The Haphazard Guide to Coturnix Quail

By Susan Skylark

A handy introductory guide to the bird nobody has ever heard of but everybody should be raising. Learn the basics of raising Japanese or Cotunix Quail, written by a novice for complete novices. Includes information on housing, feeding, breeding, and uses for this enchanting little fowl.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Susan Skylark
• Release date: Apr 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224001835

Susan Skylark

Once upon a time there was a sensible young lady who pursued a practical career, but finding it far less fulfilling than the proponents of the modern fairytale promulgate, she then married a clergyman, much to everyone’s astonishment, including her own, and in proper fairytale fashion keeps house for the mysterious gentleman in a far away land, spending most of her time in company with a very short, whimsical person who can almost speak English. She enjoys fantasy, fairy tales, and adventure stories and her writing reflects this quaint affectation. She considers Happy Endings (more or less) a requisite to good literature and sanity, though real stories never, truly end.

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The Haphazard Guide to Coturnix Quail

Susan Skylark

Copyright 2024 Susan Skylark

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Table of Contents:

What is a quail?

Why raise quail?

Why not to raise quail?

Basic Care

Housing Quail

Feeding Quail

Breeding Quail

Colors, lifespan, acquiring quail

Candling quail eggs

What is a Coturnix or Japanese Quail (and why should you care)?:

I might have been vaguely aware of the existence of such a bird, but really had no clue as to what it was or that I might be interested in owning one until a friend of mine decided to get into chickens. She was going to order some chicks and as our kids are in 4-H together, and my son is a bird enthusiast who has been asking for chickens for years, I wondered if we might rent a spot in her coop for a couple birds for