➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[BReeder!]

I’ve always read that coturnix are pretty cold tolerant as long as they can stay fairly dry and draft free. I live in the midwest and wintered mine in an unheated garage last year with a heated waterer. I plan to keep them outside this year though.

This is exactly the opposite of what I have read, but I'm so glad to be reading this. I am in the Midwest also (outside of Chicago) so perhaps I could keep them in the shed/coop like I originally wanted to. I have some contemplating to do for sure...

 

[Kiki]

@BantyChooks quail survived the winter just fine.

 

[sarabeth485]

My new coop is neither moveable nor able to fit in the garage with the cars, so outside it is. Still need to work out a better water heater (would a bird bath heater work in a 1 gallon bucket?). I may also tarp the back wall just to cut down on drafts but my backyard is fairly sheltered. If things really get to be too difficult I’ll just scrap it and start again in the spring.

 

[danalovesdogs]

Just read a study on quail thermoregulation (Saarela and Heldmaster 1987) - looks like they can maintain their body temp in a draftless environment up to -20 degrees C. Lower than that their body temp goes down, but they can survive much less, especially if it gets warmer during the day. Fingers crossed all our little ones will be just fine

 

[muddy75]

Anyone have opinions on fall hatches? I live in CT so I’m kind of worried if I were to start a hatch in a few weeks the little guys would have a hard time moving from the brooder to a colder outdoor coop, but I’d love to sneak another hatch in before the year ends.

I moved my thanksgiving jumbos outside last december....only provided supplemental heat for a couple weeks in January when wind chills dropped into negatives....(of course i locked up my chickens with heat during that time too)........

 

[muddy75]

Package not yet in the system but the shipping label has been created!!
Myshire doesn't mess around... They ship immediately.

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usps now has possession!! mine are estimated for Wednesday.....yours should be Thursday?....

 

[el dorado quail]

Package not yet in the system but the shipping label has been created!!
Myshire doesn't mess around... They ship immediately.

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I pulled some more rotten eggs from the incubator this morning(not exploded thank jesus)...can't imagine they'd be this rotten from the short time they've been incubating. I think I'm going to try myshire next time because they seem to ship fast and fresh

 

[muddy75]

#7 (the rolling egg) hatched this morning (day 19) I just moved it to the brooder! probably going to leave other until tomorrow afternoon and then candle and call it. plan is to move homegrown batch to j12 and do first candling so I can set first 60ish from myshire on wednesday in bator #2. Thursday bator #1 goes into lockdown!! (the 2 celadons showed development at last candling so i’ll get at least 1 to actually hatch this summer!!
we caught a opossum this morning so 1 more “predator” down!!!

 

[Kiki]

usps now has possession!! mine are estimated for Wednesday.....yours should be Thursday?....

 

[muddy75]

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that’s amazing!
usps doesn’t drop the ball!!!