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Thanks, Ron. I'm keeping an eye on that detached air cell egg. ![Wish :fl :fl](/styles/byc-smilies/fl.gif)
As for Echo, she has passed on now.
She would have been 3 in about two weeks. So young for my flock. ![Pensive face :pensive: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f614.png)
![Wish :fl :fl](/styles/byc-smilies/fl.gif)
As for Echo, she has passed on now.
![Frown :( :(](/styles/byc-smilies/sad.png)
![Pensive face :pensive: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f614.png)
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So sorry about Echo, she was beautiful and much too young to have been taken from you.
That seems to be the way with chickens!Thanks, DD.That was a rough one for me. I hate to see them go so young, especially when I've got 8, 9, even 10 year olds out there, still kickin'.
The coturnix I have are very tame. They are easy to get back into their pen and will run up to me to peck my fingers looking for treatsI've thought seriously about quail a few times recently, but the lack of longevity along with some things I've heard about their temperaments have me put off the idea.That and I wouldn't want to keep them in a battery-style cage like is typical for them, and I've heard mixed reports about keeping them in an aviary. I love my chickens, but haven't been a huge fan of any other poultry species I've tried, so maybe it's for the best.
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I have not integrated but was told that they integrate quite well. They do not attack each other but they can fly up and break their necks if the top is not the right height.Hmm, interesting, that's not at all what I'd seen when reading about them.Maybe I will look into it further. Everything I was reading said if they were let out of a cage or aviary that you'd never see them again.
Have you ever had any get attacked or injured by their own flock? I've heard that it happens sometimes with Coturnix and that worries me. What about integrating new birds into an established group, like if you hatch more? Is that even possible?