Do male quail know?

[KyleD.]

Well i havent seen my roo do any of his "duties" what so ever. My moms friend is over and without me knowing her 2 girls were trying to pet them. I got out there ansd explained they don't need to be petted and they try and explain how goofy one was. They said one hopped on top of another and started grabbing the back of her head. I'm assuming breeding. So should i be expecting eggies soon?

 

[duckncover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A8RXm4KgTk

Did it look like this?

If it did then it was mating...expect eggs.

Now if my quails weren't so prude...

 

[KyleD.]

Lol i know it was mating from what they described to me. I'm just asking if mating results in eggs? Like will a roo breed a female that isn't ready to lay?

 

[KyleD.]

I showed that video to the girls

they're to young to know any better and they said thats what it looked like so now im certain it was mating.

 

[Akane]

You'll get eggs soon but it still could be a week or 2.

 

[monarc23]

yes male coturnix know when hens are ready to lay (she will lay very shortly like akane said).


Hens do a "im ready" call that I just learned about reciently and now when I hear my hens do it now i finnally know what it means. It's kind of funny though before I knew what hte call meant I had been calling it "the egg call" because the hens normally did it after they layed an egg. But now I know that when I hear it when they arent even laying yet (and I see the roo mating) that eggs are coming soon!

It kind of sounds like they are hurt (the egg cry) it's like "chew! chew! chew! chew chew!" it goes from low pitch to high pitch within just a few seconds then they stop.

 

[monarc23]

edited to add have you noticed any foam yet? (look where their poo lands look for foam) if you see it you'll know that the roos fertile as well (it's not sperm but it' aids the sperm to the hen).

 

[KyleD.]

Hmmm i'll be here all day tomorrow so im going to try and listen very carefully!

 

[KyleD.]

No foam yet. That i know of. All the poop usually ends up on the ground lol.

 

[monarc23]

KyleD. :

No foam yet. That i know of. All the poop usually ends up on the ground lol.

If theres no foam the eggs won't be fertile for a while if that's really what the girls saw him doing. My only concern is you showed me a picture of your boy he looks a little too young to be mating yet but hey maybe he's an early bloomer

YOu can also flip him over and look at his vent if it's swollen (i mean bad swollen like abscess lookign swollen) he's breeding age/ready.​