Woohoo! Congrats! I am loving mine!
I had hatched some standard, bred-for-color coturnix at the same time, half hatched the day before and the rest the same day. The SIZE difference between these quail, brooded and fed just the same, is outrageous!
It's not crazy if that's what she observes.
One thing I KNOW about critters of every kind - I'll never know everything.
They'll always surprise you. And even your chicken example, I guess it's a matter of space and age. I ended up with 5 Barred Rock roos to 3 BR hens. Which roo to keep? The hens...
Thanks guys, I'll check out Walmart's website.
I understand those who don't want to weigh, it's a PITA. But how else am I to know if I have managed to raise the Elusive, Mythical, 14+ oz quail?? I don't think the weight of un-laid eggs will throw the results too much as I'll only be weighing...
I'm new to quail and have a bunch of eggs in my incubator thanks to diggypaws. I'm in the process of building several 12 inch tall pens and will be raising them as per Buttercup Chillin's instructions. My DD loves quail and wants a little flock of her very own, she wants to have color (1) and...
Thanks for all the advice guys!
Just to be clear, my rabbits are expecting - I've always got a litter coming. I am NOT expecting, lol.
Right now inside is all I have. But I have a back room that has lots of ventilation to the outside that is currently used for storage. The room was a porch at...
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ROFL, I must like working! Lessee, A 10 yo DD, a 17 month old DS, 2 young workingbred dogs, 2 goats, 6 cats, 2 budgies, a small herd of rabbits; 4 does, 2 bucks, currently 8 buns and expecting. I quit counting the chickens, but am building and setting up breeding pens so I'll have...
As a rank Newbie to quail I am really looking forward to the reading material!
Since the cages I've got are pretty tall, the rabbits can have them and I'll just build some for the quail. Any reason besides "ease of cleaning" to not use solid bottomed cages? They are a personal preference of...
Well, if this is going to be a co-operative effort, why don't we all weigh our quail at a set age, 6 weeks?, and run a percentage chart on sizes? Top 10% weight range would be Giant, next 20% range called Jumbo, Mid 40% range Standard and bottom 30% Pharoah.
Would something like that work?
Ok, call me Ahab, how do I join?
Buttercup Chillin, how much were you selling eggs for?
I had gotten a few quail to see if I liked them and I really, really did but never got around to getting more. Finally I put my trio into my rabbit colony where they lived happily for months until my kitten...