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Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: ANHBUC on January 16, 2012, 15:47

Title: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 16, 2012, 15:47
 :(  Have been searching for a decent Quail Forum but they all seem to be either really difficult to navigate or they are hardly used.  I have been spoilt with this Forum I guess so am really disappointed.  Would there be any chance of having a dedicated Quail section on here?  I am sure if there was it would soon be popular.  I know there are postings about quail already but they are few and far between.  Probably being a bit selfish wanting one on this site as it would save me searching other sites and I prefer this sites setup (it is more professional).   :wub:  Fingers crossed.   :D
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: Aunt Sally on January 16, 2012, 16:06
We've not planned to have any other forms here.  We like to keep things as simple as possible and the poultry section covers all domestic birds.  I could try to make that clearer by altering the forum description a little.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 16, 2012, 17:24
Thanks Aunt Sally, just wishful thinking as this is by far the best site and it is more difficult to find information when it is 1% hidden in 99% of chicken related topics.  It was just a thought as they seem to becoming more popular.   :D
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on January 16, 2012, 20:07
I've also looked around for quail forum when I first started with them. Although there are a number of good sites for information I have never found anywhere that has a god interactive forum.

The search function can help picking out the quail from all the chickens.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: joyfull on January 16, 2012, 20:12
Kate you beat me to it - the search facility would be able to find things especially if the work quail is put in the subject title.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 16, 2012, 20:26
Have done that but thought if quail were promoted more there would be more frequent postings as there is a definite gap in the quail forum market so to speak.   :)
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: joyfull on January 16, 2012, 20:38
but then we would have to think about one for guinea fowl, turkeys, geese, ducks etc all of which have different needs to hens.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 16, 2012, 20:45
Had thought of that and they could all be under the same section - Feathered Friends (who aren't chickens)!!   ;) 
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: joyfull on January 16, 2012, 21:00
just because the forum sections are called chicken chat and hen house we have found that this has never stopped people asking about their ducks etc so really no need to change it. We then have the pets without feathers which really does point out the the two above ones are for feathered pets  :)
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 17, 2012, 12:36
 :)  I see you point joyfull, this is still the best site I have found as there is always someone online to give advice.  :)
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: joyfull on January 17, 2012, 13:12
so true, and I have found that most who keep one of the other types of birds also keep chickens (except for Kate and her ducks - as she keeps bees and ducks  :D), so anybody on line will usually be found looking through the chicken pages  :)
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 17, 2012, 13:15
so true, and I have found that most who keep one of the other types of birds also keep chickens (except for Kate and her ducks - as she keeps bees and ducks  :D), so anybody on line will usually be found looking through the chicken pages  :)
 

Think Kate has quails as well, could be wrong though.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on January 17, 2012, 21:41
Yep, got quail too and it isn't half a pain traipsing through all the chicken threads! ;) ::) ;)

They're mini-velocoraptors (watch Jurassic Park again with that in mind and see what I mean)! See the light people and go for ducks!!!

That being said, I think too many sections just clutter things up and although it would group things nicely I think that the search function works well and mixing things up I think means that more people rather than less see it. Means I get to eulogise about ducks and might get some of these chicken folk to see the light. :tongue2:

(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm5/katemerriman/01-01-200800-00-29_0016.jpg)

C'mon! How can you argue?!
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: joyfull on January 17, 2012, 21:48
they are so cute Kate,  :D
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on January 17, 2012, 22:09
She was such a fab mum but never got the hang of having them snuggled user her so they all sat on top of her. Must be like under floor heating!
Tried picking one of them up once and despite being a very placid duck she absolutely went fro me! Grabbed my arm and shook and shook till I put her down. Left a cracking bruise!
Title: Re: Quail (guinea fowl, turkeys, geese, ducks etc) Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 18, 2012, 10:41
I would love ducks as well Kate, thinking of getting Muscovy though as the hens are noisy enough without any help from a duck.   

Did I read that one of your quail hatched her own chicks last year?  How did they get on and how many males/females did you have?

(There we are joyfull, have changed my subject line so as not to exclude anyone.)   :D :D
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: joyfull on January 18, 2012, 10:43
see this chat has already changed into a duck and quail post  :lol:
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on January 18, 2012, 22:32
Yes, once of my quail sat stubbornly on eggs and hatched a little clutch in October! Unfortunately at day 3 something happened overnight panicking them all and she seemed to abandon them and some had managed to get through the weld mesh.
I came down in the morning to find 6 tiny frozen corpses and was so upset I just went back to bed , blaming myself for not bringing them into the house but she had seemed like such a solid Mum.
I went out them put them away and one of them gave the tiniest gasp. I have never seen more dead looking creature and it's breathing rate was about 4 a minute.
Rushed into the house with it in my hands, breathing on it to try and warm it up. Yell for the OH to get me a hot water bottle so I could rest it on that while I got a box, made up some honey water and general resuscitation kit etc.

OH thought I was making a bit of a fuss and should just put it under the grill while I got sorted!!! He still insists it was a reasonable suggestion!

Anyway despite looking mostly dead he picked up with heat and honey water and mum even took him back. They lived in the spare room till he was 4 weeks and fully feathered and almost fully grown. He is now the head (well only) boy in my group and although a little smaller than I would expect is a happy and, ahem, active boy.

I feel awful for the little ones I lost and although brooding outside is possible in terms of mum keeping them warm I have learnt my lesson in terms of the unpredictable nature of the rest of the world and how small a gap they can get through.
Have learnt my lesson and will always brood them in controlled circumstances in the future.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 18, 2012, 23:47
That was one lucky quail that you rescued.  How old was his mum?  Everywhere you read about quail they say they rarely go broody. 

I am hoping one of my ladies will oblige but know it is a long shot.  I don't want to incubate as I have none of the equipment or knowledge so might get a bantam hen for a broody.  Have read that Seramas make a good broody and they are really small.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on January 19, 2012, 08:28
I was very surprised too and it was a silly time of year to go broody too! She was a year old. Never had any of the others show the slightest inclination to go broody.
Title: Re: Quail Forums
Post by: ANHBUC on January 19, 2012, 17:16
Pity her young girls did not make it as it might have been hereditary.  Hopefully in the spring she might oblige again.  It is because they have been bred in captivity and their eggs taken and incubated for years that they have lost their natural instinct.

Some of my girls are not well pleased when I collect their eggs so fingers crossed.