Baby quail brooder setup

[Ray987]

Some of the females started laying eggs already (37 days old) I got 8 eggs today!
The new coop isn't ready yet gonna take 3-4 days I hope it's ok to keep the males in there, don't have any space to separate them yet

 

[Ray987]

Getting 2 dozen of eggs daily now, got 75 females, question is how many males for 75 females? I currently have 20 males to 75 females

Note: I plan to hatch the eggs

 

[Jener8or]

Getting 2 dozen of eggs daily now, got 75 females, question is how many males for 75 females? I currently have 20 males to 75 females

Note: I plan to hatch the eggs

How are they getting along? If your females still have feathers on their heads and they aren't fighting, you might get away with it. That ratio isn't too far off 5:1 (which is what I usually aim for). You might not need that many males, also, but since you are raising them for productivity, I wouldn't want you to lose fertility as well.

I think 4:1 or 5:1 should be a good ratio.

Congrats on your eggs!

 

[Ray987]

How are they getting along? If your females still have feathers on their heads and they aren't fighting, you might get away with it. That ratio isn't too far off 5:1 (which is what I usually aim for). You might not need that many males, also, but since you are raising them for productivity, I wouldn't want you to lose fertility as well.

I think 4:1 or 5:1 should be a good ratio.

Congrats on your eggs!

I just added the 20 malew today, I gave the females 1 week break as they were struggling with the males, couldn't separate them until I finished the coop, I'll keep an eye on them thank you!

 

[Jener8or]

I just added the 20 malew today, I gave the females 1 week break as they were struggling with the males, couldn't separate them until I finished the coop, I'll keep an eye on them thank you!

Do you have any hidey holes or anything like that for them? I usually just cut 2 holes in a cardboard box so they have 2 openings to go in and out but have some places to tuck into or hang out in. It might help break up the scenery and distract them a bit if they are fighting.

 

[Ray987]

Do you have any hidey holes or anything like that for them? I usually just cut 2 holes in a cardboard box so they have 2 openings to go in and out but have some places to tuck into or hang out in. It might help break up the scenery and distract them a bit if they are fighting.

I'll work on that thank you, I have a question about their weight they're now 45 days old most of the males are weighing 170-180g (with very few exceptions weighing 200-220)
While females are heavier weighting 200-250g is this a good weight for them at this age? 10 males weighting 1300g after butchering and cleaning them up while I see other sellers in my region selling what they claim 900-1000g (5-6 males) I'm wondering if my quails growth rate is bad they slowed down after 30 days of age

Feeding them 20-22% protein starer

 

[Jener8or]

I'll work on that thank you, I have a question about their weight they're now 45 days old most of the males are weighing 170-180g (with very few exceptions weighing 200-220)
While females are heavier weighting 200-250g is this a good weight for them at this age? 10 males weighting 1300g after butchering and cleaning them up while I see other sellers in my region selling what they claim 900-1000g (5-6 males) I'm wondering if my quails growth rate is bad they slowed down after 30 days of age

Feeding them 20-22% protein starer

I don't think those weights sound too bad. They sound closer to standard size than jumbos, but I'm not sure if you have jumbos where you are.

I wish I saved all of my weights from my quail when I recorded that information. If you want, I can try to take some weights of mine and try to give you a guess on their ages.

Of course, I think they would probably grow out quicker with a little bit higher protein starter, but I'll be interested to see what their full growth weights are.

If you are worried about size, I would try setting the heaviest eggs and selectively breeding your largest quail and, obviously, you'd start getting larger birds.

Let me know if any weights from any of my birds would help. I have a mix of jumbo and standards (not bred together, though.)

 

[Ray987]

I don't think those weights sound too bad. They sound closer to standard size than jumbos, but I'm not sure if you have jumbos where you are.

I wish I saved all of my weights from my quail when I recorded that information. If you want, I can try to take some weights of mine and try to give you a guess on their ages.

Of course, I think they would probably grow out quicker with a little bit higher protein starter, but I'll be interested to see what their full growth weights are.

If you are worried about size, I would try setting the heaviest eggs and selectively breeding your largest quail and, obviously, you'd start getting larger birds.

Let me know if any weights from any of my birds would help. I have a mix of jumbo and standards (not bred together, though.)

I have Texas A&M also Supposedly Jumboos according to the person who sold me the eggs, few of the females are laying gigantic eggs rest of them seem normal size eggs, anyhow I was told by the person who sold me the eggs that his birds hit 200g minimum at the age if 30 days, he said I should asd 1kg of soy meal to every 10kg of chick starter in order to get better weights, the seller is from another city I looked at my local feed stores (like 7 of them) non have soy meal but I'll keep looking, also considering making soy meal myself by boiling, grinding then drying the soybeans maybe that works, thanks again for your help

 

[Ray987]

Hello again, Quails has been doing good in getting 50~ eggs a day from around 70-75 females however for the past couple weeks I've been noticing something wrong with their eyes (not all of them but a few) as you can see in the picture, I'm leaning to think they pecking each others eyes because it's only happening to males not females, would like to know what you think, this male in the first picture is crowing, looking fine and eating also his other eye is fine, the 2nd pic is for another male his eye isn't as bad but it looks weird too, wondering what could be the cause of this, i haven't had any die and there's no Respiratory symptoms And none died so far they're 2 month old now, some of them have one eye closed but it opens with a sleepy look on it

Bedding: pine shavings (it gets kind of damp because i don't change it often due to it being expensive over here)

Feed: Chick starter

Been giving them Vitamins and Amino acids supplements every couple weeks. @Jener8or

 

[Jener8or]

Hello again, Quails has been doing good in getting 50~ eggs a day from around 70-75 females however for the past couple weeks I've been noticing something wrong with their eyes (not all of them but a few) as you can see in the picture, I'm leaning to think they pecking each others eyes because it's only happening to males not females, would like to know what you think, this male in the first picture is crowing, looking fine and eating also his other eye is fine, the 2nd pic is for another male his eye isn't as bad but it looks weird too, wondering what could be the cause of this, i haven't had any die and there's no Respiratory symptoms And none died so far they're 2 month old now, some of them have one eye closed but it opens with a sleepy look on it

Bedding: pine shavings (it gets kind of damp because i don't change it often due to it being expensive over here)

Feed: Chick starter

Been giving them Vitamins and Amino acids supplements every couple weeks. @Jener8or

Yeah, it does look like it may be from aggression. They do usually go for eyes. I'm not sure if you can watch and see who the aggressor is, but that's what I would try to do (possibly a male without pecked eyes?) There's a chance it could be a female, too. I don't know what your ratios are now, but maybe closer to 1:5 would help the issue.

I always try to separate the instigator from the flock, but still within sight, so the hierarchy isn't affected too much and see if they mellow out. They are all still fairly young, too, so hopefully their hormones will mellow with maturity. If they aren't doing too much damage, leaving them together might be fine, too; I think it's your call. I had boys that did this to each other this year, and now they are fine.

I didn't cull anyone, but I separated out the meanie for awhile. He's calmed down. (It's not breeding season over here anymore, though, and there aren't any girls with them right now.)