Im guessing your birds are outside? I have mine in a old storage shed for the winter till it warms up. I dont know what your setup looks like but I just went down to the feed store and bought a medium tub and I just put sandy lome in it. The tub will keep the dirt out of the snow if u get one of those cat litter boxes with the top on it. Just a suggestion.
Texas A&M quail
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I have a heat lamp shining on them but its not real close to the cage where they really can get like 90 degress... I dont have a full spectrum bulb going either.. juat the red to calm th some because I put them all in new cages today. I only have one out of 4 roos that is even in breeding mode.. they are all old enough... but only one has foam at the vent. Hens are all old enough to lay. But wont yet.. they stay too stressed I think... couldnt be anything other then stress.... im gonna give it some time first before I try to force them to lay with lights again. I gotta getthem all adjusted and ssettledin...
The original eggs were washed with something acidic like bleach or vinegar, it causes the pigment to wash off. You shouldn't wash eggs because it removes the protective bloom which prevents bacteria from entering the egg. Commercial suppliers do it typically because their eggs look filthy from crowding and that reduces the marketability.
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I have coturnix and A&Ms and they lay great all winter with heat lights. I do occasionally get pure white eggs. I actually butchered an A&M today because it had a broken leg and found a white egg inside it. It must have been about to lay it.
Texas A&Ms are just white coturnix. There is absolutely nothing special about them to separate them from regular coturnix. Texas A&M is just a name for a color of coturnix.
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I've noticed the white ones i have seem larger and meatier then My other coturnux. Most of the things I've read about them say they are bigger too.
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I beg to differ! I have what I believe is an English White that was sold as Texas A&M from a breeder which will remain anonymous. It topped out at a little over 8oz, and my JMF A&Ms tower over it. At 6 weeks, my A&Ms were in the 14oz range. Now, I can't vouch for all other quail sold as Texas A&M, but the A&Ms from JMF are nice.
James
I haven't seen an A&M that didn't come from JMF or Stellar. Which leads back to my original statement that it is just a color name since most are not coming from either of those sources. I can breed most colors selectively to be larger. The point I'm trying to make is that they aren't a different species or a hybrid or anything but a specifically line bred coturnix. They originally developed by crossing white coturnix with jumbo pharaohs so they are essentially a jumbo white bird. When you can find them. 95% or more of what I see called an A&M is a white bird with a spot on its head.
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Looking for A&m quail hatching eggs im in hamilton ontario
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You may want to check Ontario's craigslist. If none can help you there, I can ship you free eggs if you want to provides prepaid label.
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