So... I have been out of the quail game for many many years. But my son is old enough now I am going to do it with him. I just brushed the dust off the hovabator and got 36 Tibetan eggs coming tomorrow. Now I’m excited, I used to raise Mexican speckled bobwhites, valley, blue scale, gamble, and...
His email is [email protected] this was last year so i dont know any more. also mearns quail dont learn to eat on thier own so you will have to hand feed them as chicks.
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and in the females the valley will be the same size with more scales on the chest and the gambels will be much bigger than the males with a much longer neck.
also humidity is a must with valleys, i think that you not keeping the humidity at the correct level is going to hurt your hatch more than the temp flux. i imagine you will see a lot of pips but not a lot hatch, the valleys are very weak so when it comes hatch time they need a soft shell, look...
i found that if my temp flux. is more than 5 degrees f either way the hatch is dramatically altered, valley quail in my opinion are the touchiest to hatch, your one saving grace is that they are at the end of the cycle so they may have been developed enought to withstand it, had it been week one...
but on the other hand its all about the money... lol... if some one will pay 25 for the pair take it... i once got offered 50 dollars for a male mexican speckled, i turned them down because it was my only male but its all about supply and demand.
for bobwhites i wouldnt pay more than 16 bucks for a pair... i get my bobs for 5.00 per adult and my californias, bluescales, and gambels at 8.00 a bird, i could see paying more for a seasoned bird if it wasnt the end of laying season but if you think about it, the buyer is now going to have to...
probably not. they have a clotisol gel you can put on it to stop the bleeding and possibly keep the others off the scent i would just put lots of hiding spots in the cage for the little guy and it should do fine.
lucky lol i seem to have bought the "rooster only" model of incubator lol im always lucky if mine come out any where close to 50/50... you must have an incubator blessed by the quail gods hahaha.
they are a pretty simple bird just follow this rule three hens per rooster. and you will be fine and honestly you may be able to get away with less just pay close attention to them and if the female starts getting too beat up pull a male out. also this varies but in my experiance i found the...
talked to my supplier and he has gambles he will be able to ship in october if you are interested pm me and i will get you his info they are 8.00 per bird and you will have to buy in pairs.
i dont have any left right now that i can part with but i will see if the guy i bought mine from is still selling and if he is i will get his number to you but he only sells in pairs he wont sell just females and when it comes down to it i havent seen any one who is willing to sell just females...
if you have a male pharroh and a male tibetan and a female tibetan your ratio is going to be way off and the female will likley end up dead. with coturnix you need at the very least two females per male or else the female is going to get beat up i would suggest housing the female in a seperate...