➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[mixedUPturk]

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Yaaaay!
Glad theyre doing so well! How are you gonna house them? bunny cages?

 

[BantyChooks]

Converted nesting boxes. I have an idea, but I need supplies; I used my hardware cloth up on the cot cage.

Yaaaay!
Glad theyre doing so well! How are you gonna house them? bunny cages?

 

[BantyChooks]

This rusty-topped one in the middle is one of my favourites. Any idea how it'll turn out colour-wise?
Paddles is the farthest bird left in the feed bowl, by the way.

 

[mixedUPturk]

This rusty-topped one in the middle is one of my favourites. Any idea how it'll turn out colour-wise?
Paddles is the farthest bird left in the feed bowl, by the way.
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That thing looks almost like my wyandotte chicks its like blue laced red remember tho i had to ask mr Sean how he thought mine would turn out. Im not very farmiliar with the button color variations either. Hopefully he will chime in.

I can say i think these two circled in pink look like the wild type hens and this one circled in blue(thats Paddles?) May be the wild type cockrel.

 

[BantyChooks]

That thing looks almost like my wyandotte chicks its like blue laced red remember tho i had to ask mr Sean how he thought mine would turn out. Im not very farmiliar with the button color variations either. Hopefully he will chime in.

I can say i think these two circled in pink look like the wild type hens and this one circled in blue(thats Paddles?) May be the wild type cockrel.
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And wild-type for buttons is the same as with coturnix?

 

[Sara L]

And wild-type for buttons is the same as with coturnix?

Stripes? I believe so yes. And when they start feathering out they will be different colors for different gender. Boys also usually have a collar of white.

 

[mixedUPturk]

And wild-type for buttons is the same as with coturnix?

No ma'am. The red breasted blue color is the wild type for males and a brown and black barred pattern for hens. Yes ma'am Ms Sara, stripes as babies, thats like cots and a white collar when adults on the blue boys but there are lots of colors and they wont all fit this jus the wild type will be sex colored.

 

[mixedUPturk]

Here the blue boy i have in my breeding pair. When i first got him and about two wks later. He had it rough and was picked clean on his back but see the white that had to be molted out? Theyre pretty different.

Here are the tykes i had hatched as Mr Sean sexed them top pic as new hatch bottom as 1 wk olds.

 

[muddy75]

7 buttons in the brooder....no more have hatched since morning so thinking it’s done......will check and call it tomorrow.....pics tomorrow too

 

[RUNuts]

After 3 double yolkers, wondering where it came from. It came from the B-team. The back up breeders. Looks like another one today. 19.51 grams. Along with a soft shelled one. Yes, calcium available free choice.

The Breeders were supposed to be the largest and healthiest set. They are giving smaller eggs today. And only 4 out of 5 are laying. First week, so let's see where this goes.

13 grams for the jumbos and a little under 13 grams for QB#3.

From left, B-team - Breeders - and the white pair from QB#3