Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

[JJSS89]

Thanks DC, I hope people listen to that and take it to heart.

 

[clawstar]

Live outside Avery in afternoons, inside a rabbit hutch at night.... How often should I give them boiled eggs??? Got a while till this bag is emptied....

Other sources of protein perhaps? Are they penned inside or out? could they be eating bugs?

 

[clawstar]

need some help!!!
My lightbulb for my fake incubator went out!!!
On day 11...
How can I tell if they survived or not???
Do you think they will still hatch??
They were cold when I picked them up!!!
What do I do???
HELP

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

need some help!!!
My lightbulb for my fake incubator went out!!!
On day 11...
How can I tell if they survived or not???
Do you think they will still hatch??
They were cold when I picked them up!!!
What do I do???
HELP

Do you have any idea how long the light was out for? I have had batches survive multiple power outages over the course of several days, the longest period being a couple of hours, but long power outages can be deadly. I would candle, run the incubator as normal and then candle again before lockdown if it wasn't a really long time without heat. You will be able to see the change as far as development goes if they are still alive. The are already halfway through their incubation period, which makes them a little more hardy than they would be during the first week.

 

[clawstar]

A few hours at most 6h ;~;
I'll keep a eye on them

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

A few hours at most 6h ;~;
I'll keep a eye on them

Yes! I totally wouldn't write off that hatch just yet!

 

[clawstar]

Yes! I totally wouldn't write off that hatch just yet! 

Ok! I'm happy again
My good hatch is now in Lockdown!!!!

 

[double BB quail]

Question here my corturnix are 3 weeks old and the brown one is a female, but the white one I do t know yet. When will the Roos crow or at least try cause the white one is starting to make some noise really low but stretching its neck while making the noise. Help?

 

[clawstar]

When you here the crow you will know it! But I can't help u much

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Question here my corturnix are 3 weeks old and the brown one is a female, but the white one I do t know yet. When will the Roos crow or at least try cause the white one is starting to make some noise really low but stretching its neck while making the noise. Help?

My roos don't start crowing until they are around 6 to 8 weeks old. At three weeks they aren't yet sexually mature and are only about half grown. When they get close to their adult size is when they usually start, although some of my less dominant roos will not crow if there is another male around. In that case, I won't hear them crow until I separate them out.

This is the usual pattern of my boys, but some of the higher volume breeders may have had different experiences with when their roosters start crowing. Right now, with the shorter days, the only rooster I have crowing is the one I keep indoors under artificial light.