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[steveovergard]

I use 99.5 degrees for the incubation period and 45% humidity. For hatching, I go with 99 degrees and 55-60% humidity.

 

[steveovergard]

I use 99.5 degrees for the incubation period and 45% humidity. For hatching, I go with 99 degrees and 55-60% humidity.

 

[steveovergard]

I am hunting for some unusual colored quail and I like to hatch the eggs. Here are some of my prettier birds

 

[IcyOldHen]

I am hunting for some unusual colored quail and I like to hatch the eggs. Here are some of my prettier birds

I'm getting one of the above colored quail from my normally colored brown coturnix out of every 30 or so quail I hatch. I've kept one who is now just under 5 weeks old, it appears to be a cock. I'll try to get a photo of mine today.

What should I do with the color? Give him some hens and keep their eggs separate when hatching? Should I be aiming to get a breeding trio of all this color? Is it a bad idea to mix this color in with the normally colored brown?

I had sold all the others as when people come to pick up their quail chicks of course they always want the odd colored one! I'd let them go as they weren't growing as fast as the normal browns. But I decided to keep one from my last hatch. I need to get weights on them but it appears it has caught up in size and possibly even passed some, and I always try to keep only the largest chicks.

I'm thinking one of my breeding pens must have a cock and possibly only one hen carrying this color gene. Since all my original breeders are getting older I decided I should keep one to keep the color in case I want it in the future. Although more of the offspring from my original breeders should be carrying the gene too.

On another note.... So far my experience has been that my cocks start crowing and mounting the hens at 36-37 days old and the hens start laying at 37-39 days old.

 

[serama hen]

I'm getting one of the above colored quail from my normally colored brown coturnix out of every 30 or so quail I hatch. I've kept one who is now just under 5 weeks old, it appears to be a cock. I'll try to get a photo of mine today.

What should I do with the color? Give him some hens and keep their eggs separate when hatching? Should I be aiming to get a breeding trio of all this color? Is it a bad idea to mix this color in with the normally colored brown?

I had sold all the others as when people come to pick up their quail chicks of course they always want the odd colored one! I'd let them go as they weren't growing as fast as the normal browns. But I decided to keep one from my last hatch. I need to get weights on them but it appears it has caught up in size and possibly even passed some, and I always try to keep only the largest chicks.

I'm thinking one of my breeding pens must have a cock and possibly only one hen carrying this color gene. Since all my original breeders are getting older I decided I should keep one to keep the color in case I want it in the future. Although more of the offspring from my original breeders should be carrying the gene too.

On another note.... So far my experience has been that my cocks start crowing and mounting the hens at 36-37 days old and the hens start laying at 37-39 days old.

amazing beautiful color

 

[serama hen]

are button quails smart and intelligent in any way

 

[serama hen]

I also heard that if you put button eggs under a broody hen like a silkie shed teach them a lot of things even bring back the instinct of breeding and incubating!

 

[serama hen]

I'm getting one of the above colored quail from my normally colored brown coturnix out of every 30 or so quail I hatch. I've kept one who is now just under 5 weeks old, it appears to be a cock. I'll try to get a photo of mine today.

What should I do with the color? Give him some hens and keep their eggs separate when hatching? Should I be aiming to get a breeding trio of all this color? Is it a bad idea to mix this color in with the normally colored brown?

I had sold all the others as when people come to pick up their quail chicks of course they always want the odd colored one! I'd let them go as they weren't growing as fast as the normal browns. But I decided to keep one from my last hatch. I need to get weights on them but it appears it has caught up in size and possibly even passed some, and I always try to keep only the largest chicks.

I'm thinking one of my breeding pens must have a cock and possibly only one hen carrying this color gene. Since all my original breeders are getting older I decided I should keep one to keep the color in case I want it in the future. Although more of the offspring from my original breeders should be carrying the gene too.

On another note.... So far my experience has been that my cocks start crowing and mounting the hens at 36-37 days old and the hens start laying at 37-39 days old.

he is pretty try to breed him with colors like his or completely white ones and see what come out.

 

[serama hen]

I use 99.5 degrees for the incubation period and 45% humidity. For hatching, I go with 99 degrees and 55-60% humidity.

I think humidity should be a bit lower these are small eggs though but shouldnt humidity be about 50

 

[QChickieMama]

I have a batch of bobwhites hatching today, and so far I have 4/12 of them with curled toes. What variable could be responsible for this?