➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Maiahr]

These two runts are 42 days old, way too small for their age, but they are enjoying the autumn sun... And I would like to thank @Tycine1 for telling me about boiled rice - they LOVE it!!! They almost stopped eating any other food but rice.

 

[Matieus27]

@Matieus27 the ones with the dots on their heads are full white Jumboes (I think called TexasA&M). We have them a lot here.

I think they are more likely English whites everyone calls the Texas A&M quail but from some reading and watching videos the A&M’s have all white meat and apparently according to one guy if you have A&M’s you know you do because you have proof of lineage or something or other just regurgitating some information I found

 

[Ebony Rose]

They almost stopped eating any other food but rice.

Can't let that happen, will greatly reduce their overall protein intake, but so glad they're enjoying it.

 

[Kiki]

@Nabiki Wake up!

 

[Kiki]

These two runts are 42 days old, way too small for their age, but they are enjoying the autumn sun... And I would like to thank @Tycine1 for telling me about boiled rice - they LOVE it!!! They almost stopped eating any other food but rice.

This is an Italian female on the bottom right, correct?
What do you call the dark one?

 

[Ebony Rose]

This is an Italian female on the bottom right, correct?
What do you call the dark one?

The dark one is called a Rosetta, sometimes referred to as 'British Range'. There is a lot of light exposure on the photograph so I'm unable to tell if it's the Barred Rosetta, which is built on the basic Rosetta coloring pattern but with distinctive barring. Rosetta's are a very pretty variety. They have a rich russet rose base color for their feathers complemented by white streaks, and black dots with orange/rust highlights. Both male and female look the same in this color so you cannot feather sex them, only vent sexing works for sure (or witnessing them laying an egg). In my flock of quail, the Rosetta's are always the fat girls, they weight the same as my other color varieties, but they tend to hold their feathers more poofed out and so they look bigger.

 

[Nabiki]

Are the babies popping out yet?

3 more during the night.
Edit: 2 blondies and a jumbo are what hatched during the night. The pointy end pipper hasn't moved. I rather expect that it won't. The early pipper hasn't done anything either, so that one isn't going to hatch.

@Nabiki Wake up!

I'm up! Had to feed the cats and check the quail. I overslept a bit, but it's still only 5:30 here.

This is what has hatched so far.

 

[Kiki]

The dark one is called a Rosetta, sometimes referred to as 'British Range'. There is a lot of light exposure on the photograph so I'm unable to tell if it's the Barred Rosetta, which is built on the basic Rosetta coloring pattern but with distinctive barring. Rosetta's are a very pretty variety. They have a rich russet rose base color for their feathers complemented by white streaks, and black dots with orange/rust highlights. Both male and female look the same in this color so you cannot feather sex them, only vent sexing works for sure (or witnessing them laying an egg). In my flock of quail, the Rosetta's are always the fat girls, they weight the same as my other color varieties, but they tend to hold their feathers more poofed out and so they look bigger.

I have these two dark things.
I think one is Rosetta and one Tibetan.
I'm not sure yet though.

 

[mixedUPturk]

I think they are more likely English whites everyone calls the Texas A&M quail but from some reading and watching videos the A&M’s have all white meat and apparently according to one guy if you have A&M’s you know you do because you have proof of lineage or something or other just regurgitating some information I found

I think your right that they have english whites or reccesive whites not A&M. Easy enough to tell. @Maiahr are the birds solid white or do they have Any color? I have had A&M the 'all white meat' isnt true.

 

[Kiki]

3 more during the night.
Edit: 2 blondies and a jumbo are what hatched during the night. The pointy end pipper hasn't moved. I rather expect that it won't. The early pipper hasn't done anything either, so that one isn't going to hatch.

I'm up! Had to feed the cats and check the quail. I overslept a bit, but it's still only 5:30 here.

This is what has hatched so far.View attachment 1928902