Coturnix Quail Eggs, Chicks shipped to Canada?

[BYCforlife]

Does anybody know of a hatchery that ships Coturnix Quail or eggs to Canada? I would prefer day olds, but I have an incubator too.

Thanks!

 

[JaeG]

You will have to get hatching eggs as quail chicks need to start eating soon after hatching. They cannot live off their yolk for 3 days like a chicken chick can. I'm on the other side of the world so I can't advise you as to where to get eggs from but the closer the better as shipping eggs decreases their viability the longer they are in the mail getting knocked about and x-rayed.

 

[BYCforlife]

You will have to get hatching eggs as quail chicks need to start eating soon after hatching. They cannot live off their yolk for 3 days like a chicken chick can. I'm on the other side of the world so I can't advise you as to where to get eggs from but the closer the better as shipping eggs decreases their viability the longer they are in the mail getting knocked about and x-rayed.

Thanks for the info! That makes sense. They grow very fast, I hear.

 

[JaeG]

Thanks for the info! That makes sense. They grow very fast, I hear.

Yes, they are such cute babies but it doesn't last long. About a month old and they have all their feathers. It's amazing how fast they grow.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

Where do you live in canada? Here in sask we can only raise bobwhite quail.

 

[PingoBags]

Have you tried kijiji? That's where I got my first coturnix eggs. Perhaps you can find someone near you so no shipping. Kijiji only had one listing near me but that's all I needed.