➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Clearwater Chicken]

They are pretty birds but highly aggressive, towards other birds as well as people.

yeah I figured this out. The local aviary in the park has a trio and man that male is mean and very protective of his ladies

 

[muddy75]

There are quite a few sellers on eBay right now offering mel eggs! Some are pretty good sellers, well packaged eggs and decent fertility, some of the others...not so much.

links or names of the good sellers would be appreciated

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

vote “build it” and get them!!! I initially wanted “ornamental” pheasants in addition to my quail, but of course ringneck are much less expensive and easier to procure........i love mine and it was probably a wise decision in hindsight with the “learning curve” involved......

I vote that too, but my current project is quail. Then maybe pheasants

 

[ShrekDawg]

Speaking of school of hard knocks.... I apparently attended today as I lost three chickens. still trying to figure out what the lesson was...

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Speaking of school of hard knocks.... I apparently attended today as I lost three chickens. still trying to figure out what the lesson was...

that's extremely sad, my broody hen lost 4 of her 8 chicks before i found out what that lesson was. apparently chicks need water they can reach

 

[007Sean]

i vote “build it” and get them!!! I initially wanted “ornamental” pheasants in addition to my quail, but of course ringneck are much less expensive and easier to procure........i love mine and it was probably a wise decision in hindsight with the “learning curve” involved.......

Ornamental's, along the lines of Goldens and Amherst are actually easier to raise than most of the True pheasants. The ring necked species for the most part are aggressive and territorial. In general, they require more sq.ft. of enclosure to be properly maintained in a breeding program.

 

[ShrekDawg]

that's extremely sad, my broody hen lost 4 of her 8 chicks before i found out what that lesson was. apparently chicks need water they can reach

Yeah, I think it was a pack of coyotes or a fox family or something. They were free ranging. And aww that’s so sad.

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Ornamental's, along the lines of Goldens and Amherst are actually easier to raise than most of the True pheasants. The ring necked species for the most part are aggressive and territorial. In general, they require more sq.ft. of enclosure to be properly maintained in a breeding program.

that's really interesting

 

[FortCluck]

RK, TSC, etc...are allowed to sell them, it's up to the buyer to 'obtain' the permits required to keep gamebirds.

They don’t check if people have the permits before they purchase them? That seems backwards honestly.

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

They don’t check if people have the permits before they purchase them? That seems backwards honestly.

well, they don't really care, they just want the sale. my dad always said easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, unless it had to do with him