Author Topic: Help!!  (Read 8442 times)

CameronS

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • North East Fife
Help!!
« on: July 03, 2013, 03:32:50 pm »

Found these in a box at the side of the road - no idea what they are look like some breed of qail to me? anyone got any ideas as to what they are and what i should keep them in?


pretty strong fliers
fully feathered
making peeping/whistely sounds






http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m543/turn-life-upside-down/DSC_0284_zps2d9dd962.jpg?t=1372775210

Pedwardine

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Lincolnshire
Re: Help!!
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2013, 04:17:47 pm »
Beautiful, they do look like quail. They are exceptionally good fliers and do a bouncing thing if penned up at all. They hate being too constrained. Big pen, high ceiling, hidey hole bedding such as a part buried plant pot on it's side. Make sure base of pen can't be dug into by rats etc. If a rat can get in they can get out. Lost ours that way.

ellied

  • Joined Sep 2010
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Re: Help!!
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2013, 04:25:59 pm »
No idea but they're very cute  :)   
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Help!!
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2013, 04:30:35 pm »
If they are quail and you don't want them let me know.  I've been thinking of getting quail for a while, just not got round to it.  Got a six foot high square mesh dog run inside and out netted on top, with a pophole between to close off at night.  How many are there?
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CameronS

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • North East Fife
Re: Help!!
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2013, 04:40:41 pm »
there is only two of them


here is what i've done so far! it's just a dog cage with limited time and resources, best i can do for now.




CameronS

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • North East Fife
Re: Help!!
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2013, 04:43:34 pm »
Pm'd you Doganjo

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: Help!!
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2013, 04:46:53 pm »
I wonder if someone has lost them.  They seem quite young?
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shygirl

  • Joined May 2013
Re: Help!!
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2013, 05:12:46 pm »
we use to keep quails in rabbit hutches with great success. they taste delicious.
we also use to have them in an outdoor avairy but eventually they all escaped. the extra height gave them more power to fly up so they use to cut their heads on the wire roof. netting is safer apparently.
very strange to find them abandoned.

in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Help!!
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2013, 05:14:33 pm »
 :wave:  Look like Japanese laying quail.


If your crate is outside, watch them tonight as rats will get in through the holes as they look quite large or stoat,cat etc will pull at them through there.


New arrivals, Doganjo ??? ??  ;D

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: Help!!
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2013, 05:15:53 pm »
How big are they?
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doganjo

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Re: Help!!
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2013, 06:26:48 pm »
Just found this - you can tell I'm excited can't you?  :innocent:
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Japanese quail can be sexed as early as three weeks of age, based on the feather color which is distinct for the male and female of the species. When matured, the Japanese males weigh in the range of 100-140 grams (4-5 oz.), and they reach sexual maturity at 5 to 6 weeks of age. The plumage color on the throat and breast will be cinnamon or rusty brown. When males are sexually matured, a large glandular or bulbous structure appears above the cloacal opening. If this gland is pressed, it will produce a foamy secretion. Males generally live longer than females. Males crow and their sound has been described as "Ko-turn-neex". Adult Japanese quail females are generally larger than the males and weigh in the range of 120-160 grams (4.5-6 oz.). Through proper selection, heavier birds can be produced for meat. The females can be easily identified by their slightly whiter plumage under the throat and upper breast, different from the characteristically black stippled feathers of the male. In this area, the feathers of the female quail are longer and more pointed than those of the male birds.
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: Help!!
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2013, 06:27:32 pm »
What's the betting they're both male and that's why they've been dumped?
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in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Help!!
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2013, 06:50:14 pm »
Japanese quail come in many colours. The "wild" coloured quail can be sexed by plummage colour but not so with the other colours. Can't tell from the pictures very easily but the lighter bird looks like what would be described as a "fawn". Can't see the other well enough.


The males do produce foam balls at this time of year and also "crow".


 :fc:  that they are girlies  ;D

Eve

  • Joined Jul 2010
Re: Help!!
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2013, 10:19:22 pm »
Strange colour for quail. There are a few breeders in the UK who could advise if they really are quail.


If you could record the male's call and put it on youtube I could tell, though  :)


Has one of them laid yet? If there's any foam on the pooh it's of[size=78%] a mature male.[/size]


If they're not lost, they might be stolen... :thinking:

happygolucky

  • Joined Jan 2012
Re: Help!!
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2013, 10:31:20 pm »
I looked at the photos and they are not like the quail I  have seen other people keep, my daughter had some as my son in laws family always kept quail, my daughters did not survive they are escape artists...and fast!!! Anyway, glad they have found a home, the foam egg sounds like the stuff I bought for filling gaps!! ;)

 

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