HELP!!!!!!

[jbobs]

X2 for twocrows and jhorn...

I know you mean well and I'm so glad you have compassion for animals! But they are wildlife... please do not hatch them unless you plan on keeping them. Without a mother they will have no idea how to live on their own in the wild. As an Animal Health Technologist student I have had several of my classmates work in wildlife rehab and in all the places they worked they refused any animals or birds that had been deliberately hatched or raised by humans because they are not rehabable. It is the number one thing that aggravates them - people who find eggs and hatch them, people who find baby bunnies and fawns alone and think they are abandoned, etc. As a matter of fact, I had a deal with our local wildlife rehab to give them all my extra male quail as FOOD for the raptors that needed to learn how to hunt.

You can try to hatch the quail, but be ready to provide them with adequate housing (which for most north american quail means an aviary style cage with several sqaure feet per bird and natural cover) and keep in mind that they might not all get along in the same cage one day. Also, they are wild and you have no idea what kind of diseases they may be carrying, and giving them to someone with domestic poultry could cause another outbreak of disease in domestic stock that nobody wants to deal with. I'm not saying "don't do it", just be prepared to take full responsibility for them if you are making the choice of bringing them into the world (kinda sounds like a birds n bees talk doesn't it LOL)

In all honesty, the hen will probably just go somewhere else and make a new clutch of eggs. No harm done. It happens. If you are interested in raising quail there are lots of people here who can help you get set up and get you started with some domestic stock and hatching eggs, but you are better off - legally and environmentally - to just toss these eggs.

 

[7L Farm]

Whats done is done. Just do the best you can for them & roll on. Its not the end of the world. Birds abandon nest all the time.. Some birds lay the eggs in dump nest which means they have no intention on hatching the eggs. I've seen this situation with woodies in the wild.

 

[COUNTRYBOI]

You are better off leaving them completely alone. What type of quail are they from anyway? Each type of quail has different requirements in the incubator. And if you are only going to take them to a bird rescue facility, they are already bursting at the seams and do not need and wild quail.

Leave them alone.

that might be true in were your from but not so in alot of places here in kentucky they are funding people to raise bob whites for they are about completly gone been working on rehab for them last few years they say their getting better but I've only seen bob's in the wild about 20 times in the last 10 years and I'm out there alot everytime i see them I think that soujnds good but i let them go and started raiseing coturnix to eat and selling them cheaper than people can hunt bob's thought maybe this would help and I as a hunter would be doing my part...

 

[TwoCrows]

that might be true in were your from but not so in alot of places here in kentucky they are funding people to raise bob whites for they are about completly gone been working on rehab for them last few years they say their getting better but I've only seen bob's in the wild about 20 times in the last 10 years and I'm out there alot everytime i see them I think that soujnds good but i let them go and started raiseing coturnix to eat and selling them cheaper than people can hunt bob's thought maybe this would help and I as a hunter would be doing my part...

Raising Bobwhites on a professional level for release programs is one thing. This is a KID that wants to hatch out god knows what is in those eggs! They may not even be quail eggs!!! Leave the raising of Bobs for wild release to the professionals. You don't just hatch out Bobs, open the gates and there you have it, wild Bobs.

This KID needs to leave these eggs completely alone. If he/she wants to hatch quail eggs, get them from a reputable breeder, read up, ask up here on the raising and proper care of quail.

 

[mossypath]

Quote:Originally Posted by Twocrow

 

[mossypath]

Most states have Laws concerning the raising and release of wild animals. Most of the time for good reasons.

Quote:
http://www.offthewallemporium.com/primates/lawswlex.pdf

 

[jbobs]

I don't want you to be discouraged just because you are a young person - I started raising quail when I was only 15 myself and young people are definetly very capable of learning fast and being very capable poultry keepers. But I think what people are trying to say here is that if you are interested in raising quail, you are starting out the wrong way and setting yourself up for disaster and heartbreak. I think you feel guilty about destroying the nest and also are really excited about trying something knew - there is NOTHING to feel guilty about accidently disturbing a nest. It happens all the time in the wild. The hen will just start a new nest somewhere else.

It's great that you are enthusiastic about raising birds - I have no doubt about your incubating capabilities with chickens etc. and it's good to see young people involved in the hobby. But you are not doing yourself, the quail, or the environment any favors by trying to hatch these eggs out. Think of it as your inspiration - why not get some domestically raised quail eggs and hatch those out for a project? I don't want to see you hatch these wild birds and be dissapointed when they either die, beat themselves to death against the cage trying to escape, get seized from you by a game officer or end up as coyote food when you set them free. Your first experience should be a good one, so why not start it out on the right foot!

 

[Chick1043]

Listen...I'm 16 graduating next year. Yes, I'm still a kid. Once I graduate I want to become a nurse. I am a straight A student. I didn't exactly want to hatch the eggs because I am way busy with nursing stuff. I asked my dad what he thought. He said lets hatch them! Honestly, I think they're all dead. I have hatched chicken eggs before and helped hatch quail eggs once. My point about nursing is I know how to handle these kind of things. I started raising chickens when I was 13 and didn't know a thing about them! They're still alive aren't they? I also started raising a duck! My point on this is I think I can handle quail. Yes, I know quail are much different then chickens and ducks. I would really appreciate if this could just stop. It just makes me mad and feel bad. Thanks for your 'help'.

 

[Chick1043]

Are you guys just saying this because I'm a kid? What's the deal? I said I would handle it!

 

[TwoCrows]

We are not trying to hurt you in any way. You are of perfect age to get into quail and I am sure you can excel at it and in life. But we are also looking out for the these birds you may hatch out. If you want to hatch eggs, you really need to start with domesticated quail from a good breeder. You can hatch all you want, start a breeding program with a good stock of birds.

These eggs you found are not the ones to start with. They are of some wild bird. You have no idea what will come out of them.

Go to the top of the quail section here and look in the stickies. There is a breeders list there of people who can send you any type of quail eggs you like. They will be of healthy birds and give you a ton more joy and success than these found eggs of some wild bird.

We all wish you the best in life.