beach chick Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 since last June well done that quail, now come on the rest of you - 1 quail's egg sitting on the kitchen worktop looks a bit forlorn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 and another one!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 First egg for my girls too! Did you mean since last june mine were laying until September! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 yes Henthusiastic, LAST june!! mind you they're not exactly over-exerting themselves now - I think I have 7 eggs since last post. difficult to know what to do with 7 quail eggs, unless I hardboil them all and eat them all MYSELF with celery salt!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 JUNE?????? JUNE what have the lazy little creatures been up to since June? Mine laid until September and I don't exactly live in a warm part of the country. Are they elderly? Or just bone idle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 I think they are actually bone idle. I even fed them Garvo quail mix which MammaT got for me for a while - nothing. They've had flubenvetted pellets as that's what the big girls were having, now back on ordinary and no more eggs since my last post!! good job they're cute.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 well, things are looking up! getting 2-4 a day now, out of 7 girls, so still a way to go given the length of time they've been freeloading. bought some celery salt today for dipping hardboiled quaily eggs in - that might have been a bit premature, but by Saturday there should be enough for mr beach chick and I to snack on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userfriendly1980 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I bought Garvo but mine doesnt really like it!! So fussy eaters! I give them small chicken layers pellets, garvo, budgie seeds and dried mealworms... they seem to eat that last! Having said that mine have laid until mid august and started laying last month... I have 2 remaining females and both lay everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 well they are back on strike. we managed to eat 20 eggs on Easter Sunday, and another 19 on the latest Bank Holiday Monday. since then - 1 egg!! aaaarrrrgggghhhh! I really feel I must be doing something wrong, but am at a loss to know what. they live in (rabbit run) pens inside the electric fence. they have shade and sunshine; sand dustbaths; the ground is a mixture of earth and wood chip, which they seem to like. each pen has a little house for hiding; a filled plant pot on its side for digging in; a couple of logs for sitting on/next to; the only thing they are missing is perhaps long grass to 'nest' in, but cant do that unless I take them to another area, and don't think that's a plan... they eat layers pellets and the odd handful of corn; water always available. they are terrified of any new food and mostly ignore it. tried Garvo quail mix - not that keen, and then the chooks found the packet, so that was the end of that. they SEEM quite content, I have 2 lots of one boy and 2 hens and one of 4 which I think might be 2 boys and 2 hens, but they get along ok - gender decisions based on calmness and behaviour! I check for eggs twice most days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
