I hatched 2 batches of eggs and there were hatched 2 months apart. The quails from the two batches are already fully grown now and i have only 2 more left from the first batch. When i try to mix some quails from the other batch they start to fight. They peck and pull the feathers off each other...
will button quails and coturnix quails be able to crossbreed? If so, would it be a male cortunix with a female button or would it be a male button and female coturnix? and will their offspring be infertile?
Yesterday I found a hole in my pen which was made by one of my neighbors cat as it stares at the quails almost every morning . Two coturnix quails went missing but my neighbor found one of it. I think it has been bitten by the cat near the tail area and that large area is now bald and I think...
I just found out that my white baby coturnix that just hatched 3 days ago has bright pink eyes when i see it under the light. Could they be albino's, they have one or two small black spots.
15 out of 23 japanese quails has just hatched yesterday and it was day 17. I also saw 1 egg that has pipped but it hasn't hatched until today so I tried helping it out but i found out it was already dead in its shell not moving. I am wondering if the other 7 eggs still have a chance to hatch...