➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Maiahr]

OK, on the topic of My Shire farm video... It is great that Zach was able to join BYC and I am sure his contribution will be valuable. I don't think anyone has bashed him, he himself encouraged people to comment on the video so sharing opinion is what people do (and I am sure Zach won't mind, otherwise he wouldn't ask people to do it). Internet is a place where everybody should be able to express opinion and knowledge and I don't like to keep quiet if I am disagreeing with Zach, Merry, Joe Bloke, anyone.. This is called censorship. And it is exactly for the newbies, hobbyist, like me (and others) why different versions should be shared. After all, (I hope) we do not want this forum to become a platform where only those that have the most money/time share their opinion and the rest keep quiet because we are not professionals.
Well, with all that, again, I am glad more and more people join the thread and help!

On a particular item that I picked on - Tibetan vs. Rosetta. I have posted here a picture of my hen. I was told it is Rosetta. 2 weeks later I posted it here again. I was told it is Tibetan. Then I read in an article true Rosettas have pink toes. Then I read another article that says Rosetta is a sub-species of Tibetan. So at this point, as long as she is only 200grams and lays these 32mm eggs I don't want to spend time identifying her exact color.

 

[Maiahr]

I'm gonna hafta research the feather sexable varieties because it seems like it's difficult to vent sex them with 100% accuracy.

Well after they reach maturity it is easy.. I mean it is only a couple of weeks longer waiting . I have noticed from experience that males start crowing MUCH earlier than females laying eggs. For example, some of my males have started crowing at 3.5 weeks age, females start egg laying earliest when they are 6 weeks. I have observed this with several.. flocks (not sure what the right word it), I mean we are 3 quail breeders in our village and we share experience so this has happened for all the 3 of us - males start crowing much earlier than females laying eggs.

 

[Maiahr]

One of my 12-day old qualies makes a veeeeeery similar (almost the same) whistling as when the hen lays an egg. I wonder if that is an indication that she will be a she.

 

[Pennys Mama]

I think this is great! Good job hopping to it!! i bet your babes all grow at about the same rate now. More room is less competition for resources, less stress and less bullying.

I'm hoping it will help the "littles" with less competition for the groceries, they seem pretty happy this morning with all the extra room.

@Cedar Creek Farm Lady on separation I missed the topic.. will you be breeding the quail in the future? I am asking because if you separate them now integration later may be difficult.

I'll be setting them up for breeding pairs/sets as soon as I can identify their sexes. I plan on small groups, so maybe I'll be lucky enough those selected won't try to kill each other.

Well after they reach maturity it is easy.. I mean it is only a couple of weeks longer waiting . I have noticed from experience that males start crowing MUCH earlier than females laying eggs. For example, some of my males have started crowing at 3.5 weeks age, females start egg laying earliest when they are 6 weeks. I have observed this with several.. flocks (not sure what the right word it), I mean we are 3 quail breeders in our village and we share experience so this has happened for all the 3 of us - males start crowing much earlier than females laying eggs.

One of my 12-day old qualies makes a veeeeeery similar (almost the same) whistling as when the hen lays an egg. I wonder if that is an indication that she will be a she.

I've got eyes on my quail pretty much at all times, because they're in the house. I watch them frequently & I'm hoping to pick up some clues, like crowing, that'll help me determine their sexes. I've gotten pretty good at it with my young chickens, guineas & ducks. I'm very observant, my animals are like therapy for me, they're all my "Support Animals".

 

[Maiahr]

@Cedar Creek Farm Lady if you will be setting them up for pairs why would you separate them now? I guess I don't see the need of complications.. they do become aggressive to each other if they do not grow together. I had one of my neighbors separating males from females at around 6 weeks, later on he put 3 male in the female cage and within minutes the 3 male were almost killed by the females so he had to take them out immediately. I had the same experience with separating the most aggressive male in a different cage and 2 weeks later when introduced back to his own siblings one of the males ended up scalped. Sooo I hope yours are not aggressive.

 

[Kiki]

OK, on the topic of My Shire farm video... It is great that Zach was able to join BYC and I am sure his contribution will be valuable. I don't think anyone has bashed him, he himself encouraged people to comment on the video so sharing opinion is what people do (and I am sure Zach won't mind, otherwise he wouldn't ask people to do it). Internet is a place where everybody should be able to express opinion and knowledge and I don't like to keep quiet if I am disagreeing with Zach, Merry, Joe Bloke, anyone.. This is called censorship. And it is exactly for the newbies, hobbyist, like me (and others) why different versions should be shared. After all, (I hope) we do not want this forum to become a platform where only those that have the most money/time share their opinion and the rest keep quiet because we are not professionals.
Well, with all that, again, I am glad more and more people join the thread and help!

On a particular item that I picked on - Tibetan vs. Rosetta. I have posted here a picture of my hen. I was told it is Rosetta. 2 weeks later I posted it here again. I was told it is Tibetan. Then I read in an article true Rosettas have pink toes. Then I read another article that says Rosetta is a sub-species of Tibetan. So at this point, as long as she is only 200grams and lays these 32mm eggs I don't want to spend time identifying her exact color.

She looks just like my giant baby...I call mine a Rosetta.

 

[Kiki]

@Cedar Creek Farm Lady if you will be setting them up for pairs why would you separate them now? I guess I don't see the need of complications.. they do become aggressive to each other if they do not grow together. I had one of my neighbors separating males from females at around 6 weeks, later on he put 3 male in the female cage and within minutes the 3 male were almost killed by the females so he had to take them out immediately. I had the same experience with separating the most aggressive male in a different cage and 2 weeks later when introduced back to his own siblings one of the males ended up scalped. Sooo I hope yours are not aggressive.

I like this post... I agree.

Don't separate them until you know for sure because integration is not fun.
My babies are 6 weeks old and I did separate them into two larger groups but I have not separated them out into breeding groups yet.
I'm pretty sure I'm only going to have one breeding group worth.

The poor broken eye guy that I had to pull out I'm dreading putting him back in and I may not even put him back in I might just eat him.

 

[R2elk]

I like this post... I agree.

Don't separate them until you know for sure because integration is not fun.
My babies are 6 weeks old and I did separate them into two larger groups but I have not separated them out into breeding groups yet.
I'm pretty sure I'm only going to have one breeding group worth.

The poor broken eye guy that I had to pull out I'm dreading putting him back in and I may not even put him back in I might just eat him.

Not a quail raiser so take this with care. Guinea fowl can be very difficult to integrate. Never just put a new member or members into the general population. Prior to introduction, the prospective new member needs to be in a see but don't touch area (typically separated from the general population by a wire fence). Do not try integration until all signs of aggression through the fence have stopped.

Prior to integration, make sure there are hiding places so that the new member will be able to escape any aggression from the other members. Hiding places must have a separate entrance and exit so the member that is hiding cannot be trapped in the hiding place.

It works for guineas, it may or may not work for quail.

 

[Pennys Mama]

@Maiahr @007Sean @RUNuts
@Texas Kiki @CoturnixComplex
@R2elk
I've gotta question...
I don't have a single container that will accommodate 19 growing quail. That's why I split/separated them up, plus I thought it might be better for the little ones. What do y'all suggest under those circumstances? Should I connect the containers to form a sort of complex that is joined so they can walk from container to container?

 

[Kiki]

@Maiahr @007Sean @RUNuts
@Texas Kiki @CoturnixComplex
@R2elk
I've gotta question...
I don't have a single container that will accommodate 19 growing quail. That's why I split/separated them up, plus I thought it might be better for the little ones. What do y'all suggest under those circumstances? Should I connect the containers to form a sort of complex that is joined so they can walk from container to container?

2 groups is okay I don't think I would separate them anymore until you figure out which ones you're going to be keeping.