Mearns Quail

[Partridgeguy]

Love raising the Mearns Quail. I have found out for the first 22 days of incubation they need a pretty dry humidity about 33 percent. The last few days I bump it up to about 50 percent.
After hatching I had no problem with them eating right away. I use 30 percent Mazuri ground up along with Growgel and clean water with vitamins added to it. For myself it takes about 7 weeks before I can sex . With the males you will see black feathers forming where their legs meet their body. Shorty after you will start seeing their chest feathers coming out. In my experience this breed has been the most docile quail I have raised. I do or have raised every species of North American Quail. Just some of my thoughts.

 

[Susan Skylark]

They are so pretty, just wish the eggs were a little more affordable! But then we’re getting into golden pheasants who lay maybe 20 eggs a year, a far cry from a coturnix with 300+, but then the pheasant will also live 15 years vs a year or two on the coturnix. Can’t wait to see adult plumage on your guys!

 

[Quispherer]

They're so beautiful, they have such large doe eyes I've got Gambels and Valley in the brooder + bobwhites in the incubator but I've convinced my husband to try Mearns and Blue Scale next spring. Got a lot of building to do in the meantime haha.

You said they're the most docile you've had but is there anything about them that's particularly more difficult than the others? I've heard they're very fragile, as are Scale and Mountain, but don't know anyone with experience in several kinds to hear any interesting insight or comparisons between them lol. Do you think it'll be easy to get them to lay in the spring? I've heard they're picky about that too but again there's just so little info out there.