First Quail Hatch

[JanInPA]

Hello! I put 45 quail eggs in the incubator last night. I am just beginning my journey with quail. I have 30 Texas A&M and 15 Manchurian Gold. I am having trouble finding info about correctly pairing colors to get optimum results. Can anyone steer me in the right direction for info?

 

[Pyxis]

Hi! I'm not quite sure what you mean by pairing colors for optimum results - what results are you looking for?

 

[JanInPA]

I read there is very poor hatch rate when breeding golden to golden. I'd like to know which colors are best to breed the goldens to. I will have Texas A&M hatching at the same time as the goldens.

 

[007Sean]

The Goldens have a lethal gene. As long as you don't pair two Goldens together or any other bird that has a golden in its ancestry, you should be ok.

 

[JanInPA]

The Goldens have a lethal gene. As long as you don't pair two Goldens together or any other bird that has a golden in its ancestry, you should be ok.

Thank you. Someone just told me its OK to breed two Golden Manchurians and that breeding a Manchurian to a Pharoah will produce Italian. Also OK to breed Manchurian to Italians.