Cougar Chronicle
May 29, 2026
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Game bird feed is better for the overall health of quail.
Quail enjoy bugs and berries
Quail can eat their own eggs- similar to chickens.
Male quail can injure each other.
Quail like to have lots of hiding places and especially enjoy pine branches.
There’s more than a 100 types of quail
Unlike ducks, quail do not like water.
Each quail is unique in its own way.
Quail take shorter to hatch than chickens and ducks. It takes 16-18 days for quail to hatch.
Quail start laying eggs at 6-8 weeks and stop maturing at 4 weeks old.
Questions about Quail, Ducks, Chickens or all three, please send them into Guidance and Liam,
Shep or Hazel will reply during their Friday morning announcement podcast.
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