Hi! Could this cage work for 4 coturnix quails, 3 females and a male? And could I possibly add more quails in the future? It has a wind protected inside area and also an outside area, do i need to cover it any extra with netting on the ground on the outside area? And what should i use as...
Can someone help me identify these colours? I’m guessing that my male is a manchurian and my females are italians but they might aswell be snowies, does anyone know?
My two females on the left and my male on the right
Hello. I have 4 coturnix quails, one male and 3 females. When my male is trying to breed with one of my females the female is just trying to run away from him and she looks scared. However, my other 2 hens just lay down when they’re getting bred and they don’t run around and panic. What should...
Hi, I came across a quail feed that has 4,20 % caclcium and 23% protein. Would this be fine for both chicks and adults or could the increased calcium level harm the chicks in anyway?
I have 7 quail eggs that i will be putting into lockdown in just a few hours. They are shipped eggs and unfortunately 6 out of 7 look like they all have saddled air cells. Should i set them flat when i lockdown or upright in an egg cartoon? What about humidity?
Hello, I ordered 12 fertile quail eggs last Thursday from Germany (I live in Sweden) They shipped out on Friday morning and they will probably arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). That means that when i pick them up they have been in shipping for about 4.5 days. The temperature has been around 0 C so i...
Hello! I have an 8 week old quail hen who hasn’t started laying yet. I fed her on 20% chick starter since that was the only thing I could find in my area but it seemed to work fine and I’ve heard of other people using chick starter for quails. I originally hatched out 4 quails, unfortunately i...
Does anyone know what color i will get if i mix a male italian with a female wild? Also what color will i get if i mix a female wild with a male silver? Thanks in advance
Hello everyone! I successfully hatched 4 quail chicks from the supermarket. They are doing really good and growing like crazy. One hatched right on day 18 and the rest on late day 19 / early day 20 so one chick is approximately 2 days older than the rest. The oldest one is about 10 days old and...
Hello! I have 8 quail eggs in lockdown. Today is day 17 but I’m going over to day 18 in just a few hours. Only one egg has pipped so far, it hasn’t made any progress since i first spotted the pip earlier today in the morning. How long will it take before he’s out and when will the other eggs...
Hello! I have 8 quail eggs in lockdown. Today is day 17 but I’m going over to day 18 in just a few hours. Only one egg has pipped so far, it hasn’t made any progress since i first spotted the pip earlier today in the morning. How long will it take before he’s out and when will the other eggs...
Hello! I’m on day 19, going over to day 20 in just a few hours and I haven’t heard any pipping and I’m getting a bit worried. When do eggs usually start to pip? I put in the eggs October 19th 9 pm C.E.T so that means that they are due to hatch Monday Nov 9th around 9 pm right? Can anyone plaease...
Hello! I will be incubating some store bought quail eggs. One egg was cracked and it’s wasn’t gonna hatch so i cracked it open just of curiosity. Can anyone help me and tell if this quail egg is fertile or not? :) Thanks
Good evening! I’m pretty new to incubating. I had two spare freerange eco eggs from the supermarket so I thought i would give it a go just for fun and i put them in the incubator expecting nothing.... but now on day 10 i can clearly see that one of the eggs have developed :celebrate
Now my...
Hello! I'm doing my first hatch on some chick eggs. When I candled them a few days ago 4 of 6 eggs were fertile! So here's my question. I putted the eggs in the incubator on may 12 morning. Today it is may 30. Is it lockdown today or tomorrow? How do you count the days for hatching...