Good info above.Originally Posted by Lord Sorril
My mother breeds quail for meat/eggs.
Even with a decent amount of space some females will attack and gravely injure their flock mates (when they reach a certain age/size). More than one male in a cage and you can almost guarantee a bloodbath.
I doubt any place that is breeding quail as 'feeders' will be single housing every individual of their flock. Look at enough quail feeders and you can be certain there will be injuries (some of them probably fatal).
Of course with the nature of forums I'm sure someone will jump in and say that they keep quail as pets and every one of them is a well-tempered angel-if you do 'xyz'. Yeah right...
I've never had issues with Layne.
Headless quail happen, though the older the quail the less I see it. I assume some of the necks/heads are weak and get more brittle and susceptible to breaking after being frozen and stuck to another bird in the package. I've never had any rabbits or rats that were in poor shape. Other companies have sent rabbits and rats with urine stains on them and some of them have smelled after thawing.
Layne packs everything very well IMO however the shipping cost for me is pretty high.
I'm sure every seller will send a bad shipment now and then but in all honesty the 4+ years of used Layne, I've been happy.
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