first egg has arrived!

[magsrags]

I received my first little deep green egg from my 40 day old quails this week! Texas A&M.

I had been cleaning out their pen and dumped some used shavings in the garden. When I got back to the pen there was this little egg sitting where it hadn't been the minute before. Awesome!

Seems I have 6 roos (all marked and singing their song) to 6 hens. I seperated 4 of those roos before they could get roudy as I saw the poor hens running for their lives the past few days.

Is it OK to keep 2 of my roos to the 6 hens all together safely in 1 pen?

If so, I now need to rehome 4 little guys really fast.
They are sweet birds and so nice to listen to.

 

[Cats Critters]

Congrats!

 

[Wifezilla]

Is it OK to keep 2 of my roos to the 6 hens all together safely in 1 pen?

You should, but it depends on the individual birds.​

 

[magsrags]

Thank you!
Got 2 pretty green speckled eggs today! Must be all the fresh goodies I am giving them to help them stay warm with the cold weather coming on now.

 

[canter6]

The 2 roo to 6 hen ratio sounds fine to me, but....what's with the green eggs?

 

[magsrags]

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I don't really know? My first quails and eggs. Is that an odd color for quail? Since yesterday I've gotten 4 more, all speckled eggs as those I'd hatched this bunch from. Maybe it was a fluke.

 

[mamawolf544]

Congrats on the eggs !
And they are pretty aren't they. I get an odd one now and then.