Hey all! I'm thinking of getting a few hatching eggs from Meyer's Hatchery. However, when I go to check out, the date they ask me to set (which I would normally assume is the delivery date) is titled, "Hatch Date". This confuses me, as I don't want them to hatch my eggs for me, nor do I want the...
I have 13 female Gambel's quail and 5 males who are in need of a new home. The females and three of the males are a little over a year old, and the females are still laying. (I'm getting about ten eggs a day, last time I checked) The last 2 Males hatched this spring and have yet to be integrated...
I have a chick that just hatched, but it came a little early. It hadn't yet absorbed all of its yolk and said yolk has already unattached itself from the baby before I could do anything. There's a little bit of blood coming from the baby's belly button (though it's not actively bleeding. Just...
So, I'm in the midst of separating my Gambel's quail so they don't start killing each other during their mating season, but seeing as it's only my first year of owning them, I'm curious: When can I put them back together? From what I've read, Gambel's quail (in the wild) generally pair off and...
Another newbie question that I'm sure will make some of you facepalm, but I really need the help. I've searched everywhere else and can't seem to find the answer, and as I'm anti-social (and live in the middle of nowhere) I don't want to go the feed store just to ask this single question...
So, I'm a newbie who wants to raise quail, and I've come across a question for you more experienced people. I'm thinking of hatching a few Gambel's Quail, because I've grown up around them. By that, I mean that I live in their natural habitat (Arizona), where I see them running about every now...