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HAVE YOU HAD ANY NEW WORLD QUAIL? (BOBS/ VALLEYS/ GAMBELS/ BLUE SCALED)
THEY ARE QUITE SIMILAR TO PHEASANTS IN DEMEANOR AND CARE, AND ARE NOT AS USER FRIENDLY AS COTURNIX.
Dont Forget Wood Ducks, Bakail Teal And Cinnamon Teal Oh And There's Ttttooooonnnnnssssss Of Super Beautiful And Exotic Pheasant Speces Too
(sorry Someone Should Have Warned You About Us Enablers Over Here In The Quail Section )
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THE 2 DIFFERENT SPECES USUALLY DONT DO THE ROOMMATE THING TOO WELL.... AS WITH ALL GAMEBIRDS THEY SHOULD BE SEPERATED BY SPECES. MOST DONT PLAY WELL IN THE SAND BOX
THE BOB BIRD IS CREATED BY COTURNIX ROO OVER BOB HEN(IF HE LIVES LONG ENOUGH TO GET THE JOB DONE...) ITS NOT A NEW...
However, Fertiltiy About The Lil Fella In Question Could Be Easily Confirmed If You Like.... Just Give Him His Own Lil Harem And Wait... Collect The Eggs In A Couple Of Weeks And Set Them- The Results Will Surely Tell You Yes Or No At Least For This Lad.
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Coturnix and bobwhite crosses are like any other cross (mallard X muscovy, canada X domestic goose, horse X donkey) in that the babies will be sterile. So any that this one 'breeds' won't be fertile. I really do think the one in the picture I quoted is a bob mix, the black head combined...
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The more I look at this one, the more I think it is a bobwhite cross? Doesn't the beak look a bit too curved for a coturnix?
SUSPICIOUS....
AS FAR AS HOLDING EGGS 7 DAYS IS FINE. THEY ACTUALLY DO BETTER IF HELD AT LEAST 48 HRS PRIOR TO SETTING AND FERTILITY SHOULD REMAIN CONSTANT...
For Fertility Issue A More Important Question Is How Much Light Are They Getting? Hens Will Lay Year Round, Albeit At A Much Lesser Rate During The Off Season, But Year Round Just The Same.... Jr On The Other Hand Needs Light To Be "in The Mood"...