ok so my quail are all about 6 weeks old now and I haven't seen a egg yet. when are these bad boys suppose to start laying? I have read everywhere from 4 weeks all the way up to 16 weeks. when do your ladys start laying?
ok so I switched my quail over to the nipple drinkers and they are drinking from them but not very much and when I use the regular waterer it always leaks and soaks their bedding so I am trying to use this but then they are super thirsty and all swarm the waterer if I put in in the cage why do...
ok so all my quail except for these 2 are all pretty large and at the 2 week mark. these 2 are quite a bit smaller and they all hatched at the same time. what could cause this? is it a genetic issue? can anyone give me any answeres? they are all suppose to be jumbos
Hello so I have about 78 babies coturnix breeds and one just dropped dead was breathing really hard on its back then just stopped breathing :( it's about 1 day old they have water and feed 30% protein the rest look fine and healthy however they keep messing with one of the babies and keep...
I wanted to thank everyone who gave me advice! This forum helped me out throughout the whole incubation period. I started with 120 eggs 23 were not fertile and 3 were cracked so I was down to 96 or so well everyone so far 73 have hatched!!!!! And they are still coming out!! However how long...
I was supposed to get Texas a&m, jumbo courtenix, golden italian and some rare color genetic breeds but these 2 guys look nothing like the rest of the babies
My coturnix quail are one the end of the 16th day and I'm getting nervous! I have read everywhere the 17th day but as early as the 14th and as late as the 21st. When do your babies hatch?
So I emailed the department of fish and game for california and I don't think they quite understand what I'm saying but this is the response I got for my question on coturnix quail
"Quail are game birds in California, and are considered wildlife. For this reason quail cannot be kept as personal...
Hey everyone so this is my first hatch and wanted to know if this was normal or what it meant. I have kept the temp around 100 and humidity at 50 it's the 7th day and I wanted to see if there was anything going on in them this is what I see super clear at the pointy end but a dark mass up top is...