Hatching quail with a chicken

[ChickenLegs13]

These pictures are from about a week ago.






Here the hen is scratching up some kind of goodies.





Here they're foraging in some grass growing in the pen.





Here you can get a good idea of how big they are by comparing them to the corn kernals.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Down to 1 remaining quail chick. They sleep along the back wall of the pen which is the wall of my barn and the rain coming off the roof got them wet and I guess it got chilled and died. I was worried that might happen, but not enough to go out in the rain and check on them.

 

[Quail Jailer]

Down to 1 remaining quail chick. They sleep along the back wall of the pen which is the wall of my barn and the rain coming off the roof got them wet and I guess it got chilled and died. I was worried that might happen, but not enough to go out in the rain and check on them.

Don't be so hard on yourself, its not like theres a "collect eggs" button on the remote now is it?

 

[JJSS89]

I know this is from a few weeks ago but I had to give serious props to QJ on this. Dang funny!

 

[Quail Jailer]

better late than never...^5


I'm sure having a group conversation with me around is hard.

My mind searches the humor in ANY situation, often inappropriately, I can't even help myself.

I best not go to the funeral home...

 

[JJSS89]

Well hey, I enjoy your wit. Even if it was low-hanging fruit

Back to the main thread of this...I am moderately interested in attempting to hatch out quail with my Serama/Silkie hen because I desperately want to have broody quail one day. I do not want them to get sick though or carry sicknesses so I will probably never attempt it. Essentially, I just said nothing.

 

[Quail Jailer]

Well hey, I enjoy your wit. Even if it was low-hanging fruit

Back to the main thread of this...I am moderately interested in attempting to hatch out quail with my Serama/Silkie hen because I desperately want to have broody quail one day. I do not want them to get sick though or carry sicknesses so I will probably never attempt it. Essentially, I just said nothing.

look segeregate mom, run a course of medicated feed, wait a week and let her sit, her whole job will be complete when they are a week or so old.

whatcha got to lose?

 

[JJSS89]

Would you do that? What would you medicate for prior to sitting? I think if I did this I'd run a light dose of Corid, de-wormer, and maybe some Tylan 50 in case she's carrying Coryza.

I'd have to test the chicks of course, for carrying diseases too.

All this for a few broody coturnix and bobwhites

 

[Quail Jailer]

Yeah, I probably would. But I ain't right so...

 

[Aussie-Chook]

I am over-the-moon excited at my very first quail hatch ... under a broody hen!! I have 60 plus chickens, so this is pretty exciting stuff!

PS. They will get their own coop to live in, unless anyone can convince me otherwise!

Read about our experiment (and see more photos) here: http://atr-sp.blogspot.com/2015/06/cheep-cheep-from-some-different-peeps.html