Another round

[Tikkajazz94]

So, I though to let you all up to speed.

I finally have Jumbo Quail (browns), a nice quad of them. I have 2 tuxedo`s both of them are female, so I do need to find a male some time. I have a quad of britsh range. Than I have one redhead hen. Woo-Hoo, a nice little flock. I have a old incubator that I tried hatching. I found out my mistake. I`m buying another which I will have by the end of march sometime. But I have a few eggs that I don`t want to go to waste. So, I have the bator running and have the eggs in now..... WOOT. Hopefully I will have some chicks out of these little guys...

Wish me luck guys on me Breeding hobby

 

[MobyQuail]

good luck, you may be one of our northernmost contributing authors.
would like to see some pics of those birds from the far north.

 

[Tikkajazz94]

Yah, I'll get pics when I have them in pens, Right now their Just in a pet cage. But I will be having actual pens shortly

 

[Tikkajazz94]

Update, I've gotten a egg yesterday, And two today, woot woot. Im working on getting another batch in the bator by saturday. ever since I've issued nighty times, its lay lay....

The batch i have in my bator, I only have 5, But still a great start. Day 3 for them.... 12 more days till lock-down

 

[jbobs]

I love to see new people addicted, it remind me of when I was starting out! Good luck! sending good chick-vibes your way.


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Pshaw! Southern Alberta? I go to Alaska for a Sunday drive!

 

[jbobs]

if you cant find a male tuxedo, you CAN breed them to a range male and then take one of the male chicks (pick the one with the most white - they often have little bibs or bowties) and breed it back to the original two females and then just start selecting birds that have the best pattern. You can get a bit of a flock going while you keep your eye out for a new-stock male. Same with the golden - breed it to a normal and you will likely get a couple goldens and a couple normals. You should avoid breeding goldens to goldens because after a few generations your fertility will bottom out.

 

[Tikkajazz94]

really sucky. Thanks, actually I was going to do 5 and 5 in each pen. Put the jumbos and the golden in one. and the Tux and range together.... and start from there...

 

[Tikkajazz94]

I just realized that I have to do 6 and 5 :/ I have 11 birds....

 

[jbobs]

I think your iriginal plan is a good one - put the golden in with the normals and the the tuxes in with the ranges. I found with mine, when all the colours were running together, I got overrun with ranges after a few generations so if you want to breed for tuxes, you might want to use a range male and keep your tux females separate so you can select only their eggs. Ad with the golden x normals, you might end up with normals that throw goldens once in a while. How you put them together depends on what colours you want to breed for I suppose!