Pros and Cons of quail?

[yakitori]

How long does it take for quail to hatch?

all mins have hatched at 18 days with out fail, and pretty much all hatch at once. You’ll see very little of the mini staggered hatching common in incubating chicken eggs

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

And they go to lockdown on day 15?

Some like it earlier, some like it on day 15. I've even heard as late as day 15 and a half. I'm planning on day 15 myself because my incubator is so wonky.

 

[Silkie Princess]

Oh and how do you sex these breeds/colours?
Celadon and pharaoh


If I find Californias I'll get those too. Lol

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I'm st

Oh and how do you sex these breeds?
Celadon and pharaoh


If I find Californias I'll get those too. Lol

I'm still new at sexing, but I believe that Celadons and Pharoah are both sexually dimorphic and can be feather sexed. Males will have a rusty chest (according to their color) and females will have a striped/spotted chest. Otherwise you'll have to vent sex them, which has you flip the birds onto their back and press the vent. If it's bulbous and a foam comes out, it's usually a male.

ETA: I believe Celadons are simply a bird with the blue egg gene. Not sure about Pharaohs if they're just slang for 'Regular brown coturnix quail' or they're jumbo sized birds. More experienced folks can correct me on that

 

[yakitori]

I decided I'm going to get 9 celadon and 6 pharaoh eggs. Does it sound good?
And any advice about inbreeding? Do I need a non related male? Because I'm certainly not getting adult birds. Any poultry. I'm just worried I'll bring a disease in to the flock

keep in mind that pharaoh is a color variation of the cotunix, and celadon simply means they carry genes to lay blue eggs. Whether they lay blue or patterned eggs, Japanese quails can come in all kind of different colors and pattens

 

[Silkie Princess]

keep in mind that pharaoh is a color variation of the cotunix, and celadon simply means they carry genes to lay blue eggs. Whether they lay blue or patterned eggs, Japanese quails can come in all kind of different colors and pattens

Oh right! Thanks!

 

[Silkie Princess]

I'm st

I'm still new at sexing, but I believe that Celadons and Pharoah are both sexually dimorphic and can be feather sexed. Males will have a rusty chest (according to their color) and females will have a striped/spotted chest. Otherwise you'll have to vent sex them, which has you flip the birds onto their back and press the vent. If it's bulbous and a foam comes out, it's usually a male.

ETA: I believe Celadons are simply a bird with the blue egg gene. Not sure about Pharaohs if they're just slang for 'Regular brown coturnix quail' or they're jumbo sized birds. More experienced folks can correct me on that

This?

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I'm learning a lot in this thread, LOL!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

This?

Yesserie! That's exactly it! SOme colors, like Tuxedos have to be vent sexed, tho.

 

[Silkie Princess]

Yesserie! That's exactly it! SOme colors, like Tuxedos have to be vent sexed, tho.

I'd rather not vent sex. lol