Meet Cinnamon & Sugar, my baby quail ♥️

[Oob Child]

They are not jumbo.

Mine are not jumbo either and mine weigh more than yours at hatch... And by at hatch I mean within minutes of coming out of the egg.
See here:

Thread 'Weights From Hatch' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/weights-from-hatch.1590876/

Does that mean my others aren't jumbo either? They weighed that much but are about the size of jumbos!

Also, just because someone sells you something, does it mean they're actually selling you with their claiming they are selling you

I know that, I'm just pretty disbelieving that they aren't jumbos.

This is so strange. I'm still going to document this as I go.
There is also the possibility I mistranslated from Metric to Imperial, google is known for stuffing up language translations, maybe it miscalculates mathematic translation too.

@Nabiki do you use Metric or Imperial?

 

[Nabiki]

Does that mean my others aren't jumbo either? They weighed that much but are about the size of jumbos!

I know that, I'm just pretty disbelieving that they aren't jumbos.

This is so strange. I'm still going to document this as I go.
There is also the possibility I mistranslated from Metric to Imperial, google is known for stuffing up language translations, maybe it miscalculates mathematic translation too.

@Nabiki do you use Metric or Imperial?

I do imperial, but I can do metric. A full grown jumbo can get up to 14-15 oz (397 -425g). The general rule is 10 oz (283.5 g) at 10 weeks.

 

[Oob Child]

Update 2:

Sugar

Age: 2 days
Current Weight: 12g (0.423 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in weight: Increase by 7g ( 0.246 oz.)
Time since last post: 22.5 hours
Notable differences between last update: Sugar has more than doubled her weight in less than 24 hours, still behaves the same. No notable feather growth. Has almost caught up to average baby jumbo quail weight.
Cinnamon

Age: 2 days
Current Weight: 7g (0.246 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Decrease by 1g (0.035 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 22.5 hours
Notable Differences Between Last Update: Cinnamon's weight has decreased by 1g since her last weigh-in, and seems noticably smaller and weaker than Sugar. Should I be worried, or is she just a runt? Does she need NutriDrop? I don't have any on hand but I can get it if necessary. No noticable feather differences since yesterday. No noticable behavioural differences since yesterday.

Should I start hand feeding Cinni? She seems to come out to eat less than Sugar, and seems to only go eat if Sugar is. I've already taught her how to, but if she's decreasing in weight that could be a problem. She's acting normally with no other symptoms of illness.

 

[Oob Child]

Update 3:

Sugar

Age: 3 days
Current Weight: 14g (0.493 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Increase by 2g (0.07 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 22 hrs
Notable Differences Between Last Update: Feathers feel slightly stronger, screaming more than before. Definitely looks bigger.


Cinnamon

Age: 3 days
Current Weight: 8g (0.282 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Increase by 1g (0.035 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 22 hrs
Notable Differences Between Last Update:
Still looks the same size, everything seems the same. Added some boiled egg yolk to her diet, she has returned to her weight from Saturday. Doesn't come out from under the heat much or make loud noises, acts normal otherwise.

 

[Nabiki]

Sugar is probably fine. The 1g loss could have been the difference between weighing her just before she pooped one day and just after she pooped the next.

 

[Oob Child]

Sugar is probably fine. The 1g loss could have been the difference between weighing her just before she pooped one day and just after she pooped the next.

Ok. That's a relief!
Did you mean Cinnamon? Sugar is the big one.

 

[Nabiki]

Ok. That's a relief!
Did you mean Cinnamon? Sugar is the big one.

I got them mixed up. I thought Sugar was the smaller one because Pharaohs are usually the larger ones.

 

[Oob Child]

Update 4:

Sugar

Age: 4 days
Current Weight: 15g (0.529 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Increase by 1g (0.035 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 25 hrs
Notable Differences Between Last Update: Looks bigger, pin feathers beginning to grow in. Has formed a strong bond with Cinni.

Cinnamon

Age: 4 days
Current Weight: 10g (0.352 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Increase by 2g (0.070 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 25 hrs
Notable Differences Between Last Update: Looks slightly bigger, definitely more active than before. Feathers feeling coarser, will probably have pin feathers by tomorrow.

 

[Oob Child]

Update 5:

Sugar

Age: 5 days
Current Weight: 16g (0.564 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Increase by 1g (0.035 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 23 hrs
Notable Differences Between Last Update:
Pin feathers are growing in at a rapid pace. Is now able to jump out of the weighing bowl.

Cinnamon

Age: 5 days
Current Weight: 12g (0.423 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in Weight: Increase by 2g (0.070 oz.)
Time Since Last Post: 23 hrs
Notable Differences Between Last Update: None.

Observations: Cinnamon still hasn't got visible pin feathers, but her feathers are slowly beginning to feel coarser.

 

[Oob Child]

Update 6


Sugar

Age: 6 days
Current Weight: 20g (0.705 oz.
Increase/Decrease in weight: Increase by 4g (0.141 oz.)
Time since last post: 25.5 hours
Notable differences between last update: Notable pin feather and size growth.

Cinnamon

Age: 6 days
Current Weight: 15g (0.529 oz.)
Increase/Decrease in weight: Increase by 3g (0.105 oz.)
Time since last post: 25.5
Notable differences between last update:
Pin feathers have started to grow, notable increase in size.