New to quails but have been keeping and hatching chicken a few years now, we have just set 84 eggs in the Incubator thinking these would be simple and now have questions... our bad!!
Questions we think are simple,silly and probably common sense;
We understand that these birds will need keeping in a brooder for around 4 weeks at a ambient temperature, so will they need a heat source like chicks and what is the ambient temperature? As weathers getting warmer I fort they could come out The brooder earlier.
How do we sex chinese quails as we dont want to be keeping loads of cocks if that what they call quail males also what age do you sex them at?, we would like to keep some males as once we're comfortable with quails we want to breed our own.
We are planing on feeding them layers out chickens have what advice would you give us on this from YOUR experience?
We are hatching chinese painted quails and Japanese quails and would in the future like to breed both breeds so will keep a few males so would you advice us to separate these birds or will they just not cross breed due to size difference etc?
How many males to female ratio?
This is what we knocked together for there accommodation do you think its practical?
Front I added a door so if we want to use it for breeding hens etc we can it gives it a multi use.
Side angle with out the roof.. which is detachable.
The roof detached for easy acces to all the accommodation. I was think of putting it on hinges.
The final finished piece with my littke helper trying it out!
Also what can I use for them to lay eggs in bearing in mind I will be putting bark down with bushes in there too.
For the last two stupid question what are male and female quails called ? Is it just cockerel and hen like chickens?
Thank I advance for your help!
Questions we think are simple,silly and probably common sense;
We understand that these birds will need keeping in a brooder for around 4 weeks at a ambient temperature, so will they need a heat source like chicks and what is the ambient temperature? As weathers getting warmer I fort they could come out The brooder earlier.
How do we sex chinese quails as we dont want to be keeping loads of cocks if that what they call quail males also what age do you sex them at?, we would like to keep some males as once we're comfortable with quails we want to breed our own.
We are planing on feeding them layers out chickens have what advice would you give us on this from YOUR experience?
We are hatching chinese painted quails and Japanese quails and would in the future like to breed both breeds so will keep a few males so would you advice us to separate these birds or will they just not cross breed due to size difference etc?
How many males to female ratio?
This is what we knocked together for there accommodation do you think its practical?
Front I added a door so if we want to use it for breeding hens etc we can it gives it a multi use.
Side angle with out the roof.. which is detachable.
The roof detached for easy acces to all the accommodation. I was think of putting it on hinges.
The final finished piece with my littke helper trying it out!
Also what can I use for them to lay eggs in bearing in mind I will be putting bark down with bushes in there too.
For the last two stupid question what are male and female quails called ? Is it just cockerel and hen like chickens?
Thank I advance for your help!
