Quail brooder

[Squazz]

 

[Squazz]

Haven’t posted before so just trying to get the hang of this, but I thought for my first post I would just show off my newly built brooder. I’m getting back into quail again and thought go big or go home so combined with my new Janole 12 I’ll be hatching chicks out left, right and centre. Before I start hatching tho I need to get my adult layer cages sorted, so if anyone who sees this owns quail I’d love to see what cages u got them in to get some inspiration
Thanks

 

[Squazz]

Also as a side note does anyone know what colour the first quail is going to be. It looks like a wild type (pharaoh) but as u can see in the second image that’s what a wild type chick looks like. It has more of a reddish head so I don’t know. Any information will help anyways, always wanting to learn more about these miniature chooks
Thanks

 

[Kale the Quail]

looks like a tuxedo or a tibetan to me.

 

[Nabiki]

I love your brooder. I wish I were handy with woodworking.
That chick looks like it's going to be a dark Rosetta. I would say tibetan, but its feet aren't dark.

 

[FloorCandy]

Also as a side note does anyone know what colour the first quail is going to be. It looks like a wild type (pharaoh) but as u can see in the second image that’s what a wild type chick looks like. It has more of a reddish head so I don’t know. Any information will help anyways, always wanting to learn more about these miniature chooks
Thanks

It has faint wild markings on its head. Range (Tibetan,Rosetta,scarlet) is Incompletely dominant over wild, so sometimes you get wild markings bleeding thru. I think that bird will favor Rosetta, but will have a lot of lacing and hints of wild. It also has a messy tuxedo pattern, so it has a lot of tux, but more color than the real crisp tuxes if you were ordering just for that trait.

 

[Squazz]

It has faint wild markings on its head. Range (Tibetan,Rosetta,scarlet) is Incompletely dominant over wild, so sometimes you get wild markings bleeding thru. I think that bird will favor Rosetta, but will have a lot of lacing and hints of wild. It also has a messy tuxedo pattern, so it has a lot of tux, but more color than the real crisp tuxes if you were ordering just for that trait.

Thank you very much for the detailed reply I hope it is a rosetta. Also, just a quick question Since you know a lot about quail genetics ( and google isn't helping me ) if I were to breed this baby when its older with my Italian or Manchurian what would their babies come out as. Would there be a mix of both or would the chicks be a combo
thanks

 

[Quailobsessed]

Hello fellow Aussie! I love your brooder setup!

 

[Squazz]

Hello fellow Aussie! I love your brooder setup!

Thankyou where abouts in Aus u from, hoping to find some people near me to get some hatching eggs

 

[HortonCreek]

That brooder is gorgeous! I would love something like that but my extreme frugality would never allow it. As for your genetics question, if you bred a Rosetta to a golden, in a perfect world scenario, you should get a percentage of rosettas, a percentage of goldens, and a percentage of wilds. It would be a decent mix. Depending on if you bred to the manchurian or the italian, your golden:wild ratio would change. Now honestly I have no idea genetically what the bird pictured is. I would guess a rosetta or some kind of range but I haven't had enough to coffee yet to give you a definitive answer.