Thank you! She is adorable! ...yes 3 days old in the pic she was the first of the batch to pip n zip and was all sweet n shiny before the others even popped out.
There is one on the bottom right by the waterer. One kind of in the middle and one to the right above the splay legged fellow...don't worry I taped him up and he's perfectly fine now ;)
Ignore the bantams LOL
Tuxedos should be noticeable at hatch there bellies/neck will be yellow down...sometimes its kinda splotchy more pied I suppose is the correct term...I'll see if I can find a pic of some mine as chicks;)
I would think you could expect some tuxedo.. I don't know enough about genetics to know what else could pop up besides the white and brown of course...;)
You should get them! I love my quail! They lay better than my chickens LOL. Just be aware that shipped eggs are a gamble at best...let them rest 24 hr's before putting them in the bator and some peeps have had better success with not turning for a few days once in the bator. I would recommend a...
You got a 50% hatch rate from shipped eggs!? Be Happy that is a great hatch! As to loosing the others...well there is a learning curve if you are new to quail and even if not I always still loose a few each hatch that just fail to thrive. So with shipped eggs you can expect to loose some just...
Here's one of mine. Divided into 3 breeder pens 12x10 total. Based on the Purina coop plans...cost about $700. To build...the back of the coop has three large doors 4x4! To open for cleaning and the runs use the space under the coop as well.
I Love your coop its beautiful! I saw it and thought wow that looks familiar! Then I saw your name LOL I'm your mail carrier! I hope the chick's that you got a week or two ago are doing well! ;)
I got a crazy small egg from a bantam pullet today...the one on the right is a chuckar egg and of course my two legbar eggs...very pale pale powder blue.
Yup I forgot to mention that I do feed meal worms and some sprouts (alfalfa and clover etc.) And there is this stuff at TSC called farmers helper it a 32% maybe 36%? It has fish(animal proteins)in it. I mix this in with the flockraiser as well.. It claims to make their poop more firm and clean...