➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[RUNuts]

How do you get a picture of 9 hatchlings?
Put them in a smaller box.

Kiki - it was clean when I stuck them in there. They were waiting for a fresh spot to poo!

 

[igorsMistress]

I found this online and it's been helpful in sexing my birds. I'm certain about 4 males and I've decided on a wild type so I can keep mixed color girls.

 

[muddy75]

couldn’t wait any longer.....set my eggs! my order was for 55+ eggs....I just set 68!!! 56 in the new and 12 in the old. I slightly cracked 1 from each batch during labeling and removal from foam packing. I painted 1 with fingernail polish and the other with superglue. I did not appear to break the membrane on either so will see how those 2 do.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

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I found this online and it's been helpful in sexing my birds. I'm certain about 4 males and I've decided on a wild type so I can keep mixed color girls.

That's brilliant, I'm saving it and I think it should be sticki-ed stomewhere for easy reference.

My only criticism is that *some* varieties of golden lack that distinctive head color, so it's not always foolproof.

Also, I think by cinnamon they mean roux dilute? I've seen it called fawn and cinnamon, which gets confusing because those are used for other colors too

 

[BullChick]

I gave my dealer the signal to begin incubating my quail. Now I wait.
I didn’t wait for chicken chicks. We picked up 9.5 today. The “.5” is a weak BR. I would rather it die here than a feed store.

 

[igorsMistress]

That's brilliant, I'm saving it and I think it should be sticki-ed stomewhere for easy reference.

My only criticism is that *some* varieties of golden lack that distinctive head color, so it's not always foolproof.

Also, I think by cinnamon they mean roux dilute? I've seen it called fawn and cinnamon, which gets confusing because those are used for other colors too

I know, there's a lot of conflicting information out there. I'm thinking about writing an article after my research is done, this is going to be a project. I

 

[CoturnixComplex]

I know, there's a lot of conflicting information out there. I'm thinking about writing an article after my research is done, this is going to be a project. I

Good luck I think an article or new sticky on colors would be great but I had the idea I was going to redo the color calculator (hubby is programmer) when I first got going and the more I learned the more I realized how impossible that was without about a decade of concerted genetics study of a few of the gene locus. There are at least a half dozen unknown modifiers I've identified have to exist even on top of the lesser-known color genes but no one has a clue what they are or how they are inherited.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Since we're on the topic, this compilation has been invaluable to me when looking at color genetics. There is some conflicting or missing information in it, I wish it had more descriptions, but it's the most complete resource I've found. If you're interested, definitely spend time reading all the various 1-4 color gene studies they've done on coturnix too, only a google away.

 

[muddy75]

a few pics of January babies! (almost 3 weeks old now) and yes I know I need to clean the brooder again

 

[BantyChooks]

I gave my dealer the signal to begin incubating my quail. Now I wait.
I didn’t wait for chicken chicks. We picked up 9.5 today. The “.5” is a weak BR. I would rather it die here than a feed store.

You have feed store chicks already???