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Thanks for sharing! That's so awesome you live close by. The SW birds are much calmer around humans than my others are, I will definitely order eggs from them if I ever decide to invest in an incubator 👍 But unfortunately now the falb has taken to chasing my pharoahs around 😅 At least she's...

I had high expectations for them, and am not at all surprised they're busy this time of year. As I said, I don't blame them at all for the lost bird it was most likely due to the USPS delay/handling, or just stress that no one could control. I've read the golden Manchurians can be a bit more...

Update: SWGB got back to me today, apologized for the delayed response, and said they will refund for the lost bird. I’m happy with that 👍 I’d rather have the bird, of course, but all things considered I think that’s the best outcome that can be expected.

Will do, thank you! 🙏

Yes, sorry I didn’t specify: they have had plain food and water available as well the whole time! And they will be going into the outdoor aviary once they’re settled and I’m sure they’re well enough, probably by Sunday.

Thank you to @CloneFly for the B12 suggestion :bow I think that’s made quite an improvement for the falb. She’s perked up significantly, but is still more lethargic than I’d like so I’m still watching her closely and feeding the mash, but I’ve decreased the feedings to every 2-3 hours now. She’s...

The falb is still doing a bit poorly this morning 🙁 She perked up considerably after I fed her another mash of crumble & warm electrolyte water, but I’m still very worried about her. I can run to the pharmacy for B12 this morning. The pearl is fine as frog hair and zooming around the grow-out...

Also, to your note about breeders: I emailed SWGB Wednesday evening, when it was looking like the birds were not arriving on time, then again the following morning, Thursday, when the post office called me that they had finally arrived. Then I sent another message when I discovered the deceased...

I wouldn’t mind one, maybe! But yeah it would depend on how he treated my ladies. And I only have the one enclosure, so I couldn’t keep more than one, and finding new homes for the others or culling them would be sad for me 🫣 (big baby over here, in case you couldn’t tell by my original post 😅)

Good on you 👍 They’re just too fragile! Should have trusted my gut on this one. Oh well… live and learn I guess 😔 I’d be much less sad about a couple cracked eggs than a dead bird, at least. But you’re right, none of it is ideal. Time to set myself up as the premier Northern California fancy...

Yeah, that's the one 😣 I will keep that in mind, actually, my grandparents spend every summer on the Oregon coast and I often go up to visit them! 👀 Thank you very much ❤️

I think we will have to invest in an incubator in the future... I didn't want to have to deal with rehoming/culling roosters, but shipping adults is too much of a pain so that may be the only sustainable way forward, sadly 😓

Apologies in advance for the long and emotional post. It's been an incredibly stressful and sad day. We got the aviary finished a couple days ago, and our first 3 quail have been enjoying it immensely. We've had so much fun watching them run around, climb the logs, burrow under them, and roll...