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Oh, we have noticed mice! is that an issue? we're probably going to try remove them since they're stealing the food ...

yes. their area is big enough for me to stand in plus a lower area with trees

gamebird and we provide calcium on the side

crumbles + seed, some are several months, some are 6-8 weeks, and we have 3 males for 13 girls.

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?

We put nutri drench in the water then dropped water on her beak with a syringe, but she seemed perfectly fine until suddenly she wasn't eating, drinking, or walking. She wasn't thin and her poop wasn't strange (however, it was sticking to her feathers a bit.. but we cleaned that off and maybe it...

They were both abt 6 weeks old. This quail was moved into an terrarium to be kept seperate from the others. We tried to feed it crumble and fed it nutri-drench water but it died.

no, her legs weren't splayed... she just wasn't able to stand

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...

We'll probably just let her die.. any idea what may have caused this so we can prevent it or just a developing issue when she was an embryo>?

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...

Really? We had clover for a while as a cover crop, which was great for them. They ate it and hid in it a bit... but our quail are in need of hiding spots and we think something natural would be nice for them, plus as dual purpose to give them a bit of fresh food or to attract insects. We're also...

my quail love crickets. dusted means they've got calcium dust, while usually used for reptiles, is probably good for quail too.

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?