➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

50%

If you don't then just tell him you have his replacements already hatched.

 

[Kiki]

If you don't then just tell him you have his replacements already hatched.

Lol

 

[Kiki]

Of the three I just hatched I hope I have at the very least one male.

 

[Kiki]

I think I need to go look at the eggs again real quick.
It might not have been dark enough earlier.
I'll get a few pics this time.

 

[Kiki]

Nada...as in I can't tell still.

Day 2

 

[Kiki]

Looking at my pictures above I'm thinking some are fertile though.

 

[007Sean]

It's been in the 40s to 50s. The past few days there was frost on the ground in the morning. Around new year's there was even ice on the water that was outside.

Quail is tasty dark meat, not as strong tasting as wild game though. I rest mine for about 2 days. I've been told it's possible to butcher and cook right away and not have rigor mortis, but I've never had that happen. Usually I get about halfway through the birds and the first ones are starting to get stiff. I probably need more experience for that not to happen. They don't stay stiff as long as a chicken or turkey though, but I still rest a full two days to be sure the meat won't be tough.

Coturnix will rarely go broody, but it's more likely to happen if the enclosure is set up like an aviary that mimics a natural landscape not in a wire cage. There's a few threads about broody coturnix here on BYC. As someone else mentioned, it would be easier to hatch a ton at once and then butcher and freeze.

Quail are white meat birds.

 

[007Sean]

Looking at my pictures anove I'm thinking some are fertile though.

Pic 1,2 and 5 IMHO are fertile

 

[Kiki]

Hey!!!!I did weigh my quail meats. I forgot.

 

[Kiki]

Pic 1,2 and 5 IMHO are fertile

I think do too but I'm waiting a few more days before I say it out loud.