The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Quail Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> General & Misc Author Message chicken jules Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 60 Location: Stathern, Leicestershire Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:08 am    Post subject: I use 1'' x 1/2'' wire, but i have seen the housed in a flight wired in 1'' chicken wire. 18 days to hatch @ 37.4c and a wet bulb of 84 Luv Jules Back to top chicken jules Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 60 Location: Stathern, Leicestershire Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:10 am    Post subject: I have found thet an Ark is good for quail, OH used to keep them in an ark befor the flight was ready. Luv Jules again Back to top Lisa Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 3236 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:14 am    Post subject: chicken jules wrote: We keep quail, the males do chawtle at night but it is not to bad at all........ if you shut them in at night they don't seem to do it. Okay - but how loud is a "chawtle". We've got close neighbours on both sides and any aviary in the garden would be around 20 foot from the house max. Do they just do it occasionally? Or continuously? Our neighbours are really nice, but I don't want to become a problem neighbour... When you say "shut them in at night" do you mean in some kind of house, in the dark? What do they need? Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8599 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:59 am    Post subject: Is there a recommended floor space like there is for hens? Or is the height more important. Back to top pollypekin Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Kent Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:54 am    Post subject: I have some wild bird seed (wild birds wont eat it) so will give them a little this morning. I have just won 24 quail eggs on Ebay - 12 Italian and 12 Japanese, so hopefully they will arrive tomorrow. They take 17/18 days to hatch, hopefully I will get a few females for my lonesome italian male - his girls have just gone to quail heaven - dont know why they died, just one of those things I suppose sally xx Back to top summayah Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:06 am    Post subject: well done winning them. I have wild bird seed for the wild birds naturally. The trouble is when the wind blowes it blows it out of the holder....guess whre the girls go as soon as I let them out of the run!! naughty chickens. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> General & Misc All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3 Page 3 of 3 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group