I have two female quail that are having trouble getting along.
For context, I have a wild coloured one called Rigby and a Italian coloured one called Butter (Rigby is slightly larger in size). They have laid eggs so I know they are both female. Rigby was hand -raised alone, while Butter was...
In a comparison to all the other quail; yes, coturnix are alot easier to raise. If you're just wanting a pet and egg bird, Jumbos aren't really necessary, they are more for people who want meat and Jumbo do lay slightly bigger eggs but if you are just wanting eggs than standard will do just...
Aw, how cute! The first one is a red breasted female, second is an Ivory male (if that is the start of a bib I see), third is a blue face double factor female and the last one is another sliver from the looks of it (I can't tell from the photo if its developing a bib or not). I found this...
I don't think you can feather sex them just yet unfortunately. I waited until week 4 to sex mine (they normally have most their adult feathers by then). Now with rosetta's, tibetan's, and any other colour varieties, except for the Pharoah and Italian, you can not sex by feathers you'll have to...
I've got a friend with some zebra finches (4 to be exact) and they have hatched two groups of eggs. Eight the first time and now four. The first eight were all normal coloured finches but this time one out of the four is a white finch with a bit of a darker head. None of the parents look like...
The little guy has a heat lamp though we haven't been turning it on that much because it's been really hot lately (wouldn't want it turning into a quail nugget!):lau. It does have a little garaffe plush to cuddle up to and I put grass in there aswell. Yes I'll definitely have to get more :gig! I...
Thanks! unfortunately I dont have any bantams, adults or chicks (I only have medium to bigger sized chooks) so I'll have to try with a feather duster or a ticking clock.:D
I have a single quail chick that's mum was beating it up (it no longer has a intact right toe), long story short I took it home and am now caring for it. I know chicks are more content with their own but even so it was the only one to hatch and it was already a week old when I bought it home...
I dont think there's a "calmest rooster breed" per sè, it all depends on the bird and alot of other things. For example I have a lohmann white/brown cross that's calm and nice, even though he didn't get hand raised and is also a production type bird. I've heard of many people hand raising...