➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[CoturnixComplex]

These little boogers are 2 weeks old (I just tipped out the bowl of sand.. it was a stampede to all get in View attachment 1683463

And look, I got a grey one!!!!
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What an awesome setup and beautiful birds! White primaries too, yippee!

Well, my first two have hatched. 32 more to go. I can see some pips in some of the eggs as the pips are in the dark spots.

Yay! Pics when dry!

 

[Kiki]

I think this is my nicest bird from my first hatch of the year. F2 homebred and a full sibling of my 6 charcoal chicks from the two batches. He is the biggest chick in the group.
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Younger charcoal sibling group - a few are twice as big as all of the other chicks!
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Rainbow babies - far left is a keeper
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Italian-types
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And a few other misc. The two in the upper right are siblings from my little charcoal rosetta marbled roo - they're weird!
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These Italian type ones.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

These Italian type ones.

They are all reserved for a trade (I need every feather-sexable pullet I can get for it) but I have their pretty mommas still. It's a pretty common color around here but I am experimenting with different combinations. I am planning new breeding groups based on my results from the past few hatches now and I think my nicest italian female is going in with my charcoal roo next.

Interestingly, only 1-2 of these chicks *came* from a golden italian, so I have no idea what they actually are or if they'll change much.


In other news, I am about to throw my first three harvested birds in the oven with their honey-mustard-soy-lime-Worcestershire-sesame oil glaze I am so excited.

 

[Kiki]

They are all reserved for a trade (I need every feather-sexable pullet I can get for it) but I have their pretty mommas still. It's a pretty common color around here but I am experimenting with different combinations. I am planning new breeding groups based on my results from the past few hatches now and I think my nicest italian female is going in with my charcoal roo next.

Interestingly, only 1-2 of these chicks *came* from a golden italian, so I have no idea what they actually are or if they'll change much.


In other news, I am about to throw my first three harvested birds in the oven with their honey-mustard-soy-lime-Worcestershire-sesame oil glaze I am so excited.

When I grow up I think I am going to be just like you with playing around with colors.

Enjoy those boys!

 

[CoturnixComplex]

When I grow up I think I am going to be just like you with playing around with colors.

Enjoy those boys!

There is no reason every quail can't be a rainbow quail!

(Well, except for growth efficiency's sake, but shhhhhhhhh)

 

[Kelsykin]

What an awesome setup and beautiful birds! White primaries too, yippee!



Yay! Pics when dry!

We are up to 3. They are like Popcorn, once one pops the rest start coming. Probably, won;t be done until tomorrow.

 

[Kelsykin]

Popcorn time!

Yeah I am busy playing video games to keep me occupied away from the incubators. I have 9 of 12 chickens hatched.

 

[muddy75]

Ugh I need to make a Facebook.

my facebook consists mostly of bird groups, my diet/workout groups with a few friends/family. i stay out of the daily drama. I’m probably here way more than facebook.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Enjoy those boys!

Oh my god they were so friggin' good. So much better than the frozen. Like a combination of turkey and duck but juicier than either. Oh I'm so happy. Not going to get sick of those anytime soon.

I think leaving the skin on was worth it. Yes, there were some teeny weeny little hair-like feathers I definitely missed, but no, I did not notice them while eating. And if I cared I could have torched them off first. The skin was SO flavorful, tasted like butter.

 

[Crazydoglady99]