Coturnix Fertility

[Whitehouse Quail]

I have been looking at old quail books, to see if there has been any old lost wisdom from our quail-forefathers. I was surprised to see that they gave natural fertility percentages, which said that while bobs had a higher fertility percentage, while coturnix only had 60% or less, saying that if you get a bad hatch with coturnix, blame the fertility. I haven't found that to be the case at all with mine, going well past the 60% egg hatch rate, which definitely means the fertility was higher than the 60% mark.

Have you found the same to be true? Or were our forefathers not incubating properly?

 

[Robo]

That or they were short on boys.

 

[Stellar]

I am suspecting lighting problems in the past and male fertility

 

[Hooligan Farm]

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Why's it got to be the mans fault? lol

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

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Why's it got to be the mans fault? lol

Amen! The only thing is, it wasn't just the one book... Old websites and many other books, at least the ones I have read, all talk about reduced coturnix fertility.

 

[aprophet]

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Why's it got to be the mans fault? lol

I had a bob colored as a male all summer he could not get the eggs fertile after he molted he colored back in as a girl LOL I put another male in the same cage and both hens started laying fertile eggs . I have one bob that has runt syndrome he is not fertile either

 

[JJMR794]

Coturnix As A Captive Speces Here In States Has Undergone A Severe Amount Of Changes Thru The Last 3 Decades Or So.... I Personally Would Stick With What I Know And Not What Some Decades Old Reference Material Stated. Trying To Second Guess Incorrect Or Severely Outdated Resource Material Is Harder Than Roping The Wind.