Let's plan a Quail egg hatch... set 'em Sept. 1, hatch 'em Sept 17-19+

[MobyQuail]

great pictures everyone! keep 'em comng.

lots of good looking Quail folk on this thread!

so far, apprears the ladies all carry the beauty genes...

the roos, well nobody is gonna try and steal anything from us, thats for sure...

Quail are lucky to have ya'll.

 

[Fat Daddy]

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I was think'n the same thing.... Lots a purdy lady's, but most of you guys were just lucky yer mommas loved ya!!!

Bill

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

 

[syble]

I'm trying to plan out how many coturnix i can set for this hatch along (as for once i should have a good supply of eggs haha more then i may need). At any rate, i know for adults they say .5-1 square foot per bird, but for growing up just till butcher, can you sqeeze that some?

 

[Fat Daddy]

I hate to admit I may have Loaded'm just a tad heavier in a grow out pen once or twice.... It works out fine. Just watch for aggressive birds and eat the aggressive ones young... They taste better anyway!!! Bill

Edit to add: you can get by loading your pen heavier per sq ft, in a larger pen. If that makes sence... I run large 6', 8',and now building 10' long pens... IMHO...

 

[MobyQuail]

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how many can ya fit in your bator? there is the answer

 

[yinepu]

i'm planning on quads in 24"X24" rabbit cages..
had a bunch in old rabbit hutches years ago.. but never had them long enough to worry about fighting.. they went to freezer camp as soon as they got to a decent size.. lol (and nope.. dont remember the actual size of the hutches.. been too long ago for this old brain cell.. )

 

[syble]

I'm having no problem keeping quads in 24x18, i don't think i'd want to go any smaller thats for sure. theres no picking or aggression issues. but I don't want to have 100 cages to grow out freezer birds lol. so by load it a bit heavier, have you got a rough estimate? I have a brooder pen(table top) thats around 5 or 6' long, 2' wide and tall. and i've got a double rabbit cage that is 24 x 30 each side.

How many eggs i can incubate isn't a safe limiting factor as i have 2 hovabators and 1 cabinet incubator lolha. I'm trying to stick to the hova at this point though, and have about 20 quail eggs in there now

 

[scottysquails]

This is me and I cant wait to start hatching.............

 

[_Randall_]

My, My...........heck, I'm like the rest of you ugly fellers...............Purdy Women Love Poultry, that's fer sure!!!!!!