Keeping quail

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Keeping quail

Post by pxtyson » Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:02 am

This is how I have kept my quail for years without any issue. There is a 2"x4" wire floor under the dirt. They love the snow and will spend the whole night out in the elements.
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Post by baronrenfrew » Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:12 am

I love the quail pen! If I could build something square I'd build one. How do you get the eggs? Do they lay inside?
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Post by pxtyson » Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:41 am

They lay everywhere. In the winter the eggs are frozen before I get to them so my dog gets a couple frozen quail butt nuggets. In the summer I send the kids up to get them. The quail are more for the kids to learn about keeping birds. My youngest is three and he takes his dump truck and tractor in the cage and digs in the sand and drives the quail around in his dump truck. The great thing with these birds is they never really fly so I can take them out and let the kids follow them around the yard. There are five in the cage one being the male. I cant tell which is the male due to him being white like two of the females. The other two females are the normal brown color.

Once they start really breeding again I have an easier time finding the male because he is the only one with feathers on his head.
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Post by Ontario Chick » Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:46 am

That is a very cool set up, I can see how this would appeal to small children.
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Post by kenya » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:37 am

Nice setup, as a kid I would have been in that pen too, like a little camping trip.
I put some Quail eggs in the incubator, first time for me, they seem to be fertile and are starting to develop.
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Post by pxtyson » Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:45 am

Before I left for work this morning I took a picture of how the quail spend their night out in the open. Every night they are in the same area even in the worst weather conditions. This was taken at five this morning.
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Post by kenya » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:33 pm

Well of 14 eggs I put in the incubator 13 are developing, they are going to be some tiny babies. First time for me.
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Post by thegawd » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:10 pm

Heck Ya Kenya!
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Post by baronrenfrew » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:50 pm

Woohoo!
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Post by pxtyson » Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:06 am

They are strong little birds and grow so fast. And poop so much for a little thing. I will be hatching some come spring.
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