someone help me!!!!!

[yvo]

help me!!!!!!!! can anyone plz help me ive recently gained 4 quails.well i now only have 3 but thats another story!!!my problem is i dont have a clue what 2 do with them!ive found out i have 2 female  japanese coturnix but i also have a white quail with black patches on its head what is it??!!!! is it male or female??!!! also one of them flew away i didnt even know they could fly!! plz if anyone can give me more info and advise so i can look after these poor birds better plz email me on yvohop@hotmail.com thanx!!!!

[pocketsierra]

No need to worry. The information you need is on this and other sites. You can certainly eat them or eat their eggs.

http://www.shaywood.com/quail/coturn1.htm

Here are a few "owners manuals".

http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/japanesequail.pdf
 
http://gallus.tamu.edu/Extension%20publications/jpquail.pdf
 
The white bird is probably a Coturnix as well, but it is probably either an English white or Texas A & M Coturnix. These are different breeds, not a different species, so the care would be the same.

The white one probably can only be sexed by the vent method mentioned in the first link above.

Yes, they can fly, so keep them contained.

[quailer370]

i agree with pocketsierra, white one sounds like a texas A&M or a tuxedo.  it's just a color variation of the coturnix species. dont worry, quail are fairly easy to take care of  8)

good luck,

-quailer370

[yvo]

thanku 4 ur help!!!!i feel a little more relaxed now!!!if u have any tips on housing and feeding plz let me know!!!!!!

[squirrelhunter]

Spunds like a tuxedo. How did you acquire the birds?

[yvo]

someone was getting rid of them.i always wanted quails from being little so i took my chance.silly really when i didnt have a clue about them!

[squirrelhunter]

The plural for quail is just quail. A pet peeve of mine.

[Fivehollers]

Thanks squirrelhunter, I share the same pet peeve.

To yvo, yes it was silly to aquire something you know little or nothing about and then have no place to keep them. You should really look around this site and gather as much information as you can,  there are some very intelligent people on this site who have been doing this for along time, also if you have a feed store around your area you can call and get information from them.

Good luck

Lori  

[Bloomingtongamebirds]

Fivehollers I have been trying to get up with you about those eggs you wanted, let me know if you still need them, my birds are laying now.

[yvo]

Thanks squirrelhunter, I share the same pet peeve.

To yvo, yes it was silly to aquire something you know little or nothing about and then have no place to keep them. You should really look around this site and gather as much information as you can,  there are some very intelligent people on this site who have been doing this for along time, also if you have a feed store around your area you can call and get information from them.

Good luck

Lori  

well i know it was but no need 2 worry i no longer have them theyve gone 2 a new lovin home.and i did have a place 2 keep them untill i put them in2 a permanant home.

[yvo]

The plural for quail is just quail. A pet peeve of mine.

touchy!!!!! soooo sorry :lol: