died? we don't have a super fancy incubator, but considering the fact that people make their own incubators I wouldn't assume it matters all that much. Is there a way...

I've heard ducks lay in winter. Is this true? I've hear they can lay without any artificial light, which seems slightly absurd- but maybe not. For quail and chickens, when the light goes under 12 hrs, they stop laying. So what is the minimum hour for ducks? What kind of ducks lay the most during...

We had finally fixed our quail ratio and brought it to 8 hens for 2males. We got 4 eggs a day, which then dropped to 3, then to 1, then they just stopped. Is it just because giving them artificial light in winter is unpredictable and may not work all the time? I don't see how it could be stress...

Tried some quail meat today. Didn't love it. It had a strong metallic, bloody taste. I really wanted to like it, since we raise quail anyway for eggs, we could use some for meat too. Is it possible to reduce that bloody taste by cooking it a certain way or by adding it to something, or adding...

If anyone has 5 hens for sale about northwest of Denver for sale, please let me know. Also- I've tried looking on craigslist but haven't found many for sale that aren't 1+ hr away, are there any other websites where people sell quail, let me know.

Here is a short rundown: Our ratio is currently 3 males to 3 females. Recently, about a week ago, one of the females (the fourth) escaped and we never found her. Only one female was laying before. We believed she stopped laying due to lack of light, so we added artificial light. She...

We currently have 3 females and 3 males. Yes, the ratio is far off. Originally, we thought we had 2 males to 5 hens, but it turned out being 3 males to 4 hens, then one of our hens escaped and was never found. The males never fight. One female (she was the only laying at the time) stopped laying...

I'm trying to start fermenting some seeds for the quail, but half of the seeds aren't sinking. should i continue or will it become moldy? if so, how to sink the seeds?

talking standard coturnix.

how cold is too cold for 3 week old quail?

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i've read 3-4 quail eggs is a chicken egg, and i've also read 5-6 quail eggs is a chicken egg. talking about standard coturnix. we got our first egg today, a small 9 grams. is that just a "fart" egg or possibly the real size? does that mean you'd need 8-12 eggs to make a recipe that requires...

today we had 4 chicks hatch successfully, and another which has unzipped but still stuck. it has a foot partially out, but it's been in there for 9 hours and 30 minutes. should we be concerned? the rest of them hatched in under 30 mins.

in our first batch of quail, we only managed to hatch two hens. but they're already 4 weeks going on 5 weeks, and one of them died today caused by a stress induced seizure. now, we only have one. they're still in the brooder since their outside area isn't ready. but we already have started a new...

our quail are 4 weeks old, and i know that you mix the adult food into the starter food but when do i do this? should we start now? i'm just slightly worried since the adult food is less protein and bigger sizes than the crumbles they're eating.. we need to move them outside soon but it will...