Morning

[lizziehux]

Morning I have a nutty problem, my bobtail cock and coturnix hen were mating, she's now sitting on eggs! I’ve had these hens from weeks old, middle of March, and I have no coturnix cocks. The sheer logistics of him achieving his goal are astonishing. Or is it wishful thinking on her part?

 

[Quailobsessed]

Wow, that's crazy!

Just wondering, do you mean bobwhite cock?

 

[Nabiki]

Those eggs are probably not fertile. A hen doesn't need a roo to lay eggs.

 

[albinosilver]

Bobwhite and Coturnix can’t hybridize.

 

[Quail4Fun]

Lizziehux, not your question but I am curious, I have a bobwhite male who has not yet fully grown in a cage with 3 coturnix females and 1 coturnix male. They have all been raised together and so far, at 12 weeks all still get along well. Do you have other birds with these 2 and how well do they get along? Been waffling on separating out Little Bob from my coturnix.

 

[lizziehux]

Hi guys, the hens have been laying for ages, but this is the first time they've made a nest, but if you recon they can’t be fertile, then I’ll just leave her on them until she gets bored.
i've got 1bob and 1 Chinese cock, six Finches and four coturnix hens, and they all get on fine. We even had a finch chick with a damaged wing that the Bob cock and one of the corturnix hens looked after at night. It is a bit confused Now though, scratches the ground like a quail, flys like a finch! What can you do!

 

[lizziehux]

 

[lizziehux]

That’s my two boys with two of the girlies

 

[Quail4Fun]

That’s my two boys with two of the girlies

This gives me hope! Your birds are beautiful!

 

[lizziehux]

just a quick up date peeps! This weekend is D-day! She has been glued to these eggs for nearly 3weeks now, Gods love her x