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Balance- and the struggle that comes with it
Balancing Feathers and Family: Life as a Coturnix Quail Breeder, Father, Husband, and Community Volunteer
Guidroz Family Farm
Apr 273 min read
Education Pt. 36: Health Check Walkthrough
This is an add-on to Behind the Scenes Pt. 10 (Turning Notes Into Decisions). After questions came in about what the 2-minute pen scan actually is, here’s the exact walkthrough we use.
Zero G Quail Farms
Apr 163 min read
Behind the Scenes Pt. 10: Turning Notes Into Decisions
If you’re serious about improving fertility, growth, egg output, and customer consistency, this is the playbook: measure → decide → repeat.
Zero G Quail Farms
Apr 164 min read
Education Pt. 33: Starter Covey Blueprint The First 12 Birds Without the Chaos
Most people don’t fail at quail because they bought the wrong bird. They fail because they bought birds before the systems were ready—then tried to improvise feed, water, lighting, and space on the fly.
Zero G Quail Farms
Mar 314 min read
Education Pt. 31: Feeder Birds, Done Right: Welfare, Biosecurity, and Consistency for Raptor Keepers
What “reliable feeder quail” actually requires—no shortcuts
Zero G Quail Farms
Mar 243 min read
Behind the Scenes Pt. 9: The Quail keeper's Daily Route: A 12-Minute Chore Loop That Prevents 80% of Problems
Mission Brief
Most quail problems don’t “randomly happen.” They build quietly—one water nipple slows, one feeder clumps, one corner stays damp, one timer drifts—until the day you walk in to chaos. Our fix is boring on purpose: a 12-minute daily route we run the same way, in the same order, every day. It catches issues early, keeps the covey calm, and keeps you out of emergency mode.
Zero G Quail Farms
Mar 204 min read
Education Pt.30: Starting Quail NOW: Feed and Nutrition Simplified
If you’re starting Coturnix right now, nutrition is the fastest way to either stack wins or stack problems. You don’t need a dozen supplements.
Zero G Quail Farms
Mar 64 min read
Education Pt.29: The First 72 Hours After Hatch: What Matters Most
If you followed our hatch window schedule (set day → lockdown at Day 14 → hatch Days 17–18), you should be seeing your first Coturnix chicks this week or next.
Zero G Quail Farms
Mar 14 min read
Education Pt.28: Understanding Quail Behavior: What's normal, what's not.
Coturnix quail are honest birds. When something is off, they usually tell you—fast. The trick is learning the difference between normal quail behavior (busy, pecky, skittish, routine-driven) and red-flag behavior that signals stress, nutritional gaps, or a system problem.
Zero G Quail Farms
Feb 274 min read
Education Pt.27: Quail or the Egg: Choosing Your Starting Point
Should you begin with live birds or hatching eggs? Here’s the Zero G take. Spring production is around the corner, and a lot of you are deciding where to start.
Zero G Quail Farms
Feb 194 min read
Education Pt.26: Setting Up Your First Brooder: A Calm, Simple Review
Your first brooder can be as simple or as fancy as you want—just don’t build something that overwhelms you to make or maintain.
Zero G Quail Farms
Feb 163 min read
Education Pt.25: Valentine’s Weekend: 5 Things You Can Build (for your covey and your significant other)
Perfect excuse to grab coffee, crank a playlist, and finally tackle those “I’ll get to it” projects—together. Two sets of hands beats one every time.
Zero G Quail Farms
Feb 123 min read
Quail Oops Files: A Respectful Look at Genetic Oddities
This isn’t a freak show. It’s a respect-first, learn-first guide to help keepers recognize outliers quickly, care well, and make better breeding decisions.
Zero G Quail Farms
Feb 106 min read
Education Pt.24:Budget Coturnix Quail Farming
Mission Brief: Less Shiny, More Steady
You don’t need a boutique barn or hundreds of acres to raise great Coturnix.
Zero G Quail Farms
Feb 84 min read
Behind the Scenes Pt.8: 7-Day Warning: Incubation and Season Countdown Starts Now!
You’ve got about one week to launch the season, if you haven't already started that process. That means today is not a “think about it” day—it’s a prep and verify day.
Zero G Quail Farms
Jan 274 min read
Education Pt.21: Incubation 101: Timing, Temp, and Humidity — Quick Review
This is your fast recap of the incubation fundamentals we keep circling back to across our recent posts: “Choosing the Right Incubator for Your Goals,” “Troubleshooting Failed Hatches,” “Myth of ‘Shrink-Wrapped’ Chicks,” “Holiday Hatchers,” “Starting a Breeding Program: The Zero G Way,” and “It’s the New Year: Hatching Your Breeders’ First Eggs.”
Zero G Quail Farms
Jan 213 min read
Education Pt.20: Choosing the Right Incubator for Your Goals
Before you shop, decide how many eggs you want to set per week, whether you’ll stagger sets, and how much time/space you can devote to calibration and cleanup.
Zero G Quail Farms
Jan 203 min read
Education Pt.19: Troubleshooting Failed Hatches in Coturnix Quail
A “failed hatch” is rarely one culprit—it’s a chain.
Zero G Quail Farms
Jan 154 min read
Education Pt.18: What your quail colors really mean, and what it means for your farm. Preview for genetics class offerings.
Here’s the most important takeaway up front: plumage color has nothing to do with whether a Coturnix is “jumbo” or what size eggs it lays.
Zero G Quail Farms
Jan 113 min read
To turn or to not turn.........
The incubation of coturnix quail eggs has long been a subject of interest among aviculturists and hobbyists alike.
Guidroz Family Farm
Jan 112 min read
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We’d love to hear from you — and it doesn’t have to be a big formal review. If you’ve made a purchase, taken a class, or even just explored the site, your feedback helps us fine-tune the Zero G experience and keep improving what we build next. Tell us what you loved, what you’d like to see added, or where we can make things smoother — every note helps us support the community better.
Tristi and Brent Buchanan
Owners of Zero G Quail Farms, Quail Education & Compliance, Business insight, Behind the Scenes, Colorado Quail Techniques.
Guest Blog Writer: Aaron Guidroz
Owner Guidroz Family Farm, Quail Education, Business insight, sustainability practices, homestead insight and pratices.
Guest Blog Writer: Kelli Knecht
Owner Feathered Knechitons, small space sustainability, Quail information, Arts & Crafts
Guest Blog Writer: Homestead Matters
Owners Caiti and Dom, who live on a small suburban property in Western Oregon. "Basic 1850's housewife stuff, homestyle cooking, homeopathic remedies, and homesteading and gardening in small spaces."
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