Coturnix in lockdown, when should I become concerned?

[hobo fred]

I have ordered my texas a&m quail eggs from ebay 3 times and had great luck with them 85%80%91% my thoughts are its not so much the shipping thats bad its who you get them from this is just my opinion

 

[Sustained]

I have ordered my texas a&m quail eggs from ebay 3 times and had great luck with them 85%80%91% my thoughts are its not so much the shipping thats bad its who you get them from this is just my opinion

Wow... that's interesting and I will keep that in mind. It occurred to me that it was a possibility but no real way to know for sure and I've had some pretty rough looking boxes of shipped eggs show up that had obviously had a difficult time in transit (the quail was not one of them)

 

[bkquail]

You are true. Shipping still plays a big factor because the shipping company can drop packages, shake them up, and all sorts of things. but its the suppliers job to make sure then hens are healthy, fertile, and they send the eggs while they are fresh. I had someone send me chickens when i first started and they did not lable the box as fragile or keep this side up. they were in a brown box and all be 3 out of the 50 i ordered were broken and non of them hatched. So both play a big factor

 

[bkquail]

I have ordered my texas a&m quail eggs from ebay 3 times and had great luck with them 85%80%91% my thoughts are its not so much the shipping thats bad its who you get them from this is just my opinion

may i ask who you got your a&m's from? Im playing around with shipping right now to see who is the best company for eggs, and was planning on getting some a&m's later on once i found a company i like. you have seem to have good luck with the person from ebay so i might order from them

 

[Sustained]

Holy moly!! 3 out of 50?! I'd be pretty upset over that. I did have one poorly packaged batch of chicken eggs that also looked like it had a rough trip and no surprise... not a single one made it past day 7. I'm pretty sure only one developed at all. I opened them up and they all looked scrambled. One had a blood ring. I left them in until day 14 hoping they would surprise me. no luck. I've also had a box show up that looked like a pack of cracked out rugby players had spent the afternoon playing with it and then sat on it after they were done. The eggs inside were packed so well that 7/9 are developing great so far. They're on day 12. And not a single one had even a hairline crack in it. I was absolutely shocked. I think I sat there looking at the box for about 10 minutes before I got the courage up to open it and inspect the damages. I think luck played into that one as well as good packaging. And duck eggs are much sturdier than chicken eggs.

 

[hobo fred]

I got them from a seller named knickerbocker1402 on ebay her adds show tibitan quail but she has a&m too

 

[bkquail]

Yeah I was really upset. I didnt even bother with that guy ever again cause when I talked to him he was like "its not my fault shipping didnt handel them good" and sent me 5 in the mail thinking it would make up for the 47 broken and the 3 duds. so like hobo fred said it the person who sent the eggs play the biggest role. Thats cool your ducks were all good ive wanted to try duckes but never got to it.

 

[bkquail]

I got them from a seller named knickerbocker1402 on ebay her adds show tibitan quail but she has a&m too

Thanks

 

[Sustained]

I'm a hatchaholic to be honest. It doesn't take much for me to add eggs to my incubator lol. I saw some adorable ducklings and happened to run across an auction for some duck eggs. I'd tell you my thought process on why I decided to go for it but I try not to let my crazy out in public very often

What made you decide to start on quail? I'm into sustainable living (thus the username) and quail seem to fit into that lifestyle pretty well but I guess I will see. Also, the eggs are supposed to be extremely good for you. Quail have so many uses that I haven't really decided what I will be using them for. And they're pretty, which is a bonus. I also like the fast maturity rate and coturnix have pretty much had broodiness bred out of them so resupplying my flock would feed my incubation addiction. I just can't find a losing point on them

 

[bkquail]

Its ok we all have a crazy side in us My family has raised chickens for so long and i never really saw the point in it for us. they only did it for eggs, and I used they for both meat and eggs but hated they wait period it took for the hens to lay eggs and roos to be an edible size, I mainly killed the roos for food after I knew we had enough fertile eggs for the year to keep or eggs supply up for next year, i didnt like how hens dont really lay year around ( heard you can use the lighting method but never goot it to work), with the chickens we had problems with the ratcoons, foxes, and other animals killing them (we locked them up at night and they were still getting killed in they so dont know exactly what kills them). I also liked the fact that each birs only needs 1 sq foot so they will be easy to keep. One day i came on this fourm and saw someone talking about quails, and they seemed like the perfect bird for me so i started doing research on them. even though they are smaller both eggs and meat they compensate for how fast they mature. There are so many positive sides (few negative to) that i had to try them out and hope to have a few hatch in a few weeks