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Ground pens are a great way to go, you just gotta remember to ocassionally worm them when you've got them on the ground, but the birds are definitely way happier that way. Whenever you introduce new quail, its best to put the new quail inside of a cage, inside of the of the big pen. Its best to leave them like that for atleast a week, if not 2 weeks so they can get used to each other. Then just open the cage up and let them integrate on their own. And I wouldn't worry about seperating the special bird from the others unless you see some serious issues going on. I think you'll see that he gets around a whole lot better too once he gets to the ground as well. Add a coffee can or two, or some other type of smaller hiding spaces for the new quail to get inside of if they need to. There will be some pecking as they set their chain of command in place, so that will be normal. You can still get good results from still air incubators, so I wouldn't stress that part. Just try your best to get humidity around 55% 60%, and maintain steady temp at the topside of the eggs and all should go fine.
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Well it definitely sounds like we're on the same page! I've actually got some plastic mixing bowls in their with entrances cut out. They love them. They built the best nest in one of them! I was really happy they liked them. We want to add more things in there for them, for sure. Plants, whatever, things are just slow going financially, so everything is taking a bit longer than I'd like. I am so glad you found me and offered your support. :) I am glad you're on Steemit!
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I'm not too familiar with the types of trees and what not that yall have out west, but if you have any pine trees or other types of evergreen in the area, those branches with the pine needles still attached work great for cover too, and stay green for quite a while. They'll typically last a couple months (atleast they do on the humid east coast). And they're perfectly safe for the quail too.
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Pine trees are a little hard to come by in the desert. I live in Central Oregon the "high desert". Haha. But I will definitely research what kind of trees and plants are good for them, for sure. :D
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