egg questions

[Overeasyplz]

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Umm. 9? As in 9 years? I didn't think cortnix lived that long!! 3 years,at the most, I thought, since they were so small and matured so rapidly. That's awesome!!

 

[JJMR794]

Like I Said I Dont Think Its Common For Them To Go That Long, But It Does Happen. There's A Few Folks Around Here That Have "antique Coturnix" But From My Recollection She Was The Oldest I Have Heard Of. I Did'nt Beleive It Myself--- Didnt Even Realize It Til She Was 6---- Was Digging Through Old Flock Records And Checking Production And Fertility Results And I Noticed It--- I Was Like "that Can't Be Right?" Dug Deeper And Double Checked And Sure Enough She Was A Dinosaur And The English White Jumbo Roo Wasnt Far Behind Her. Poor Old Gal The Move To The New Place Was Just Too Much For Her

Otherwise I Expect She'd Still Be Contributing To The Egg Production Around Here Today... Looking At Records Tonight I See I Have A Few Mature Ladies But Nothing Like Her, Closest I Have Is A Golden Hen That Will Be 5 In March. Then A Few 3 Yr Olds. Sad Thing Is That She Was The 1 Laying My "spangle" Eggs--- Havent Had 1 Since.

The Old Man Is Doin Great, Tending Ladies In At Least 2 Pens As The Lil White Fart Figured Out How To Hop From 1 Pen To The Other Thru The Feed Trays. I Find Him All Over The Place--- I Usually Put Him Back Into His Pen At Least Twice A Day. If He Was A Young Upstart I'd Send Him To The Bull Pen To Wait For Harvest. But Much Like His Dearly Departed Spouse. He Has Seniority........ I Hope At That Age In My Life I Still Have It In To Chase Young Exotic Women And Take The Occaisional Beating For It

The Old Fool Has Been Beaten By Other Roos So Many Times He Has A Permanent Bald Spot Where His Black Head Spot Used To Be! Feathers Wont Even Try To Grow Back Anymore--- Just Old Scarred Scalp.

 

[the4heathernsmom]

how neat!!!!

 

[kenman]

Here's to the old guys still gettin' er done!

 

[Wifezilla]

 

[95yj]

i think production and fertility varies greatly on how the birds are cared for as well as each individual bird. i'v had ringneck doves lay an egg a week year round, even through the winter, for six or seven years, way beyond what their supposed to. my "theory" is that so long as the bird is happy it'll produce.

 

[jetto]

Thing Is That She Was The 1 Laying My "spangle" Eggs--- Havent Had 1 Since.

>>Ok what's a "spangle" egg? I have a golden that lays greenish tinted eggs but other than that one all I've seen are the normal speckled.
I was surprised that egg production increased over the last couple of weeks since it came to almost a complete stop about 2 months ago. I have a light on in the barn but it's on the chicken run. The quail get some of it but not much. OTOH I have a group of young jumbo browns that were born in September that never have laid an egg.

Kristi

 

[JJMR794]

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KRISTI THEY NEED MORE LIGHT AND LONGER EXPOSURE--- 14 HRS AT LEAST. AS FAR AS SPANGLE THATS A COLOR TERM THAT WAS COINED BY MONARCH23 BEFORE SHE DESERTED US HERE AT BYC FOR MOTHERHOOD (JUST KIDDIN NICKI! HOPE ALL IS WELL!) A SPANGLE IS REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN A BROWN COLORED BIRD WITH WHITE FLIGHT FEATHERS... NOT REAL FLASHY, BUT IF YOUR USED TO BROWNS YOU'LL DEFINATELY PICK OUT A SPANGLE WITH LIL OR NO CLOSE OBSERVATION. I AM NOT SURE IF THE BRITISH HAVE A PROPER NAME FOR THE COLORATION AS NO ONE REALLY MENTIONS IT. NICKI (MONARCH) WAS THE 1ST AROUND HERE TO COIN THE TERM AND APPLY IT TO THIS COLORATION. SORRY I GUESS MAYBE I COULD HAVE STATED THAT A LIL MORE CLEARLY IN THE POST...

 

[willow_lane]

Thanks to all that replied. I got 3 eggs today so I guess I have more than one layer now. I did start building a smaller pen to house 3 females and one male.

How long can you keep quail eggs in the fridge before they go bad (for eating not hatching)

 

[Wifezilla]

If they are anything like duck or chicken eggs, MONTHS. We eat eggs too fast to know.

If you are ever in doubt about egg freshness, do the float test.

Put an egg in a bowl of water. If it sinks it is fresh. If it floats, toss it.