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I've been looking for information on the genetics of the patterns / colors of coturnix eggs. In my limited experience, each quail seems to lay one "style" egg. I've seen speckled, splats, all white, and heard about all blue. What are the the genetics of the egg shell patterns and colors? Is...

I recently saw one of the quail farms advertising sex-linked hatching eggs, where the chicks were sexable by color at birth. Females hatch out Egyptian, and males hatch pharaoh. (The sex-linking is only the first generation). Any idea what color varieties the parent stock would have to be to...

I have a hovabator 1602n with an added egg turner and fan. I had one poor hatch with it before and one really good hatch. Last time I tried to use it, the temperature spiked to 103 and I didn't get anything from that hatch. I'm trying to decide between getting a temperature controller (like...

I've always wanted to raise an animal I could show and breed. I'm considering rabbits, but I'd prefer it / them to live outside. I live where it is hot in the summer and cold and snowy in the winter. I understand meat rabbits can be raised in these conditions and my chickens do fine. Would a...

I'm new to quail and want coturnix quail for eggs and to breed. I'd like to have a male and four females eventually. But since winter is coming up, I won't be hatching until next spring. Would it be better to buy a male and females together or would it be OK to get females now and add a male...

I have finally finished building my quail abode. I'm trying to decide if I should get coturnix quail now or wait for spring. Obviously, now would be great, but I'm not planning on providing artificial lighting and it snows here. From what I've read, if I got adult birds, I'd only have about...

i was recently given six coturnix quail eggs to try, so I could make sure I liked the taste before raising quail. As I cracked them to make fried eggs, I saw about half of them had yolks that were pretty much solid instead of liquidy like a chicken egg. It was like they were dried out. I...

How old should a coturnix quail hen be before her eggs are hatched? Does the age of the male matter? I understand that in chickens, it is better to wait until a hen has been laying awhile to hatch her eggs, so the eggs are larger. Is the same true of coturnix quail?

I'm new to coturnix / Japanese quail and have been diligently (over) researching. One thing I haven't found the answer to is how much ventilation do quail need? I know chickens in their coops need 1 square foot of ventilation per bird. Is there a similar number for quail? How high above...

Can hens wearing pinless peepers still use horizontal water nipples? I have a problem hen who hates one of my banties to the point she will chase her, pin her (while she's being submissive), and rip out her neck feathers and tear her comb. I've got them separated now, but want to try the...

Sorry, just realized this is a duplicate of this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1166286/gender-of-silver-duckwing-oegb-chick I've heard that silver duckwing old English game bantams can sometimes be sexed by down color. If not, by what age can I tell gender? I know male and female...

I've heard that silver duckwing old English game bantams can sometimes be sexed by down color. If not, by what age can I tell gender? I know male and female silver duckwing look quite different. Chick 1: Chick 2: Chick 3:

I have a hen that needs to go. I've done the slit the throat method before, but I had a bad experience with it last time I tried and want to try something different. I was reading this article about cervical dislocation. The problem, I don't quite understand what way to pull the head...

Had a necropsy done on a hen I had to put down recently, it came back that she died from cocci, but also had marek's. My other hens are acting fine, so I've accepted that I will have to have a closed flock now. When I go to replace my layers next year, the new chicks will be exposed to the...

I'm thinking this little guy is a roo, but would be delighted to be wrong. It's just over 7 weeks.

How do I tell the difference between a hen that is laying and eating the eggs vs a hen that is just not laying? Would a hen eat just her own eggs and not anyone elses? The whole story: I have five hens. All were laying until about three weeks ago. My best layer, a 2 year old sex link...

Both chicks are six weeks old. I think both of these might be roos. The bantam Cochin: The buff orpington:

I attended a fancy poultry show and these were up for auction. I thought they were really beautiful. I wasn't able to ask anyone what they were. The patches on their shoulders were iridescent. Any ideas?

So I hatched some eggs from a local petting zoo and was told brown eggs were buff orpingtons or australorps, white eggs were leghorn. One egg was smaller than the rest and tan. Pullet egg maybe? Nope, chipmunk-colored banty with feathered feet. I'm guessing Cochin. Any ideas what it might be...

I bought two chicks at the farm store yesterday. When I got home I saw the Wyandotte had pasty butt, so I cleaned it off. This morning I found my Wyandotte chick laying out flat. Not sure if it got too cold or is sick. I thought it was dead, but I brought it in the house, put it under a...