➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[R2elk]

And does the number of hens to roo determine the sex of the egg? Like if there are not enough hens will the hens lay more hens. Like chickens ( think they do that).

That does not work in chickens either. The male (ZZ) does not determine the sex in birds, the female(ZW) determines the sex.

 

[muddy75]

I've been so busy I haven't been able to catch up yet.
I have bad news.
My Halloween twins...
One beat up the other Halloween night.
I thought I separated them but some how the injuries dummy made his way back to get beat up more.

I fixed that but I can not get him to eat for anything.
I'm guessing his injuried bloody beak isn't allowing him to eat.

I've pretty much kept him alive with drops of Nutri-Drench water but I don't think I'm going to continue to nurse him.

Now the really bad news.

I don't think I can raise a single baby so I'm considering offing them both.

I was going to do it tonight but I can't make my mind up.

I won't let the little one suffer much longer...if he doesn't eat on his own tonight I well help him tomorrow morning.

 

[Matieus27]

I missed like 2000 posts I had a weird couple of last weeks so I haven’t been able to keep up so I just skipped them I read over some but not many have I missed anything important?

 

[muddy75]

Why did y'all let me order so many eggs!?!?
I'm gonna hafta build 4 more identical pens or add on different levels on the ones that I've already made!!!


I've never had one super mean just after hatch but I did have that little red one try to drag my tiny Tibetan hatchling all over the Incubator by his toes, I think s/he thought they were worms or something. S/he still does that to everyone!


I want several, but I want a couple just to have, the rest to eat.


Splendid idea!!!

the numbers are for adults....there can be more per cage as they are growing out. and assuming a 50% hatch on 90 eggs you are only 9 over. then assume 50% males that will have to go by 8 weeks. if you are considering another level of cages 2x9, i would recommend one as brooder/grow-out....look at it as a learning experience and basically you just took the fast route to quail self-sufficiency!!
I otoh know better!! my homegrowns have always been 75+% fertile with 80+% hatch so setting 80 eggs was ridiculously stupid!! But we will have plenty in the freezer this winter!!

 

[Matieus27]

@Texas Kiki I see yours hatched how old are they now do you know what colors you are gonna have yet?

 

[muddy75]

i am having my chukar eggs for breakfast this morning and checking fertility (99% sure they will not be fertile as they are early eggs outside of season and i’ve seen zero mating behaviors) BUT if by chance they are, I would love to set some for Thanksgiving hatch!!

 

[muddy75]

speaking of winter and too many quail.....we are planning to process (probably 20 or so today) should I take video??

 

[007Sean]

i am having my chukar eggs for breakfast this morning and checking fertility (99% sure they will not be fertile as they are early eggs outside of season and i’ve seen zero mating behaviors) BUT if by chance they are, I would love to set some for Thanksgiving hatch!!

Chuckers and other partridge's have a pretty low fertility rate, as a general rule. My Corsican Red Legged partridges had about a 25% fertility rate!

 

[007Sean]

speaking of winter and too many quail.....we are planning to process (probably 20 or so today) should I take video??

Sure, would enjoy the calamity! j/k

 

[muddy75]

Chuckers and other partridge's have a pretty low fertility rate, as a general rule. My Corsican Red Legged partridges had about a 25% fertility rate!

i still can’t tell difference between male and female....I’m kinda scared now that I only have 1 female!! DH has agreed to let me incubate more next spring because if only 1 female, i will have to remove 3 males