There is one on the bottom right by the waterer. One kind of in the middle and one to the right above the splay legged fellow...don't worry I taped him up and he's perfectly fine now ;)
Ignore the bantams LOL
Tuxedos should be noticeable at hatch there bellies/neck will be yellow down...sometimes its kinda splotchy more pied I suppose is the correct term...I'll see if I can find a pic of some mine as chicks;)
I would think you could expect some tuxedo.. I don't know enough about genetics to know what else could pop up besides the white and brown of course...;)
You should get them! I love my quail! They lay better than my chickens LOL. Just be aware that shipped eggs are a gamble at best...let them rest 24 hr's before putting them in the bator and some peeps have had better success with not turning for a few days once in the bator. I would recommend a...
You got a 50% hatch rate from shipped eggs!? Be Happy that is a great hatch! As to loosing the others...well there is a learning curve if you are new to quail and even if not I always still loose a few each hatch that just fail to thrive. So with shipped eggs you can expect to loose some just...
Yup I forgot to mention that I do feed meal worms and some sprouts (alfalfa and clover etc.) And there is this stuff at TSC called farmers helper it a 32% maybe 36%? It has fish(animal proteins)in it. I mix this in with the flockraiser as well.. It claims to make their poop more firm and clean...
Flockraiser is 20%. Does anyone know I'd it comes in pellet form? the crumbles just seem like so much is wasted...
Um...r u sure u didn't process the girls instead of the boys? LOL I hatched some at about the same time and they have had lights and are laying well. It seems like they'll lay...
I've fed it to as young as 3-4 day olds...I just pull fodder apart and chop it up for them...I've only been feeding it since winter started this year and I don't keep lights on my chickens so I don't get many eggs but the ones I do get all have nice rich yolks. As to the quail I do have lights...
I have fed it to my chickens and the quail...I also use chick grit 4 them...just FYI they(all the chicks too) seem to prefer the sprouts over the fodder....looks more like worms o guess ;)